Session 172: Sacrifices

Session Start: Sun Jul 21 19:54:23 2002
Session Ident: #taw2
* Logging #taw2 to 'logs\EsperNet\#taw2.20020721.log'
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[DeathStar] Session 172 Part A
[DeathStar] Alright..
* DeathStar grabs a few notes.
[DeathStar] Hmm, perhaps you should beat on Hikaryuu in query.
*** DeathStar is now known as GM
[GM] I could set fire to random objects.
[Dias] Yes you could
[GM] I am a man of many faces.  I have played a lot of people's characters!
[GM] Want to begin without Hikaryuu or wait for him?
[Dias] I can't get a hold of 'er
[GM] Your call.  Wait or go.
[Dias] Go and he can substitute later
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[GM] Give me a few minutes to write up what has taken place between Slasher's leaving in 164 and now.
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* #taw2 is being logged
[GM] Time Chart: September 19th, 2207.  (3 days after 171)
[GM] Location: Edge of Known Space - Left of Earth's Position
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[Alicia] NRP: Oh. Thought Hika was just ignoring me. He's AFK.
[GM] *Slasher's sources of been leading him from Tsivrixsh territory, all the way past Earth.  Currently, they keep leading him further and further left and further and further away from the Fury and the Tsivrixsh Empire.  Currently he is even further out left than Lunaris and is boarding the edge of explored space in that sector.  His sources indicate a planet nearby, surrounded by asteroids, might hold some Motenk/Ancient technology*
*** Dias is now known as Slasher
[GM] *Currently Slasher is alone in the bridge of the Prototype*
*** Slasher is now known as sits
*** sits is now known as Slasher
* Slasher sits sleeping in the captains chair, a plate sitting over his genital area
[GM] *Snipe floats in the rengeration tube down in the MedBay of the ship.  He is still dead.*
[Slasher] NRP: BRB
[Slasher] NRP: Back*
* Slasher shudders the plate clanging to the floor
[GM] *the sensors in the bridge turn on at the sudden noise and scan the area.*
* Slasher stirs awake from the noise of the alarm
[GM] Chip: *having recently been restored, is silently running through old memory logs*
[Slasher] ....*stretches his body shuddering* Chip, what's the alarm?
[GM] Chip: The clanging of last night's dinner plate on the floor.
[Slasher] NRP: BRB
[GM] Chip: Oh, yes, we dropped out of hyperspace about 10 minutes ago.  We're in the sector of the acclaimed planet you're looking for.  *goes back to going through memory logs*
[Slasher] ....Hmmm...scan for life signs yet?
[GM] Chip: I haven't even located the PLANET yet...
[Slasher] Well why not?
[GM] Chip: Because your ship's sensors claim there is no planet here.
[Slasher] Must be hidden...Scan for any gravitational pull.
[GM] Chip: I was actually trying to locate the asteroid belt.  And so far I have located 4 of them.,
[Slasher] 4 asteriod belts?
[GM] Chip: Yeah.  They block your ships scans.
[Slasher] There that big?
[GM] Chip: Oh, yes.
[Slasher] Oooh....Could they be remains of planets?
[GM] Chip: Maybe.  I haven't looked into them THAT much.  But if YOUR planet is behind them, we'll have to explore each and every one of them to find it.  Since scanners are useless.  Here, I'm bringing them up on your screen.  *the viewscreen pops up with the sector and 4 dots appear with an A, B, C, D next to them.  They are all great lengths apart from each other*  You pick which one we see first.
[Slasher] Which one is the biggest?
[GM] Chip:  The biggest ones are equal size.  A and C.
[Slasher] Let's hit B then.
[GM] *The Prototype changes course and heads for Point B.*
[GM] *ahead of them is an asteroid belt with several asteroids big enough to do serious harm to the ship*
[Slasher] Slow the ship down..
[GM] *the ship slows down outside the asteroid belt*
[GM] Chip: I'm using as much power as I can into your ship's scanners.  Looking for anything beyond the asteroid belt...
[GM] Chip: A lot of disturbance, but if I had to bet anything, I'd say there's nothing here...
[Slasher] Chip, what's the odds of us getting through the field?
[GM] Chip: There's a 40% chance I'm wrong though.
[GM] Chip: The odds are....500 to 1.
[Slasher] Chip, send out several probes to navigate through the asteriod field.
[GM] Chip: Complying.
[GM] *probes launch out and begin to navigate at rapid speeds through the asteroid field*
* Slasher looks out at the asteriod field
[GM] *1 probe is destroyed*
[Slasher] Chip, bring up the cameras from the probes...
* Slasher shudders as a chill goes through his body
[GM] Chip: Complying.  *Probes 2 - 5 appear on the screen*
[Slasher] ....*looks down* Maybe I should put some clothes on...
[GM] Chip: I was hoping you'd say that...
[GM] Chip: Last night's game with Cheryl sickened me.
[GM] *Probe 3 is smashed*
[GM] *Probes 2, 4, and 5 make it through, revealing nothing on the other side*
[Slasher] Hmmm...Have them come back
[GM] Chip: Complying
[GM] Chip: Where should we look at next?  *Points A, C, and D flash on the viewport*
[Slasher] Which one has the most debris?
[GM] Chip: A and C have equal amounts, as far as I can tell.
[Slasher] How big is B?
[GM] Chip: It was the smallest.
[GM] *Probes 2 and 5 return*
[Slasher] What happened to probe 3...
[GM] Chip: Probes 1, 3, and 4 were destroyed.
[Slasher] Crappy...
[Slasher] Let's head to B..
[GM] Chip: We're at B...
[Slasher] ....*smacks his head* Let's go for D.
[GM] *The Prototype turns and flies towards D*
[GM] *they slow down outside a slightly larger asteroid field*
[Slasher] How many more of the probes do we have left?
[GM] Chip: We had 15.
[Slasher] What do you mean we had?
[GM] Chip: Well, we just lost 3.
[Slasher] ...Oh yeah...
[GM] Chip: You're drunk still, aren't you?
[Slasher] .......Let me check..*stands up, he quickly has to grab onto his chair* Yeah....
[GM] Chip: Sober up.  You're this close to finishing your quest.
[GM] Chip: How many probes do you want me to send through?
[Slasher] 4 of them..
[GM] Probes: *2, 5, 6, and 7 launch*
[GM] *they begin to navigate through the asteroid field*
[GM] *Probe 2 blinks out after a few minutes*
* Slasher sits back down
[GM] *Probe 5 follows suit shortly after*
[GM] Chip: Oh dear...*watches as Probe 7 is destroyed*
[Slasher] The probes picking up anyhting interesting?
[GM] Chip: Nothing so far.  Probe 6 is nearing the end, though.
[Slasher] It better make it or I'll..*shakes his fist*
[GM] *Probe 6 makes it across and reveals there's nothing on the other side*
[Slasher] Might as well retrieve the probe..
[GM] *Probe 6 works it's way back, but after several moments it, too, is destroyed*
[Slasher] Bah...Head to A...
[GM] *Prototype changes course and heads for A*
[GM] Chip: We have lost 7 probes, leaving us only 8.  If it took 4 probes to actually make it there last time, it'll probably take 5 or 6 with this bigger asteroid field
[Slasher] Crap me..
[GM] *the ship slows down outside of the asteroid belt*
[GM] Chip: How many should I launch?
[Slasher] Let's go with 5, and have them becareful...
[GM] *Probes 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 launch*
[GM] Chip: ... 
[GM] *Probe 9 blinks out almost instantly*
[GM] Chip: By the way, should I mention the odds of making it through A or C's asteroid belts?
[GM] *Probe 12 blinks out*
[Slasher] ....Why not?
[GM] Chip: A million to one.
[GM] *Probe 8 blinks out*
[GM] *Probe 11 goes next*
* Slasher smacks his forehead
[GM] Chip: Probe 10 is nearing the end.
[Slasher] Son of a...
[GM] *Probe 10 clears it and reveals there's nothing here, either*
[Slasher] Oh geeze....might as well go back to the last choice..
[GM] Chip: Well, either Point C is it or this has been one big haox....
[GM] *Prototype turns and heads towards Point C*
[GM] *The prototype slows down outside the asteroid field.  This one, though the same size, seems to have much more moving activity inside it*
[GM] Chip: We only have 3 probes.  The chances of them making it is zill.  Either this is it or we're on a goose chase.
[Slasher] .....Chip, scan the asteriod field, using all sensors...stronger center of gravitation pull...anything..
[GM] Chip: I would, but the sensors are whacked.  Due to the movement of the asteroids, I'm bouncing my own signals back at me.
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[GM] Chip: And the chances of us navigating through there is impossible.
[GM] Chip: At least in a ship this big.
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[Slasher] Spose that means I'm going to need to take the mech then or should I take the Speed Runner shuttle?
[GM] Chip: The chances of a mech making it aren't good, either.  Nor is a shuttle.
[Slasher] NRP: *opens up the menu screen and selects save, he then saves his spot*
[GM] Chip: Had I choose, I'd say...Shuttle.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *wanders in with a yawn* So what are you up to my devious one?
* Slasher is still standing there naked.
[GM] *ahead of them, on the viewscreen, is an asteroid field bigger than anything Cheryl has ever seen before.  And it's moving at high speeds in all directions*
[Slasher] About to head in through this crazy ass asteroid field...
[GM] Chip: Slasher, I would advise not doing it...you probably won't live.  And if you do, making it back would be impossible.
[Slasher] What do you advise doing?
[GM] Chip: Giving up on the idea.
[Slasher] How bout this one? Fire the charged photon concussion blasts?
[Slasher] See if we can't do any damage?
[GM] Chip: You're going to try and blast your way through the asteroid field?
