Session 177: Climax Part Three
Session Start: Mon Sep 02 15:32:55 2002
Session Ident: #taw
* Logging #taw to 'logs\EsperNet\#taw.20020902.log'
*** Hioku is now known as Kyouki
[Odin`] -Act Eight- To the Core of the Matter
[Garland] DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION!
[Odin`] Time chart: Immediately following Act Seven
[Kyouki] NRP: Wait, wrong character
*** Kyouki is now known as Hotaru-chan
[Odin`] Location: Tsivrixsh Imperial Palace.
[Odin`] GM: *the team is on a hallway, heading in the direction of the Core Room, according to Ariel, in the lower levels of the palace.*
[GameMaster`] *as of yet, there has been no guards or patrols*
[Garland] I kinda wonder what the purple lizards were gonna be.
* Garland looks around quieltly.
[Blackjack] Don't ask. PLEASE don't ask.
[Hotaru-chan] Why not?
* Odin` walks along, silent, following behind BJ.
* Garland 's hand is on the handle of his sword, ready to draw at any time.
[Blackjack] I've seen enough already in this hellhole.
[Hotaru-chan] I thought you knew
[GameMaster`] *Further down the hallway it comes to an end. On the side is a glass cabinent. With a quick glance there it is full of jars and containers. Further down from the cabinent is a door.*
[Garland] A glass cabinent? *walks over to it, looking it over*
[Blackjack] ...I really don't want to know why that's down here.
[GameMaster`] *inside is various antidotes to Tsivrixsh poisons*
[Garland] Hey guys, we hit the jack pot!
[Hotaru-chan] We have?
[Garland] Yeah, antidotes to Xvash poison and stuff.
* Garland checks the cabinent for traps before opening it.
[Hotaru-chan] Great!
[Blackjack] Maybe they'll come in handy later...
[GameMaster`] *it is locked by a passcode. Also, it seems to be tapped into an alarm system*
[Hotaru-chan] Lets hope we don't need them...
* Garland turns to the others
[Garland] Any hackers here?
* Odin` nods.
* Garland points at the passcode.
[Odin`] Take time.
[Garland] How much?
* Odin` looks at it, estimating.
[Odin`] Five minutes.
[Garland] How much time do we have?
* Odin` looks at BJ for that answer.
[Hotaru-chan] I don't know, why don't we ask Death Star?
[Garland] He's a little busy, Hotaru...
[Garland] Besides, he's the one determining the amount of time.
[Hotaru-chan] I noticed. He's busy keeping the Tsiv off our backs...
[Hotaru-chan] Exactly!
[Blackjack] We really don't have the time... ah hell, we may need 'em. Start working.
* Odin` bends down and begins working on the passcode.
* Garland looks from side to side, keeping a lookout
[GameMaster`] *it is clear that trouble is getting near*
* Blackjack taps his shoulder nervously with his rifle
[Hotaru-chan] Uhhh... guys... I hate to hurry you...
[Odin`] More time.
* Odin` keeps hacking into the passcode, having 2 of the numbers figured out.
[Garland] Don't ask for what we don't have, Odin... hurry up...
[GameMaster`] *the jars, if anyone notices, requires the user use the entire jar to heal them of their poison. There seems to be only two cures against each time of poison, there being five types of jars*
* Garland looks at what kinds of poison are curable with these.
[GameMaster`] *the most noteable one is the Xvash poison cure. Next seems to be some type of lizard shape, the third set is unreadable, the fourth set seems to be a huge sword, and the fifth set is also unreadable*
* Odin` unlocks the cabinent
[Odin`] Grab most needed. Too many to carry.
[Garland] ... Lizard... *turns to the others* I'm pretty sure that doesn't mean a Kamono Dragon.
[Blackjack] There're your purple lizards, Garland... grab what you can, and let's get moving.
* Garland grabs one Xvash and one Lizard med
[Garland] Everyone grab some.
* Odin` grabs another Xvash one.