[Slasher] I want to see something first...now fire a blast please.
[Slasher] At point...*points at a visual that he pulled up*
[GM] Chip: *Fires a blast.  Of course, he nails one asteroid out of a gazillion and scatters it into tiny pieces into others, and scatters them around.  It hardly makes a dent*
[Slasher] Any ideas hun? *turns his head to Cheryl*
[GM] Chip: How about we go to a nice vacation resort?
[Slasher] Quiet you!
[GM] Chip: Well excuse me for trying to talk you out of killing yourself.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *hmmms, tapping a finger to her lips as she ponders*
[GM] Chip: Cheryl, tell him, "Lets go home."
[GM] *Snipe floats nude in his regeneration tube...dead*
* Slasher ponders trying to think
[GM] Chip: Well, if you do decide to do this, you're goign to have to take Snipe with you.  And he probably can't be outside his regeneration tube for long, so you'll have to make it quick.
[Slasher] I've got some batteries for it..
[GM] Chip: Oh, gee, you're going to put a regeneration tube on a shuttle?  You'll slow yourself down.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *grins* "This reminds me of an ooooooooooooold Earth arcade game."
[Slasher] Do we have any weapon that can affect gravity?
[GM] Chip: I think Cheryl is drunk, still, too.
[GM] Chip: No.  You want your best bet: Fly through it.  But you'll die.
[GM] Chip: Dias, he I would put odds on flying through it.  But you're not as good of a pilot.
[Slasher] Care to come with me Cheryl?
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] Can't let you do this alone. Especially since I'm the better pilot here.
[GM] Chip: CHERYL's going to do it?  Oh, boy...we're doomed.
[Slasher] *grabs a pair of clothes from behind his chair and starts putting ito n*
[GM] Chip: How long should I wait on you?
[Slasher] 3 days...
[GM] Chip: I'm transferring Snipe, outside his regeneration tube, to the shuttle.  I've put on some clothes for him.
[Slasher] I'll meet you down there Cheryl, I need to grab my bag of tricks. *winks at her and kisses her on the cheeks and then runs off*
[GM] *Snipe's body is laid out on a bed in the shuttle, him wearing white clothes*
[GM] Chip: Uh, Slasher...just incase you don't make it back...I just want to say it's been fun having you around...and thanks for everything.
* Slasher smiles as he runs down a hallway
[GM] Chip: And, uh, I'm going to read your porn collection while you're gone.
[Slasher] We'll be ba....good, make sure you keep downloading more too...
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *straps Snipe in* "Can't ride without a safety belt Mr.Deadguy."
* Slasher comes running onto the Speed Runner
[GM] Prototype: *expels the Speed Runner out into space moments later.  Full control is given to the pilot*
[GM] Chip's voice in the Speed Runner: Well, I'm with you for now.  Don't know how long before the asteroid field begins to interfere, but I'm here until then.
[Slasher] Cheryl, this shuttles equipped with several high powered propulsion units, it's light wieght, so it can't take many hits, but it does have a powerful shield generator...
[GM] Chip's voice:  He's right.  I give you about 7 hits before boom.
[GM] Chip's voice: Plus if you hit a REALLY big one, then it's over in one move.  But the alarms will tell you about these special ones.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "Sounds like fun."
[GM] Chip's voice: You'll need to react INSTANTLY.  You take too long and it's game over.
[Slasher] I'm going to try to repair whatever I can from inside...but it's upto you. 
[GM] Chip's voice: When the alarm tells you the direction of the asteroid, you will have to move in the opposite direction.  If it's right, move left.  If it's left, move right.  If it's up, move down.  If it's down, move up.
[GM] *Speed Runner floats just outside the asteroid field.  It's ready to move in whenever it's piloted in*
[Slasher] NRP: Can I save?
[GM] NRP: No.
[Slasher] NRP: Shame I already did while you were answqering me
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *starts forward at a resonable speed*
[GM] *Left, left, right, down, down, up, down, left, right.  You have 10 seconds*
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[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *move right right left up up down up right left*
[GM] *Pauses to read*
[GM] *Cheryl clears the first area*
[GM] *Right, right, right, left, left left, right, left, up, down, up, down.  You have 10 seconds*
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[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *pilots the shuttle left left right right right left right down up down up*
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[GM] *pauses to read*
[GM] *Cheryl only takes 1 hit*
[Hikaryuu] ((Where?))
* Slasher quickly checks it
[GM] (Three lefts)
[GM] (In the beginning)
[Slasher] We're still ok Cheryl...
[Hikaryuu] ((Oh shoot, didn't even notice that...))
[GM] *Cheryl clears the second area*
[GM] *Up, down, up, down, up, down, down, up, up, left.  You have 10 seconds*
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[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *flys down up down up down up up down down right*
[GM] *Cheryl clears it without any hits*
[GM] *Left, *special 1 hit kill* right, left, left, up, up, down, left, right.  You have 10 seconds*
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[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *heads left right right down down up right left*
[GM] *Cheryl clears it*
[Hikaryuu] ((Add a right first))
[GM] (Didn't see that myself!)
[Hikaryuu] ((Your extra stats messed me up too ^^;))
[Hikaryuu] ((Stars even))
[GM] (Well, I missed it, so I'll ignore it)
[GM] *Cheryl reaches the last 3 area.  Here we go*
[GM] *Up, left, right, down, left, right, down, up, left, right, down, right, left, right, left, down, up.  You have ten seconds*
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[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *goes down right left up right left up down right left up left right left right up down*
[GM] (I think there's one mistake in there)
[Hikaryuu] ((*grabs notepad to compare)
[Slasher] NRP: Looks perfect to me
[Hikaryuu] NRP: Don't see any mistakes =]
[GM] NRP: You're right.  I checked with notepad, too
[GM] *Cheryl clears the area flawlessly*
[GM] *last 2 areas*
[GM] *Up, up, up, down, down, left, left, right, right, left, down, right, left, right, down, up, left, right, down, right, left.  You have ten seconds*
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[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *flys down down down up up right right left left right up left right left up down right left up left right*
[Slasher] NRP: Let me hear a what what?
[GM] *Cheryl clears flawlessly.  They have 7 hits again*
[Slasher] You can do it hunny..
[GM] NRP: Alright, the final area is insanely hard.  Don't worry, just enter what you got before 0, because you CAN take 7 hits.*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "Of course."
[Slasher] NRP: *reaches the save point and saves*
[GM] *Up, up, down, down, right, left, up, down, right, left, right, down, up, *special 1 hit kill* right, *special 1 hit kill* left, up, down, right.  You have....8 seconds*
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[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *flys down down up up left right down up left right left up down left right down up
[Hikaryuu] NRP: Shoot... I should have just tagged that last left
[GM] *Cheryl clears!*
[GM] *1 hit taken*
[GM] *Cheryl gains 2 experience levels*
[GM] *Ahead of them is a planet*
* Slasher wraps his hands around her
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *sits back in her chair* "Whew... now that was exhilerating."
[Slasher] I thought last night was arush..
[GM] Chip's voice: *is no longer heard, all there is static*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *smirks* "Never said that wasn't. But you don't try to kill me dahrling."
[GM] Snipe: *is thankfully DEAD and cannot hear this stuff*
[Slasher] ....I'll try harder. *kisses her on the cheek* Well that's scan for life...*begins to scan the planet*
[GM] *there are no life signs anywhere on the planet*
* Slasher scans the planet for atmosphere
[GM] *There is indeed breathable air*
[Slasher] Well shall we land?
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "Didn't come all this way for nothing."
[Slasher] True true..
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "Find me a landing spot?"
* Slasher begins scanning
* Slasher checks for power sources
[GM] *A huge power source, probably a machine of some type, is located*
[Slasher] Head to this location *points*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *nods and heads in*
[GM] *when Cheryl has already entered the atmosphere and is nearing a pyramid, a beam of light shoots out and hits the shuttle, blowing out the engines*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "Oh shit... this can't be good..."
* Slasher punches a glass box and hits the switch inside, which lauches out several parachutes from the ship
[Slasher] ...I thought ahead this time..
[GM] *they float gently down to the ground, near the pyramid*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "Good thinking dahrlin."
[GM] *their adventure is ready when they are*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *opens the door and looks outside* "...nice scenery."
[GM] *the air is fresh and sweet.  The pyramid, nearby, no longer attacks*
* Slasher steps out behind her, his back pack slung over his shoulder
[GM] Snipe: *needs to be taken along, too.*
* Slasher loks back behind him Snipe, wrapped in a cooling package like device
[Slasher] This should help keep his body good
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "God forbid that he goes bad after going through this."
[GM] Snipe: *keeps laying there, waiting to be brought alone*
[Slasher] Hehe...*throws the package over his other shoulder
[GM] *the pyramid has no entrance, but a flight of stairs leads up top*
[Slasher] ...Shall we head uptop?
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "Seems the only way."
* Slasher starts walking towards the pyramid
[GM] *pyramid waits on them*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *heads over, looking around suspiciously*
[GM] *on top of the pyramid is a gun.  It seems to be pointed at the sky*
[Slasher] ....I don't like the look of that gun..
[GM] *the stairs seem friendly and await being walked on*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "It's probally what shot us down."
[Slasher] Probably...it's wavering around the tip, so it must've been shot recently..*
* Slasher continues walking
[GM] *once they reach the top, let me know*
* Slasher makes his way up the pyramid
[GM] *at the top, they find a hole in the roof.  It leads inside the pyramid.  The gun still ignores them*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "After you?"
[Slasher] ....*smiles and jumps into the hole, still hanging onto Snipe*
[GM] *inside, in the corner, is a machine with two seats.  the one on the left seems to be connected to the one on the right.  In between the seats is a big machine*
[Slasher] ....This must be it...but it looks different than the one Dias described.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *lands gracefully* "...what a place. Where's the welcoming party?"
* Slasher sets Snipe down in one of the seats
[GM] Snipe: *is set in the right seat.  The machine hooks up to him instantly*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *looks at the machine, trying to figure it out*
[Slasher] ...Holy shitl...
* Slasher pulls out a scanner and scans around the room, trying to pick up a life form..
[GM] *no lifeforms are detected*
[Slasher] ....*walks upto the big machine and walks around examing it*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "...I hope you put him in the right side."
[GM] *seems to be active now*
* Slasher looks for righting
[GM] *there is no writing present*
[Slasher] NRP: Yeah that..
[Slasher] ....No warnings...this is strange..
[GM] *however, on the wall, is something*
* Slasher turns to the wall and stares at it blankly
* Slasher rubs his eyes and looks at it
* Slasher is back from - Auto-away (idle 120 min) - Gone 10hrs 6mins 16secs - [iｲ]
[GM] *it reads "Cavaet Emptor"*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "You understand this?"
[Slasher] ....Aye...Let the buyer beware..
* Slasher walks infront of the machine and tries to figure out which way things flow
[GM] *it seems whoever sits in the left seat, transfers something to the person in the RIGHT seat*
* Slasher turns to Cheryl
[Slasher] ...Wish me luck..
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *kisses Slasher* "Don't get yourself killed."
[Slasher] NRP: *pulls out a single cell ameoba and throws it into the left seat
* Slasher takes a deep breath
[Hikaryuu] NRP: *Snipe gains the intellect of an amoeba
[GM] NRP: Snipe: *only feeds*
[Slasher] ....I was hoping we'd meet some resistance so I could throw them into this damn thing..
* Slasher walks over to the chair and sits down letting out his breath
[GM] *suddenly Slasher is zapped and thrown into a coma*
[GM] *it hooks up into Slasher next*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *says a silent prayer*
[GM] GM: *life signs appear above Slasher and nothing appears above Snipe, currently*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *keeps praying and monitoring the situation*
[Slasher] NRP: *farts*
[Hikaryuu] NRP: Is nothing new happening, or is the GM idle?
[Slasher] NRP: Where in another world...
[GM] NRP: Yeah.  He's inside the machine
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *checks for any buttons or anything that are just screaming 'push me'*
[GM] *there seem to be no buttons to be pressed.  And so far nothing seems to have changed for Slasher or Snipe*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "...I should have brought a book... Will you bring Snipe back to life already?"
[GM] *machine does not respond*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "Dammit Slasher, you should have told me what I was supposed to do here..."
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] "Start? Go? Commence? Do something will ya?"
[GM] *Slasher suddenly jerks awake*
[GM] Snipe: *remains dead*
* Slasher blinks
[Slasher] .....Cheryl...
[Slasher] I can...bring him back...but it might cost me my life...
[Slasher] I can be brought back..but he would have to be human..
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *winces*
[Slasher] I know..I know...
[Slasher] Snipe would be very useful in this upcoming battle with Star on a crutch like he is.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *nods slowly* ...would the odds be any better if I went instead of you?
[Slasher] ....Cheryl...you couldn't bring me back, there's no way it'd allow you to bring him back..
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] Why not?
[Slasher] Your still reploid correct?
[Slasher] And our make-ups not the same...
[Hikaryuu] nrp: Oh shit... I forgot what Cheryl was presently...
[GM] NRP: I thought she was reploid.
[Slasher] NRP: Say HUMAN!
[GM] NRP: Since Ariel evolved, not her.
[GM] NRP: Say that and I blow you all up with a Death Star!
[GM] Snipe: *lays there...doing nothing, since he's dead*
[Hikaryuu] NRP: She wouldn't be 'human' either way... but I can't remember if she's still a reploid =/  I've been thinking she was organic since atleast the Chronos incident
[GM] Machine: *seems to be heading back into a dormant state*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] ...you're going to try it despite the risks, aren't you?
[Slasher] ...Cheryl......yes..
[Slasher] I want you to protect my body....keep it alive so that I can come back some day...
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] ...alright. But you better damn well come back to me.
* Slasher walks over to and grabs her hand and looks into her eyes
[Slasher] I love you Cheryl...always and forever.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *grabs Slasher and gives him one long last kiss before he does this*
* Slasher kisses back hugging her deeply not wanting to let go
[GM] NRP: *they stay like that for 5 days*
[Slasher] .....Wish me luck...
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] ...good luck...
* Slasher smiles and gives her one kiss on the cheek and then goes back to sitting down in the chair
[GM] *Slasher is zapped and put into a coma*
[GM] *his lifesigns appear above him, steady.  Snipe's appears, dead*
[GM] *outside there's an explosion as something is blown up*
[GM] *Slasher's lifesigns begins to weaken, then flatlines*
*** GM is now known as Snipe
* Snipe suddenly jerks forward in his chair, screaming in a desperate rage.
* Snipe falls face first into the dusty floor of the pyramid, taking ragged breaths as his eyes remind tightly closed.
* Slasher 's body lies there motionless
* Snipe starts shivering as he lays there, mumbling incoherantly
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *quickly give Slasher an injection to preserve his vitality until they can reach a proper medical center*
[Snipe] Figure: *drops down through the hole and lands behind Cheryl*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *hears someone land and spins around*
* Snipe keeps mumbling and shivering
*** GeneralCran has joined #Taw2
* GeneralCran stands there.
[GeneralCran] I'm too late....
* GeneralCran walks forward, his trenchcoat swishing a bit as he walks past Snipe, ignoring him totally. He bends next to Slasher, frowning.
[GeneralCran] ....you were too good for your own good.  You excelled my every expectation.
[Slasher] NRP: Slasher: *opens his left eye up when Cran turns around and makes a face, quickly reverting whenever Cran looks back*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] ...what are you doing here?
[GeneralCran] I came to reveal some things to Slasher and try to stop him from this foolishness.
* GeneralCran stands up, crossing his arms.
[GeneralCran] I figured I would be.
[GeneralCran] Too late, that is.
* GeneralCran bends down and scoops Slasher from the chair, wincing at his weight as he carries and flops him down in the second chair.
[GeneralCran] So I made a data chip.
* GeneralCran takes the datachip out of his pocket and flips it onto the ground
[GeneralCran] It'll tell him what I cannot.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] He'll be back, you'll get your chance Cran. *determined*
* GeneralCran heads for the first chair
[GeneralCran] You got part of that right, my dear.
* GeneralCran watches as the second chair hooks up into Slasher.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *blinks* ...Cran?
* GeneralCran takes off his trenchcoat and throws it on top of Snipe.
[GeneralCran] Yes?
* Snipe stops shivering slightly.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] ...are you sure of what you're doing?
* GeneralCran partially sits in the chair
[GeneralCran] Of course.  I'm making my last move in the game.
* GeneralCran leans back in the chair, closing his eyes as he is zapped.
[Snipe] GM: *two life signs appear.  Cran's, which is currently moving, and Slasher's, which is flatlined*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] ...thank you.
[GeneralCran] GM: *the lifesign of Cran begins to falter while Slasher's begins to come online*
[Snipe] GM: *Slasher is brought fully back to life*
* Slasher body jerks up and he gasps for air
* GeneralCran begins to take ragged breaths and look a lot olde.r
* Snipe mumbles on the floor.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] Slasher!
[Slasher] ....That...was quick...did we win? *looks around and see's Cran*
* GeneralCran takes another slow breath and closes his eyes.
[Slasher] ..Cran?
[Slasher] Did he...*pushes himself up and stumbles over to Cran*
* GeneralCran has just died.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *nods...*
[Slasher] ...You gave...me your life.....
*** GeneralCran has left #Taw2
[Slasher] ....*sits down infront of Cran* You gave me your life...*picks him up and out of the chair*
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *hands slasher the datachip* He left you this...
[Snipe] lightgonecold.lightgonecold.
[Slasher] *holds onto it* He always enjoyed playing the game...His last move being his greatest....
* Slasher places it in his pocket
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *hugs Slasher and goes and kneels by Snipe* John, can you hear me?
* Snipe stops mumbling, but doesn't look at her.
* Slasher sets Cran's body down and heads over to Snipe
[Slasher] Snipe....are you ok?
[Snipe] ...
* Snipe lays there under the trenchcoat.
[Slasher] *taps Snipe's face*
* Snipe suddenly leaps up, as if freaked, and unleashes a full force of anti-psionic energy out, pushing the two away. Obviously his power is out of control.
* Slasher slides back, not able to defend himself, as he's still feeling wierd from the life swapping
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *gacks!* Snipe! It's us, Cheryl and Slasher! Calm down will ya?
* Snipe stands there, negative psionic energy sweeping around him, as he stares at Cheryl blankly,
* Slasher shakes his head trying to collect his thoughts
* Snipe leaps straight up out of the hole in the roof.
[Slasher] ...We need to get him...
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *nods and hops out of the hole* Snipe! Wait John!
* Slasher pushes himself up
* Snipe stands next to the destroyed gun, looking at it blankly.
* Snipe looks over at a strange shuttle, probably Cran's.
* Slasher turns his head towards Cran and picks up his body he then makes his way towards the hole and bounces out of it
* Snipe looks at Slasher and Cheryl. His energy seems to be normal again, like it was before his weakening due to the virus.
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] ...John?
[Snipe] Che....*stutters* Cherrrrrl...
[Snipe] Cheryl.
* Slasher comes down the pyramid slowly
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] You're still recovering from... resurrection.
[Snipe] ...
* Snipe looks around slowly.
[Snipe] Not dead...