[Garland] Make sure we have at least one of each.
* Odin` grabs a the third set unreadable one.
* Blackjack grabs a sword med and one of the unreadable ones and shoves them into his pockets
[Odin`] Have two.
[Blackjack] NRP: Make that one of the fifths
[Garland] Hotaru, Ariel?
[GameMaster`] *Ariel takes third set and fifth set
[Garland] NRP: Ariel's here, even if someone doesn't want to play her. :P
[Garland] NRP: There's 5 of us at least, so we have them all! Whee!
[Garland] Alright let's move on.
[Odin`] NRP: Only if Hotaru grabs two.
* Odin` adjusts his cloak and moves on to the door at the end of the hallway.
* Hotaru-chan grabs the two that're left.
[Hotaru-chan] I wonder if that's the purple lizard...?
* Garland checks and nods.
[Garland] NRP: Just better not sing songs with children.
* Blackjack grabs his rifle with both hands and moves towards the door
* Odin` leans against the door, checking for traps. He makes an all clear motion.
[GameMaster`] *five guards appear at the end of the hallway, pointing at the team at the door. They charge*
* Garland checks the type of guard
[GameMaster`] *normal patrol, holding Xvashes*
* Garland throws out his hand, a force like wind blasting agains the Guards
* Blackjack opens fire on the guards
* Hotaru-chan throws a ki blast at one of the guards, sighing
[GameMaster`] *they are knocked back. One of them stands up, grabs a blaster and fires. The shot, much to everyone's surprise, bounces off a wall and hits the backpack BJ is carry directly. DS' warning was that the explosive would go off if shot...*
[Garland] Let's save these antidotes for when we need them. I'll keep them back and you all pick them off with ranged attacks.
[Garland] Shit!
[Blackjack] ....GAAAH!
[GameMaster`] *strangely, the explosion never comes...but the teleportation field is activated*
* Garland throws a charged blast like a baseball at one of the guards
[GameMaster`] *the remaining guards retreat*
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Teleport field?
[Garland] NRP: That's what I'm wondering.
[Odin`] NRP: The explosion puts up a field that prevents anyone in the building from teleporting.
[Odin`] NRP: The device, not the explosion itself.
[Odin`] NRP: It's to ensure that the Tsivrixsh cannot escape.
[Hotaru-chan] Can we move now...?
[Garland] NRP: But the same for us, I'm thinking.
* Odin` looks at the backpack, which is blackened from the blast.
[Odin`] NRP: Correct.
[Blackjack] ...At least it didn't explode...
[Blackjack] NRP: Natch.
[Odin`] But it has been activated it seems...
[Blackjack] Yep. We're definitely on a time limit now...
[Odin`] Didn't DS say the detonator trigged it, though?
[Hotaru-chan] ... what now...?
[Odin`] So we just plant the explosions, leave the base, and detonate it.
[Blackjack] Most of DS's "plans" usually go up in smoke.
[Garland] No use talking about it.
[Garland] Let's go.
* Odin` opens the door.
[Blackjack] Yeah, let's move.
[Garland] I may still be able to teleport, but we'll worry about that when it's time.
* Hotaru-chan hurries onward.
[GameMaster`] *inside is a dark room with a huge core generator in the middle. It's wires run throughout the base and it's obviously the source of the plantary shield*
* Blackjack heads in, being more careful than ever to not jostle the backpack
* Odin` steps in.
* Garland looks around
* Garland looks for a light source to activate
[GameMaster`] *the room lights up upon the presence of someone*
[GameMaster`] *the only exits are the one they come in, behind them, and a side door in the corner of the room*
[Blackjack] *sighs* It's never easy.
* Garland moves over to the door, inspecting it.
[GameMaster`] *it seems to be an emergency exit of some sort*
* Garland presses his ear to the door, listeing as he sniffs the air for scents
[Odin`] Plant the explosive on the generator.
[Hotaru-chan] Emergency exit? Well, this is an emergency...