* Snipe 's voice sounds funny
* Slasher finally reaches Cheryl
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] No... Not dead. You're alive John. You're back with us.
* Snipe laughs
[Slasher] John.....
* Snipe points and laughs harder.
[Hikaryuu] NRP: Points where?
[Snipe] You sound like a bunch of idiots.  *mocks Cheryl.*  "No...not dead."
[Snipe] NRP: At you two.
[Slasher] And you still look like an idiot...*walks up to Snipe and puts his free hand on his shoulder*
[Snipe] Slasher, right?
* Snipe grins.
[Slasher] Right...I just gave you all my life you son of a bitch, make it last.
[Snipe] ....*looks confused* 
[Snipe] I was dead?
[Hikaryuu] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] As a doornail... whatever that means.
* Snipe looks confused and he holds his head
[Snipe] I can't remember a lot.
[Slasher] Cavaet Emptor...
[Slasher] It should come back to you..
[Slasher] Hopefully..
[Slasher] But the universe needs you...we need you...And you have training to do..
[Snipe] Wha?  Wha?  And what?
[Slasher] I'll breif you...I advise we take Cran's shuttle it made it here without harm..
[Snipe] O-kay...
* Snipe stumbles towards the shuttle.
[Slasher] Not that ours made it without harm Cheryl...*winks at her and heads to Cran's shuttle, still carrying his body*
[Snipe] Session Ends
Session Close: Sun Jul 21 23:22:49 2002

Session Start: Sun Jul 21 22:06:08 2002
Session Ident: #thevoidworld
*** Now talking in #thevoidworld
[GM] Session 172 Part A
* #thevoidworld is being logged
*** Slasher has joined #thevoidworld
[GM] *the realm is totally white*
* Slasher blinks and looks around
[Slasher] .....What...the...
[GM] Voice: What do you seek?
[Slasher] ...*looks around*
[Slasher] NRP: Am I floating?
[GM] NRP: No
[Slasher] Who are you?
[GM] Voice: The essence left inside the machine.  I had to scan your mind to speak in your language.
[Slasher] Where am I? Last thing I rememeber I sat down and then...this
[GM] Voice: I took your spirit inside the machine in order to speak with you.
[Slasher] You are a Motenk correct?
[GM] Voice: A..Motenk?  Ah, the name for the race that created me.  You could call me such.
[Slasher] Race that created you? I'm sorry for being inquisitive...it's just my nature
[GM] Voice: No problem.  I am a machine, of course.  The Ancients made me.
[Slasher] I understand now...How long ago did you come into existence?
[GM] Voice: Before life on your planet ever existed.
[Slasher] Wow....Is there any of your ancients left?
[GM] Voice: That I cannot tell you.
[Slasher] Why is that?
[GM] Voice: Such things mortals should not know.
[Slasher] Do you know of the Tsivirxsh?
[GM] Voice: Indeed.  I scanned your memory, after all.
[Slasher] Then you already know why I am here...do you believe that what I'm doing is the right thing?
[GM] Voice: That is not my choice to answer.  I was created so that people could transfer life from one being to another.  Usually it doesn't happen for those living to those who are ALREADY dead.  But it can be done, once.
[Slasher] ....What do you mean once?
[GM] Voice: The lifeform you have brought has already seen a secondary machine similar to myself.  It was lower class, but it performed the same thing I do - transfer life from one to another.  Your adopted son, Dias, transferred a year and 4 months to this dead lifeform.
[Slasher] Aye....But can it be done again...without any problems...
[GM] Voice: I fear not.  You cannot merely transfer some of your life into this one anymore.
[Slasher] ....What must be done then?
[GM] Voice: ... the ancients, knowing that one could be made immortal if continued uses was allowed, made it where it could only be done once.  ... but they did install a failsafe device.
[Slasher] What is this fail safe device?
[GM] Voice: To make sure some sadistic person did not force a person to give up their life, the person doing this has to be 100% willing...
[GM] Voice: You have to trade completely your life for his.  It's a big choice, yes?  One I do not think is wise for you.  You have people who care for you.  
[Slasher] Can the process be reveresed?!
[Slasher] Can he do the same thing to return my life when he's done with his?
[GM] Voice: I cannot tell you that.  It is not for you to know if you could be returned after death.  
[Slasher] ....But I can be brought back tho....Cheryl could give some of her life to bring me back correct?!
[GM] Voice: But his spirit has been dead a while now.  Why disturb it?  Think about the damage that could be done from yanking him back and forth.  He has died 3 times already.
[GM] Voice: *does not answer* 
[GM] Voice: Cheryl cannot.
[GM] Voice: She is not human, like you.  You are part machine, but not enough so.
[Slasher] NRP: She's not a reploid tho remember? She's orignally Ariel's clone..
[GM] NRP: She's fully reploid since she was a reploid before Ariel changed into what she is now
[Slasher] NRP: Damn..
[GM] Voice: Shall I release you from the machine, now?
[Slasher] ....*Thinks* I don't want to leave without Snipe...I made a promise..
[GM] Voice: I think everyone would understand.
[GM] Voice: I did scan your memories.,
[Slasher] Can you not only take half of my life?
[GM] Voice: I fear not.  To make this decision, one has to be willing to lay their life down completely and utterly for what they believe in, even if the chance is they have died forever.
[GM] Voice: Let the buyer be wear, because what is sold is costly.
[GM] (beware)
[Slasher] ....I need to talk to Cheryl...
[GM] Voice: It's a hard decision.  The rules state I cannot allow you to hook yourself up again...but...
[GM] Voice: Talk to her.
[Slasher] Thank you..
[GM] -------
[GM] Voice: Well?
[Slasher] Yes...
[GM] Voice: You have decided to do it.  I can tell from your memory.
[Slasher] I will hole-heartidly give my life awayl..
[GM] Voice: So be it....
[GM] *Slasher begins to fade away into non-existance*
*** GM is now known as Snipe
Session Close: Sun Jul 21 22:46:28 2002


Session Start: Fri Jul 19 22:27:28 2002
Session Ident: #Taw2
*** Now talking in #Taw2
*** Garland has joined #taw2
* #Taw2 is being logged
[DeathStar] Session 172 Part B logging ntoes.
[DeathStar] notes, too
*** DeathStar sets mode: +o Garland
[DeathStar] Well, it seems Garland and Death Star team up once again - despite past differences - to save the life of Garland's daughter!
* DeathStar dramaticly poses.
[Garland] Eh! *walks out, soaking wet with nothing but a towel*
[DeathStar] Ew.
[DeathStar] So, you ready?
[Garland] Eh!
[DeathStar] Speak louder!
[Garland] EH!
[DeathStar] 10
[DeathStar] 8
[DeathStar] 6
[DeathStar] 4
[DeathStar] 2
[DeathStar] -0-
[DeathStar] Time Chart: 2 days after last session
[DeathStar] Location: Garland's Shuttle.
* DeathStar stands in the backroom, holding his saber. Sweat drips off his hair and face as he practices moves.
* Garland sits with his arms crossed, sitting in the cockpit
* DeathStar spins the saber and slashes the air several times, his focus entirely on performing graceful lines of attack against an invisible opponent.
[DeathStar] GM: *currently they are about 30 minutes from Earth*
[Garland] Hm... *closes his eyes quietly*
* DeathStar throws his saber forward and lets it bounce off a wall. He flips into the air as it bounces back at him, missing it by a good two feet, and lands on the ground as it flies through the open door into the cockpit area.
[DeathStar] ...dammit, when did that door open!?
* Garland , unmoving, says "You forgot to close it."
* DeathStar walks into the cockpit, frowning
[DeathStar] Strange.
* DeathStar retrieves the saber and sheathes it. He teleports his armor off of him and stands there in casual clothes native to Earth.
* DeathStar adjusts his black jeans and shirt, sitting down next to Garland.
[Garland] You act like this is a field day.
[DeathStar] Hardly.
* DeathStar looks to the side, as not to let his face be seen by Garland.
* Garland runs his finger down the control panel, sighing
[DeathStar] ... *is silent, a typical thing of him since he met the Special Unit.  In the past, perhaps, he was once talkative and goofy, much like Snipe was.  Now, though, perhaps he's trying to become like that once more?

Session Start: Fri Jul 19 22:42:39 2002
Session Ident: #taw2
*** Now talking in #taw2
* #taw2 is being logged
*** Garland sets mode: +o DeathStar
* Garland shifts slowly in his seat, coughing once
[Garland] I still don't trust him.
[DeathStar] I can understand why.
[Garland] Think we'll find anything?
* DeathStar pauses briefly, thinking
[DeathStar] Yes.
[Garland] Hm...
* DeathStar becomes silent again.
[DeathStar] Why did you want me to come with you, Garland?
* Garland narrows his eyes
[Garland] You look the same as you did back then, Sharlena will recognize you more easily.
[DeathStar] Ariel looks the same.  Hell, Blackjack is 20 years older, but I'm sure she'd recognize him, too.  Why me?
[Garland] Because you were with me from the start of it, did you want to accept the ending that we had?
[Garland] Other than that, I don't know..
* DeathStar pulls out something...it's an old photograph. In it can be seen is Sharlena, Garland, Death Star, and X1.
* DeathStar throws the photograph onto the top of some of the computers, letting it reside to a stop.
* Garland looks at it...
[Garland] Where is X1, anyway...
[DeathStar] That's what I had in connection to your daughter, Garland.  That brief moment where she was kidnapped.  I wasn't there from the start.  You were gone most of the time.  You left after you met Di'Mantha, came back, then joined CorSec, resigned and left Earth again, and came back with a family.
[Garland] Life's funny that way.