[Garland] Could also be a trap.
*** GameMaster` is now known as Elite_Guards
* Elite_Guards enter through the door they Hunters came in.
[Elite_Guards] (the)
[Blackjack] ...Oh, damn.
[Garland] I'm sure there's an escape, but it may not be the one marked as such.
* Garland turns to the guards, narrowing his eyes
[Garland] Round two.
[Blackjack] Give me some cover... these are Elites.
* Elite_Guards twirl various weapons - including some sharp swords and a few xvashes.
[Odin`] Right.
[Hotaru-chan] ... more of these stupid guards? *starts ki blasting*
* Odin` pulls out some grenades and hurls them at them.
[Garland] Hotaru!
* Elite_Guards easily dodge the attacks.
* Blackjack runs to the generator and opens the backpack
[Hotaru-chan] What?
* Garland facepalms
[Garland] Nevermind.
[Elite_Guards] GM: *inside is the explosive, turned on and ready to be detonated ... but the detonator is smashed from the shot earlier*
* Blackjack hits his forehead
* Elite_Guards one suddenly uses an xvash to uppercut Odin in the jaw, sending him backflipping to the floor.
* Garland draws his sword, the blade seemingly on fire.
* Odin` hits the ground hard.
[Blackjack] Shit, shit, shit, shit... *continues while trying to figure out what to do*
[Garland] I'll keep them busy, everyone else keep them off of Jared.
[Elite_Guards] *there are six of them*
* Garland slides between them and BJ
* Hotaru-chan helps, by throwing more ki blasts.
[Elite_Guards] *The two Xvash users run at Hotaru, swinging at her ki blasts to reflect them or stop them*
[Elite_Guards] *two of the swords fight with Ariel*
[Blackjack] Garland, the detonator's toasted!
* Garland jumps behind the two running at Hotaru and slashes hard
[Garland] Is there a timer?!
* Blackjack checks it
[Blackjack] Dammit, no there isn't!
[Elite_Guards] *they flip back over Garland and swing their xvashes at him with lightning speed*
[Hotaru-chan] Oh great...
[Garland] Is there a way to set it off, then?!
[Elite_Guards] *two more of the sword guards run at Blackjackc*
* Hotaru-chan blasts one of the guards off-balance with a ki-blast
* Garland ducks and spins around slashing their knees
[Elite_Guards] *the two sword guards turn their focus on Hotaru, slashing at her*
[Elite_Guards] *the two fighting Garland move out of the way*
* Blackjack examines the explosives carefully, looking for an alternative to the method he thought of
* Hotaru-chan ducks under, moving back out of the way.
* Garland slashes one of the sword-guards one-handedly
[Elite_Guards] *one of them slash Hotaru nearly across her right arm, leaving a small cut*
[Elite_Guards] *the xvash guard, while Garland is hititng the sword guard, bashes him in the right leg*
[Hotaru-chan] Erk...
* Odin` groans, poisoned
* Blackjack sighs and plants the explosives
* Garland stabs the Sword guard with a dagger he had hidden in his belt
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Am I poisoned?
[Elite_Guards] *both Xvash guards swing at Garland's head now*
[Elite_Guards] NRP: Yes.
* Garland rolls out of the way, tossing Xvash antidote to Odin
* Odin` grabs it, nods, and takes a sip, letting it heal him slowly.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Which antidotes did I get again?
[Garland] Try to save the antidotes for after the duel, no use in getting poisoned again mid-fight!
[Odin`] NRP: Sword and Lizard
[Hotaru-chan] Okay!
* Odin` stands up, fighting back with the Xvash guards, keeping them off of Garland
* Hotaru-chan fights on, more defensively this time.
[Elite_Guards] *the sword guards keep slashing at Hotaru, who's now slower than before*
* Garland draws his second sword, placing them in an X motion to guard himself
[Elite_Guards] GM: *The sword poisons don't seem to match up with the big sword antitode, but the 3rd unknown one*
[Elite_Guards] *all the guards regather, five of them remaining now*
* Garland bursts into flames, summoning all of his strength
* Odin` regroups with Garland, Ariel, and Hotaru.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: *idly wonders if she even COULD go full-dragon in this space...*
[Elite_Guards] NRP: Not really enough in here.