* DeathStar remains looking away, out a side window at the hyperspace surrounding the shuttle.
[Garland] Hyperspace, even that's inconsistant.
* DeathStar looks straight ahead now, looking perfectly void of expression.
[DeathStar] Yeah.
[Garland] ...
[DeathStar] GM: *the time to arrival is now 10 minutes*
[DeathStar] How's that orphanage doing?
[Garland] I don't know, you'd have to ask Booster.
[DeathStar] I think Booster would rather impale me.  Last time he saw me, it was when I was...*trails off, obviously mentioning the events of Session 100*
[Garland] Oh, good. I got the name right. I thought for a moment it was Dasher or something...
[DeathStar] Heh.  One of these days I'd like to see his orphanage.
[DeathStar] The kids were great.
* DeathStar lapses back into his silence.
* Garland nods.
[DeathStar] GM: *shuttle beeps an alert for Garland to drop it out of hyperspace*
* Garland reaches forward and hits the switch
[DeathStar] GM: *before them appears Earth*
[DeathStar] I never found out - how did the entire X and Zero bit work out?
[Garland] They weren't the real ones.
[DeathStar] Who were they?
[Garland] Clones... seems to be a lot of that in the universe.
[Garland] Zero was Slash, ironically.
[DeathStar] ....*his voice goes cold, silent* What?
[Garland] Some alien race, for unknown reasons, grabbed him and repaired him just after we left.
[DeathStar] ...that's not possible...
[DeathStar] *looks at Garland, his voice rising* That is NOT possible.
* Garland looks at DS
[Garland] It's what happened.
* DeathStar stands up and starts walking up
[DeathStar] You're lying!
[Garland] ...
* DeathStar walks towards the exit.
[Garland] Alright, call me a liar and walk out.
[Garland] I won't chase you down.
* DeathStar glares at Garland, his anger clearly there.
[DeathStar] Slash is DEAD.
[Garland] In the order he was in, he probably is. Now, anyway.
[DeathStar] I killed him!
[Garland] 'Zero' was constructed from what was left of him.
[Garland] He was confused, but ever as bitchy as the original slash was.
[Garland] Went off to get drink and we never saw him again.
[Garland] NRP: drunk
* DeathStar points at Garland
[DeathStar] I TALKED TO HIS GHOST.
[Garland] Then he must be dead.
[DeathStar] Before you went to Earth.
* DeathStar leans his head against the wall of the shuttle, refusing to look at Garland.
* Garland lands the shuttle and stands up
[Garland] Then he's dead.
* Garland grabs his sword and puts it on his back
[DeathStar] And perhaps Sharlena is dead, too.  Yet we're HERE, aren't we?
* DeathStar pulls his head back.
[Garland] Yes, we are.
[DeathStar] My point exactly.  IF 
* Garland steps off and looks around
* DeathStar stops his sentence.
[Garland] Your point is what.
* Garland looks over his shoulder at DS
* DeathStar steps off the shuttle, looking over the area. A cold wind is blowing through.
[DeathStar] Forget it.
[Garland] ...
* DeathStar walks a little ways past Garland, glancing at the grass and the trees.
* Garland scans the area, following to the coordinates of the chip
[DeathStar] GM: *there seems to be nothing here, now that the Earth has been falsely restored*
* Garland stands over where the entrance should have been
* Garland looks down
* DeathStar walks up behind Garland, standing there.
[Garland] Did we bring a shovel?
[DeathStar] ...no.
* Garland kneels, and starts digging with his hands
[DeathStar] I suppose you could kiama it.
[Garland] And risk causing a cave in in any facility down there?
[DeathStar] ...If I'm right, your kiama won't do anything.  Nor would digging.
* Garland stands
[Garland] Now you say something.
* DeathStar smirks.
[DeathStar] I figured I'd let you tire yourself.
[DeathStar] The Paradise Effect essientially placed a hologram over the planet, correct?  One thing about a hologram, in a training simulation, is that it's boundaries can't be broken.  You'd dig up hologrammed dirt forever and never reach the ruined planet beneath it.
[Garland] So what do we do? Teleport under?
[DeathStar] Boundaries would stop you, more than likely.
[Garland] Then stop making me guess and tell me your idea.
* DeathStar looks at Garland blankly.
[DeathStar] Idea?
* Garland looks back
[Garland] Don't have one, I take it.
[DeathStar] Oh, heh, knew I forgot something.  Give me a minute.
* Garland dusts off his hands
[DeathStar] Well.....We could shut down the Paradise Effect, but that would effect the entire planet and we might not be able to power it back on.
[DeathStar] Or...
[Garland] It would be foolish to do so.
[Garland] Can we turn off a single sector?
* DeathStar stops his train of thought to go back to his first idea.
[DeathStar] No.
[Garland] Hrm.
[DeathStar] We could....*hesitates*
[DeathStar] We could find something immensely powerful that it would be able to disrupt the boundary of the hologram around us.  But I don't think we have such a thing.
* Garland crosses hsi arms, thinking
* DeathStar looks up at the sky, which is peaceful.
* Garland glances at DS
* DeathStar seems to be oblivious to being looked at
[Garland] ....
* Garland fires a fully charged blast at the sky
[DeathStar] GM: *ever so briefly it shimmer is detected*
[DeathStar] (a shimmer)
* DeathStar glances at Garland, quirking his eyebrow
[DeathStar] Trying to break the boundary of the sky?
[Garland] Got it.
* Garland slowly gets into a horse stance
* Garland looks at the ground
[DeathStar] ...do you think you're strong enough...?
* DeathStar watches him,
[Garland] You open it up while it's disrupted.
[DeathStar] How do I "open it up"?
[Garland] My daughter might be down there.
[Garland] I don't know, we'll see.
* Garland roars, nothing happening for a moment.
[DeathStar] Why do I have a bad feeling about this...
* DeathStar looks as a few deer scatter.
* Garland slowly has wisps of flame materialize around him, it being so long since he's done anything similar to this
* DeathStar crosses his arms as he watches.
* Garland clenches his eyes, all sound ceasing in the area, him bursting into flames as wind flies out from where he's standing
* DeathStar is knocked back.
* Garland roars, the flame expanding and the wind inscreasing
* DeathStar is pushed back as he slammed his saber into the ground.
* Garland suddenly stops, throwing his hand to the ground as he sends a silent invisible blunt force to the ground
[DeathStar] GM: *the ground explodes beneath Garland, straight down for 100 meters, the area shimmering as it goes down*
[DeathStar] GM: *everything stops and the shimmer continues for a few seconds, then vanishes*
[Garland] *floats there* I just kinda expected the hologram to peel back.
* DeathStar pants.
[DeathStar] I think you're just damaging the hologram earth, not the real one.
[Garland] Strange... it interperetted the electromagnetic blast as physical..
* DeathStar lays on his back after pulling his saber out
[DeathStar] That's nice.
[Garland] Alright, Paradise is screwy. I'm out.
* Garland furrows his brow, thinking
* DeathStar looks at the ground.
[DeathStar] Well, it is a hologram....
[DeathStar] And you did disrupt it.  I saw it.
[Garland] Yeah, but the energy wavelengths should have distorted it...
* DeathStar rubs his chin
[DeathStar] Do you have anything more powerful that we could punch through?
[DeathStar] (with)
[Garland] Not especially.
* DeathStar takes his saber and stabs at the ground, being careful not to fall into the hole. He doesn't even get a shimmer.
[Garland] Hrm.
[DeathStar] I think if we could fire something more powerful, we could do it.
[Garland] Like?
[DeathStar] Well, a Tsivrixsh battleship could do it -- but it would devestate this area.
* DeathStar rubs chin
*** Disconnected
*** Attempting to rejoin...
*** Rejoined channel #taw2
[Garland] Like?
*** Garland sets mode: +o DeathStar
[DeathStar] Well, a Tsivrixsh battleship could do it -- but it would devestate this area.
[Garland] Not what we want.
* DeathStar kicks the ground and sends dirt flying.
[DeathStar] Nothing.
[DeathStar] Yet your power level managed shimmer it.
* DeathStar points at Garland.
[DeathStar] We need something a little stronger than you to do it.  Just a little.
[Garland] What else do we have?
[DeathStar] We could go back and get Dias.  His morphing into Dark Heart might work.
[Garland] He's specialized in speed.
* Garland sighs
[DeathStar] But he's also a few notches stronger than you are.
* Garland quirks his brow
* DeathStar looks at Garland.
[Garland] I wish X1 were here..
[DeathStar] ...yeah.
[Garland] He's either a genius or insane, but he'd have a way through this like it weren't here.
[DeathStar] ...wait...I got an idea.  *Doesn't sound happy*
[Garland] What is it.....?
[DeathStar] Your sword.  It's strong enough.
[Garland] I don't enjoy using it...
[DeathStar] That's good.
* DeathStar stares at the nice hole Garland made.
[Garland] Yet somehow I've managed to use it several times since I've met up with you people... *sighs8
[DeathStar] You could try to raise your own power level some and fire again.
Session Close: Sat Jul 20 00:00:00 2002

Session Start: Sat Jul 20 00:00:00 2002
Session Ident: #taw2
[Garland] I got a stupid idea...
[DeathStar] Yeah?
[Garland] Let's make some coffee.
[DeathStar] You're right.
* Garland walks onto the shuttle and into the mini-cafeteria
[DeathStar] ...*pauses and mutters under his breath* That it was a stupid idea.
* DeathStar looks back at the hole.
* Garland comes back with a pot and two cups
* Garland hands him a cup
[Garland] Why do you keep looking at the hole?
* DeathStar raises his hands in a "no thank you" gesture.
* Garland takes a sip and makes a disgusted face
[Garland] .... Ugh... I think I'm worse at this than X1.
[DeathStar] Doubtful.  Anyway, as for looking at the hole, I'm just admiring your handiwork.
* DeathStar takes his saber and slashes the air rapidly.
* DeathStar keeps slashing rapidly, straining.
* DeathStar picks up speed as he slashes, concentrating on only hitting one point with each slash. After several moments, he gets a faint shimmer. Stopping, he lowers his sore arms and pants.
[DeathStar] I..did...it!
[Garland] Hrm...
* DeathStar sits on the ground, resting
* Garland takes another sip, pauses, and looks around
* Garland then scowls.
[DeathStar] Well, now what?
* Garland throws his cup down
[Garland] Why can't anything ever be easy!? *blasts the cup*
* DeathStar watches the cup die instantly.
* DeathStar lays down on the ground.
[DeathStar] I'm going to take a nap.
* Garland sits.
[Garland] .... You know any way to summon X1, or similar?
[DeathStar] *calmly* No.
[Garland] Damn.
[DeathStar] Face it.  X1's been missing for 8 years now.  He's not just going to appear.
* Garland blinks at DS
[Garland] That's even stupider than my coffee idea.
[DeathStar] *calmly* Usually when I say something like that, X1 proves me wrong.
[Garland] You jinxed it then.
[DeathStar] You had to say it was stupid.
[Garland] No no, he would have appeared, then you'd have explained it and it would have worked.
* DeathStar seems to be asleep now.
* Garland falls into deep thoughts
[DeathStar] Birds: *sing nearby*
[Garland] I like birds.
[DeathStar] Rabbits: *hop around*
[Garland] I like rabbits.
[DeathStar] Deer: *eat grass*
[Garland] Tell me about the rabbits again, Geor--Star.
* DeathStar ignores Garland, even if it was awake, which he's not.
[Garland] I like deer.
[DeathStar] GM: *time passes*
[DeathStar] GM: *evening begins*
* Garland snores, sleeping
* DeathStar walks around.
[DeathStar] ...Slash.
* DeathStar looks out over the area.
* DeathStar blows out some air and crosses his arms.
[DeathStar] Why are we even here?  Garland fires one blast, then tries to make coffee and summon X1.  I could be doing more useful things at Fury.
[Garland] Then leave.
* DeathStar looks over his shoulder.
* Garland sits up, thinking
[DeathStar] Alright.
[Garland] I'm staying untill I figure out how to get down there.
* DeathStar turns and walks back towards the shuttle.
[DeathStar] Figuring out?  More like goofing off until you get down there.
* Garland glares at DS
* Garland stands up
[Garland] Why does it matter to you? You have better things to do, remember?
[Garland] Go.
* DeathStar stands there, turns to look to the side.
* DeathStar nods once and steps into the shuttle.
* DeathStar gets into the cockpit and straps himself into the pilot's seat. Slowly he begins to run through the checklist of things to powerup.
* Garland raises his hand over his head, stiff from something
[Garland] I knew an idea would come to me. *closes his eyes, now sweating
* DeathStar finishes and powers up the engines.
* Garland fires a black one-handed Kiama into the ground, roaring
[DeathStar] GM: *the ground explodes and the area shimmers*
* Garland lowers his hand, opening his eyes
* DeathStar glances out the viewport at the sounds.
[DeathStar] GM: *there's a new hole in the ground, in addition to the other one*
* DeathStar looks at the readings the shuttle took and quirks his eyebrow
* DeathStar powers down and steps out.
* Garland jumps down the hole
* DeathStar walks over to the hole Garland made and looks at him.
[DeathStar] I have an idea.
* Garland looks up at DS
[Garland] You have better things to do, remember?
[DeathStar] Shut the fuck up for a moment.  I'm not doing this for your sorry ass.
[Garland] Of course you aren't. *glares*
[DeathStar] How many kiamas can you do in a 10 second period?
[Garland] Depends.
[DeathStar] I need to know.
[Garland] Charged, maybe three or four.
[Garland] Just random, I'm not sure.
[DeathStar] Your strongest ones EVER.  I mean, these are as strong as you can make them.
[Garland] Depends on how long I have to charge.
[DeathStar] You have 10 seconds to slam 4 of your strongest kiamas right here.
* DeathStar points at the hole.
* Garland jumps up, over the hole rearing his hands back
* DeathStar stands next to the hole, regardless of his own safety.
* Garland fires one from each hand, for two, and then rears back, firing two more
[DeathStar] GM: *the ground explodes more and more with each hit, sending DS rearing back some.  Each hit causes a shimmer as it impacts*
[DeathStar] GM: *on the fourth hit, the entire area goes blinding white*
* DeathStar lowers his arm as the light vanishes and for a ten foot circle all around them, they are in a ruined area. Above them the sky, for as far as they can see up, is storming and lightning. Yet, outside the circle, everything is calm.
* Garland slams into the ground, trying to cause a crater
[DeathStar] GM: *the ground, already ruined, gives in easily and drops both Garland and DS into a cave like area*
[DeathStar] Whoa~!
* Garland walks forward
* DeathStar rolls to a stop against a metallic door.
[DeathStar] ...here it is, Garland.
* DeathStar stands up and steps away from the door, looking around. He finds a rock and sits down.
* Garland looks at the door, searching for how to open it
[DeathStar] GM: *a control pad with a hand shape on it is seen*
* Garland tries his hand
[DeathStar] GM: *the door opens*, slowly, but stops half-way.  Still, it is enough for Garland to enter*
[Garland] Of course my hand would work..
* Garland steps through
* DeathStar watches Garland go, then closes his eyes as he waits.
*** GM has joined #taw2
[GM] GM: *the room Garland walks into is about the size of a football field in length.  There are sorts of tubes and capsules, tables with stuff on them, and everything that could be right out of a mad scientist lab*
* Garland walks by one of the capsules, looking in
[GM] *the capsules are all seemingly empty.  Each has a holovid machine next to them, but none seem to have any data present*
* Garland narrows his eyes, walking as he looks for anything of intrest
[GM] *the room is huge, so there could be anything ANYWHERE that might interest Garland.  Currently he's in the center of the room*
* Garland walks over to the tables, looking over them
[GM] *the tables hold various datachips, holovid recorders, and papers*
* Garland looks over the papers
[GM] Voice: Ah, Garland.  Welcome.  I've been expecting you.  *it is crux's voice*
[Garland] And I thought you were dead.
* Garland turns
*** GM is now known as Reploid
* Reploid stands there. He looks just like Crucifixtion, yet his work is incomplete and his face is different
[Reploid] I think you're misjudging me.  I am not him.
* Garland crosses his arms
[Garland] A cheap copy of an even cheaper original.
[Reploid] A sense of humor.  I like it.
* Garland narrows his eyes
[Reploid] You have come for...her, haven't you?  Heh heh.
* Garland raises his hand
[Garland] Tell me what I want to know.
[Reploid] Or you'll BLAST me?
[Garland] Worse.
[Garland] I'll make you suffer.
[Reploid] If you destroy me, then this facility's defenses will turn on and all the doors will lock down.  All I have to do is scream - or think - the command.
[Reploid] You can't touch me.
[Garland] Maybe I don't care. *narrows his eyes*
[DeathStar] *DS' voice* GARLAND, LOOK OUT!
* Garland spins around
* DeathStar tackles another Death Star.
[Reploid] Whoooops!
* Reploid turns and runs as Garland is distracted.
* Garland spins back and runs after the reploid
* DeathStar attempts to slash his copy.
* Reploid dives over a table and rolls behind some capsules, hiding in the darkness of theroom
* Garland slides to a stop
[Reploid] *sound behind Garland*
[Garland] ..... *calls out* So tell me, am I what you were expecting!?
* Garland glances over his shoulder
[Reploid] GM: *nothing there*
[Reploid] Voice: *from in front of Garland somewhere* Indeed.  The master said either he or you would show up one day.  Since the master never came back, you must have killed him.
[Garland] Or were you expecting a pious white toga wearing bitch?
[Reploid] Voice: Can't say I know what you mean there, pal.
* Garland laughs
[Garland] I think that's funny.
[Reploid] GM: *sound behind Garland again*
[Garland] Crucifixion went too all this trouble, and he doesn't bother to give his copy an idea of what I even look like.
* Garland glances behind him again
*** Reploid is now known as Garland`
* Garland` punches Garland.
* Garland slides back
[Garland`] You're the fake who stole my life!
* Garland looks at Garland`
* DeathStar goes flying through a capsule nearby
[DeathStar] OUF!
* Garland` wears a pious white toga!
[Garland] Yeah? So tell me why the fuck you're here, in the base of the scrap that killed your father.
* Garland` throws a kick at Garland's head.
* Garland slams his fist into Garland`'s heel
* Garland` flips back and fires a kiama into Garland.
[Garland`] You might be strong, clone, but I'm going to win back my life.
[Garland] If you're me, you like to talk. So come on, explain to me that!
[Garland] Why are you just sitting here in this base, when there was so much you could have done for this shithole of a planet?
[Garland`] I was in a capsule with my daughter while YOU galloped around the planet as me!
[Garland`] But now I'm free.
* Garland throws off his cloak, his chest somewhat tattooed now
[Garland] How do you know I stole your life then?
[Garland`] I read Crucifixtion's notes.  I know what he did.
* Garland laughs
* DeathStar goes flying by again
[Garland] You're even an idiot like me. *narrows his eyes* So tell me, where were you when your daughter was killed.?
[Garland`] ...Death Star?
[Garland`] Sharlena's...not dead.  She's here!
* Garland grabs Garland and lifts him up by the turtleneck
* Garland pulls his face close to his
* Garland` stares at Garland, looking like Garland of 20 years ago.
[Garland`] (28 now)
[Garland] How convinced are you that you're me, or I'm you?
[Garland`] My memories do not lie to me!
* Garland pulls out a dagger from his belt
[Garland] Then you'll not mind me testing you.
[Garland`] ...Fine.
* Garland takes his hand and cuts open his fingertip, just enough to draw blood
* Garland` looks at the blood. It is the same as the real Garland's would be.
[Garland`] See?  I told you.
* Garland` narrows his eyes
[Garland`] Let me see your blood.
[Garland] Fine. *cuts open his forearm*
* Garland` stares at the blood.
* DeathStar is thrown into another capsule by his counterpart. Roaring in pain as the glass stabs him in the back, he kicks his counter part off.
[Garland] You're an idiot for paying any mind to Crucifixtion's notes and believing them.
[Garland`] I know what he's capable of!  He stole my daughter.
[Garland] But if you're a Cheire, and you look like me---one of us is a clone
[DeathStar] Voice: You could both be clones.
[Garland] We're on the same side if we have the same memories.
* Garland` looks around
[Garland`] Crucfixtion?!
* Garland waves his hand
[Garland] Pay the bitch no mind.
* Garland` looks at Garland, rising his eyebrows
[Garland`] For some reason I trust you....
[Garland] Either way, it's stupid to fight.
[Garland] We're the same guy.
* Garland` nods
* Garland tosses Gar a gospel
* Garland` catches it.
[Garland] Seem different at all?
* Garland grins, drawing the other
* Garland` gets a similar grin
[Garland`] Hunh.
[Garland] I'm suddenly glad I forged two.... or whichever of us did.
[Garland] I'll go forward, you break up the Death Stars.
[Garland`] Alright.  Make sure to get Sharlena.
[Garland] You know I won't leave her.
* Garland runs forward
[Garland`] Yeah, I know.
* Garland` runs after the Death Stars.
* Garland runs forward
*** Reploid has joined #taw2
* Reploid hides in the shadows.
* Reploid fires a rocket at Garland.
[Reploid] How did you like the daughter we gave you, Garland?
* Garland` runs up to both Death Stars and looks at them both rolling on the floor
[Garland`] Uh..
[Garland] NRP: Um.. tell me, is this weaponry from 28 years ago?
[DeathStar] Gar---*gack Garalnd!
[DeathStar] NRP: Yes.
* Garland catches the rocket
[Garland] ....
[Garland] I'm glad you gave me the fake, actually.
* Garland crushes it in his hands
* Garland` looks at the two, noticing that one of them is wearing armor while the other isn't.
* Garland` grabs them both and holds them away from each other.
[Reploid] Really?
* Reploid stands behind some capsules.
* DeathStar pants.
[Garland] No, I wanted to see how gullable you were.
[Reploid] You plan on killing him, don't you, when you get the chance?
* Reploid slides around in the shadows.
[Garland] 'Him?'
* Garland` throws the Death Star that tries to attack him
[Reploid] The other Garland.
[Garland] Only if I have to.
[DeathStar] Thanks, Garland.
* Garland looks around
[DeathStar] But we need to get Sharlena - if it is her - out of here.
[Garland`] It is, Death Star.  How have you been?
[DeathStar] Uh...fine?
* Reploid steps out, holding something
[Reploid] You called me a cheap replica earlier.
* Garland holds the sword ready
[Reploid] But I was designed with one thing.
[Garland] And that is?
* Garland` kiamas the other Death Star gets up
[Reploid] To handle more hyper than any other living creation.
* Reploid injects it into himself.
* Garland calls back when he hears the blasts
[Garland] HEY YOU THREE! CUT IT OUT!
[Reploid] Three times the amount you ever could use.
* DeathStar looks over at the other Garland
[DeathStar] TWO of them!?
* Garland punches Crux in the face as he's busy doing it
* Garland` looks over.
[Garland] We're all on the same side!
* Reploid stumbles back
* Garland turns
[Garland] Clothed DS is with me.
* Reploid transforms
*** Reploid is now known as UltimateCreation
[Garland] DS with armor has been here.
[Garland] Got it?
* UltimateCreation lands there, pulsing with hyper.
* Garland turns to UltimateCreation
* DeathStar runs over to Garland, looking up at it.
[Garland] Wow, that's fantastic.
[DeathStar] Ugly.
[Garland] Butt ugly.
* Garland` runs over. The other DS sneaks off into the shadows.
[Garland] Worse than Wien?
* UltimateCreation roars and drools hyper.
[Garland] ..... Nah.
[Garland`] I hate hyper...
[Garland] You and me both, pal.
[DeathStar] How are there two of you?
[Garland] Don't ask me.
[DeathStar] And where did that Dark Strider 2 go?
[Garland] Dunno.
[DeathStar] WE should look out for him.  I think he wants us dead, too.
* UltimateCreation punches Garland`
* Garland` is sent flying into a capsule. Flips back.
* Garland slashes the punch
* Garland` holds the gospel ready.
[Garland] Don't slash er...me!
* UltimateCreation roars and backhands Garland.
* DeathStar slashes UC
* UltimateCreation bitchslaps DS
* DeathStar hits the ground.
[Garland`] KIAMA!  *Fires a blast into UC*
* UltimateCreation absorbs it.
* Garland kicks UC in the face with the 28 year level difference
* UltimateCreation slides back, in pain, but obviously his power matches that of Garland now.
* Garland grins
* DeathStar stands up, holding his side in pain.
[UltimateCreation] ROOOOOAR!
* UltimateCreation punches at Garland.
* Garland` slashes UC
[Garland`] Leave me alone!
[Garland`] Er, him!
* Garland catches the punch, sliding back
[Garland] How articulate for a Crucifixtion.
* UltimateCreation drools hyper on Garland as he tries to throw his other hand at him.
* Garland backflips, kicking UC in the jaw
* DeathStar looks around and sees a few wires running to a machine.
* UltimateCreation flies up into the air
* Garland lands next to Gar
* UltimateCreation stimulates and gathers more hyper.
*** UltimateCreation is now known as HyperBeing
[HyperBeing] Ha ha ha ha ha ha
* Garland` looks at Garland
[Garland`] You're strong.
[Garland] Feel like being a superstar?
* Garland slides into a fighting stance
[Garland`] How?
* Garland` holds the gospel ready.
* Garland yells, bursting into flames
* DeathStar powers up the machines and grabs the wires.
* HyperBeing walks towards the two Garlands.
* Garland` begins to power up.
* Garland grabs Garland's forearms
* Garland grins
[Garland] Let's do this.
[Garland`] Right.
[Garland] Move with it.
* Garland swings Garland like a bat, adding momentum to any hit Gar does
* HyperBeing powers up a blast.
* Garland` hits HyperBeing with everything he has.
* DeathStar throws the wires on HB, frying him.
* Garland uses the added momentum of Garland's being swung to move hismelf into the same move, with Gar using him as the 'bat' and let's HB meet with a super kick
[HyperBeing] GYAAAAAAAAH!
* HyperBeing is then kicked into the wall and stops moving
* DeathStar pants
* Garland rears back, charging a jing blast
[DeathStar] Take that...bitch!
[Garland] And a little of this.... Garland?
* Garland` nods and performs a similar action.
* HyperBeing stands up.
* Garland fires the charged blast at HB, this not being Ki
* Garland` fires
* HyperBeing attempts to block the blasts, but he is knocked back.
* HyperBeing slams into a few capsules.
* DeathStar rubs his jaw
[DeathStar] I wonder...if a Garland and a Garland fuse, what would you get?
[Garland`] Fuse?
* Garland places a hand on his hip
[Garland] Long story.
* HyperBeing stands up, roaring
[DeathStar] Here comes ugly.
[Garland] He's pissed.
* Garland looks at Gar
* HyperBeing charges.
* Garland` looks at Gar.
[Garland] Thinking what I'm thinking?
[Garland`] Sure am
* HyperBeing picks up speed.
[DeathStar] Does this idea involve a tank?
* Garland sidesteps teh charge at the last minute
* Garland` steps out of the way.
* HyperBeing attempts to turn.
* Garland puts out his foot to trip HB
* HyperBeing trips
* Garland` blasts HB when he is tripped.
* Garland kicks HB up as he's blasted, letting him land on the tip of his sword
* Garland` slashes HB after he's imapled.
* HyperBeing dies and hyper oozes out everywhere.
*** HyperBeing is now known as GM
[Garland] I always thought falling ona sword was a myth...
* Garland slashes his sword, sending it HB flying
* Garland sheiths and turns to DS
[Garland`] We did it.  Now lets get Sharlena.
* DeathStar watches, arms crossed.
[Garland] Where is she?
*** GM is now known as DarkStrider
[DarkStrider] RIGHT HERE!!!
* Garland spins
* DarkStrider stands next to a capsule, his blaster pressed against it.
[Garland`] You!
[DeathStar] Grrr.
[DarkStrider] I waited 28 years for my chance to fight you fools.
[Garland] The plasma in your cannon won't even cultivate before you're dead if you don't fall back NOW.
[DarkStrider] But, Garland, *I*'m the real Death Star!
* DeathStar makes a face
[DeathStar] That's not even funny.
[Garland] It'd kinda sad, really... since he's threatening Sherlena, DS wouldn't do that.
[DeathStar] ...Garlands, you get Sharlena and get out of here.  I'll take him out.
* DeathStar tackles DS.
[DarkStrider] !!
* Garland opens the capsule
* DarkStrider rolls with the tackle.
[Garland] He's all yours, DS.
* Garland` steps up to Garland, looking at Sharlena.
[Garland`] Computer: Warning, Self-Destruct System Activated.  1 minute remaining.
[Garland] How do we know she's the real one....?
[Garland`] What do you mean?
[Garland] I had a clone for two decades after she was kidnapped...
[Garland`] Two decades?  That's how long I've missed...?
[Garland] Seems that way.
* DarkStrider punches DS
* DeathStar steps back and looks at the two
* Garland picks up Shar in his arms
[DeathStar] Discuss later.  Get out of here.
[Garland] Let's go.
* DeathStar punches DS back.
[Garland`] Right.
* Garland .... teleports!
* Garland` teleports.
* Garland` appears in the circle above the base with the other Garland
[Garland`] ...what in the world?  *sees they are in a circle of ruin, with a storm overhead, with the rest being clear*
* DeathStar rubs his lip
[Garland] I'll explain later, get on! *runs to the shuttle*
[DeathStar] Well, pal.  Sharlena's gone now.
[DeathStar] GM: *Garland is bounced back by the circle's boundaries*
[DarkStrider] Too bad.  
[Garland] You're kidding.
[DeathStar] Computer: 20 seconds remaiing
* Garland looks at Gar
[Garland] How high can you fly?
[Garland`] Pretty high.
[Garland] Space?
[Garland`] I don't...think so.
[Garland] Bah...
[DarkStrider] You know what the ironic thing is, Death Star?  She was the real thing.  But you'll die before you can reveal that
* DarkStrider grabs DS' throat.
[DeathStar] Computer: 10 seconds.
[Garland`] Why hasn't DS teleported up here, yet?
[Garland] No time to help DS...
[Garland] Here, hold her.
* Garland hands Shar to Gar
* Garland` takes Sharlena, holding her.
* DeathStar knees Dark Strider
[DeathStar] Call it making up.
[DeathStar] For what I've done
* DeathStar punches DS.
[DeathStar] Computer: 5 seconds.
* Garland fires a gold blast at the barrier (only two colors so far, it's paternal! :D)
[Garland`] GM: *the barrier opens*
[Garland] Go through, now!
[DeathStar] Computer: 0 seconds.
* Garland` leaps throat.
[Garland`] (through)
* Garland jumps out
[DeathStar] Base: *explodes*
*** DarkStrider has quit IRC (Quit: )
[Garland] ..... Shit! Death Star!
[DeathStar] GM: *the distortion of the real Earth vanishes*
[Garland`] Death Star!
[Garland`] ...
[Garland] ...
[Garland`] Why didn't he teleport?  
[Garland`] He could have joined us.
[Garland] Maybe he did.
* Garland` nods
[Garland] But then, Dark Strider didn't follow us.
* Garland` looks at the shuttle, noticing it's not Hunter-class.
[Garland] One of us should have played the hero, you know... *sighs* Damned honor code...
[Garland`] I could go look for him...
[Garland] No use.
[Garland] If he made it out, he'll turn up, we can't search the ruins.
[Garland] In the 'real world' it's probably caved in now.
[DeathStar] *in the hole nearby* Assholes.
* Garland looks in the hole
[Garland] Told you.
* DeathStar stands there.
[DeathStar] You're lucky you made the hologram reset itself before that wall of fire hit me!
[Garland`] Death Star!
* DeathStar crawls up the side of the hole until he reaches the top, panting
[Garland] Lucky yes, but was it good luck?
* Garland grins
[DeathStar] Your daughter is real, Garland.
* Garland falls to one knee
* Garland` holds onto Sharlena protectively.
[Garland`] I can't wait to get back to the HQ.  See Dominator.  Even Wiendigo.
* Garland doesn't move, his eyes closed
* DeathStar places a hand on Garland's shoulder.
[DeathStar] Congratulations.
* DeathStar wanders over to the shuttle
[DeathStar] Cran told the truth.
* Garland has a few tears hit the ground
* Garland stands slowly
* Garland` gets a suspicious look on his face at that name.
* DeathStar looks to see how old Sharlena looks.
* Garland waves his hand, a broad, genuine smile on his face
[Garland] Shar: *still seven-ish, as she was in suspended animation*
[DeathStar] That's amazing.  28 years and she still looks 7.
[Garland] We Hianules are full of surprizes!
[Garland`] Aren't we?  
* DeathStar looks at the other Garland
[DeathStar] Uh, what do we do with you?
* Garland puts his hands on his sides and laughs heartily
[Garland`] I'm with the Hunters.  Always have been.
* DeathStar looks at Garland
[DeathStar] Man, who's going to teach him?
* Garland checks under Gar's collar
[Garland] I put a cross under the collar of every one.. no one knew about them.
* Garland checks for it
[Garland`] Yeah, ... that's right
[Garland] If it's there, it's up for grabs which of us is the original..
[Garland] Otherwise, it's me.
* Garland looks!
* Garland` checks, too, seeing a cross.
[Garland] I'll be damned.
* Garland` smiles
* Garland looks at DS
* DeathStar looks up at the sky
[DeathStar] Clones, I swear.
[Garland] Well, I'm sure I'm Garland.
* Garland turns to Gar
[Garland`] I'm sure I'm Garland, too.
[Garland] .... Still, this could be cool.
[DeathStar] And I'm sure you're both are going to be a headache.
* DeathStar steps onto the shuttle.
* Garland jumps on
[Garland] Come on Gar!
* Garland` jumps on, holding Sharlena.
[Garland] Oh, something you should know.
[Garland`] Yes?
[Garland] Remember Seraphna?
* Garland` nods.
[Garland`] Yes.  One of the Hunters.  Nice.
[Garland] Well, somewhere along the line she got a really bad head injury.
[Garland`] Really?  I hope she's okay...
[Garland] If she cries or says you're the father of her children or tries to get you to marry her or something, just call her a crazy whore.
[Garland`] Alright!
[Garland] In her mind that's saying "Hello" and you saying "Good day!" back.
[Garland`] I'll keep that in mind!
[Garland] Good man.
[DeathStar] Crikes.
* DeathStar throws a datachip
* Garland` grabs it after he lays Sharlena down.
* Garland smiles to Shar
[DeathStar] Go read up on history or something.  I want to talk to Garland here.
[Garland`] Okay.
* Garland` walks off to a backroom to review things.
[DeathStar] Man, I hate to see Sera's reaction when "You" go 'Crazy Whore'.
* Garland looks at DS
[Garland] It'll be priceless.
* DeathStar waves hands
[DeathStar] Priceless and another 'bout of thearpy!
[Garland] You don't have to listen to her, you know..
[DeathStar] There's like ants.  You stomp on them, but they keep biting.
[DeathStar] (they're)
[Garland] Yep..
* DeathStar walks to the co-pilot's seat and sits down.
[DeathStar] Two of you.  Man.  That's scary.  Who should I be friends with?
* Garland sits in the pilot
[Garland] I think Shar will be asleep for a while yet.
[Garland] Me.
[Garland] I lied, it's not a cross.
* DeathStar narrows his eyes.
[DeathStar] So he's the clone?
[Garland] It's supposed to be a star of david. *looks at DS*
[Garland] Yeah, but the fact that he had something under his collar is strong evidence.
* DeathStar grips his saber
[Garland] Chances are it's me that's real, since I wouldn't have sat around in the place.
[DeathStar] Perhaps we shouldn't take him along.
[Garland] But who knows what could have happened.
* Garland looks at DS
[Garland] Don't.
[DeathStar] He could have been in a capsule like Sharlena there.  
[Garland] Just make sure everyone knows that if 'I' go rouge, and I wear that white toga with totally brown hair, don't hesitate.
[DeathStar] ...yeah.
* DeathStar looks forward.
[Garland] Besides, he's weak compared to everyone else.
[DeathStar] I just don't get something.
[Garland] Why clone me?
[DeathStar] Not that.  It makes sense, actually.  
[Garland] Hrm.
[DeathStar] But...to clone you and have the clone with the real Sharlena while the real you gets the clone Sharlena makes no sense.
[Garland] Sure it does.
[Garland] I get the clone, how would I react to see my daughter convinced that I'm not me, and a clone of me is me?
[DeathStar] Bad.
[Garland] .... As convoluted as it sounds, it's crazy and sinister enough for Crux.
* DeathStar nods.
[Garland] But it backfired, badly.
[DeathStar] I just have one question.
[Garland] There IS the chance I'm the clone though.. I mean, of all things I chose a star of david, when I was a christian priest.
[DeathStar] What if he is like you?  I mean, he's not going to turn bad.  How long will you keep him around?  I mean, he'll want to live "his" life again and if he's not doing anything wrong, what do we do?  We can't just kill him if he's good...
[Garland] Hey, he'll see that I'm him, we're the same guy.
[DeathStar] If you say so.  
[Garland] If I'm the badass, it gives him a chance to do what I wanted to do back then.
* DeathStar pauses
[DeathStar] What will he do when he learns what happened to the rest of his original family?  Like Garland Jr?
[Garland] He'll likely go off and try to be a saint or something, help people.
[Garland] He probably only has memory up to Sharlena.
[Garland] Not Jr.
[Garland] And as for Ni
[Garland] NI'Naraena, she's dead, we'll just tell him what happened to Parnel, not the family troubles.
[DeathStar] Alright.
[DeathStar] Lets hope he doesn't follow the path of Seraphna.  I mean, she can be pretty convincing when she's desperate.
[Garland] I'll make sure she doesn't taint him.
[DeathStar] Plus Lucas, Angel, Elayne, and Jonas will be pressing him.
[Garland] Naw, I'll take him to make an oath of celebacy or something...
[Garland] I mean.. being a clone, how long will he live?
* DeathStar doesn't respond to that.
[DeathStar] Session Ends
Session Close: Sat Jul 20 02:00:40 2002