[Elite_Guards] GM: *the xvash guards spin their xvashes. Meanwhile, Hotaru is getting sleepy*
* Garland falls into a horse stance, holding his swords ready
* Odin` offers Hotaru a 3rd antitode to use when she needs it.
[Garland] Somone give Hotaru an antidote.
* Hotaru-chan sips it immediately.
[Elite_Guards] We only have 1 xvash and 1 more of the 3rd antidote left.
[Garland] BlackJack, come on and do something bad-ass! You're the lucky one!
* Blackjack joins the battle, holding a fan of cards in each hand
[Elite_Guards] *rush the group. Two attack Garland, 2 attack Odin, and 1 xvash fights Hotaru*
[Elite_Guards] *the one fighting Hotaru swings for her head*
* Garland scissor slashes one guard as fast as he can move, slashing down hard
* Hotaru-chan blocks with her saber.
[Elite_Guards] *Odin leaps back, dodging some slashes. He gets hits with an xvash to the back*
* Blackjack flings one set at the two rushing Garland and the other set at the one rushing Hotaru
[Elite_Guards] *the one fighting Hotaru gets hit and knocked back*
* Garland jumps back, sheithing both swords
[Elite_Guards] *one slashes at Garland's side*
[Garland] Alright, no funning around here... *draws the emerald*
* Garland parries the Elite Guard
[Elite_Guards] *one slashes Garland in the leg while he parries*
* Blackjack drops back, guarding the explosive
[Elite_Guards] GM: *both poisons work against Garland now*
[Elite_Guards] *the four remaining guards regroup, leaving Odin and Garland poisoned*
* Garland flips back, lunging forward and slashing down on a guard (like the Red Special move from JK2)
[Elite_Guards] *the other three move forward to parry*
[Garland] Toss me a Xvash antidote!
* Hotaru-chan does so
[Odin`] That's our...*pants* last one. Becareful.
* Garland grabs it and stuffs it in his pocket, forcing himself forward and jabbing at a guard hard
[Elite_Guards] *the guard dies, but the other two slash Garland's sides*
[Garland] ARGH!
* Hotaru-chan slices at one of the other guards, activating her ki wings to guard herself.
* Garland sidekicks a guard
[Elite_Guards] *the is defeated by Hotaru*
[Elite_Guards] *the remaining two slash at BJ*
* Blackjack spins his rifle in his hands and switches it to the healing setting, and fires at Garland
* Blackjack tries to dive aside, rather defenseless
* Odin` stumbles, his vision blurry. He blasts one trying to get BJ
[Hotaru-chan] I like your rifle, Blackjack...
[Elite_Guards] *a monitor showing the DS/Emperor battle plays silently in the background*
* Garland applies Xvash poison and the other poison to his sword, a long forgotten ability of his!
* Garland spin slashes another guard
[Elite_Guards] *the guard is defeated. The team has won!*
* Garland then takes the appropriate cures.
[Odin`] We're out of xvash and the 3rd antidote.
* Odin` leans against a wall, resting with his eyes closed.
[Elite_Guards] *no more guards seem to be arriving at this time*
[Garland] I should be able to deal with both poisons from here on, at least, once my body adapts to the antidotes.
* Blackjack is standing near the generator, looking at the explosive
[Elite_Guards] *the explosive just blinks, waiting to be detonated*
[Hotaru-chan] So... what now?
*** Elite_Guards is now known as GameMaster`
[Garland] This is the hard part of the war... if I have to.... *shakes his head* Okay, how do we detonate it without killing ourselves?
[Hotaru-chan] Anyone got a smaller explosive, but this time WITH a detonator?
[Garland] That's Jared's dept... I almost wish Baberlus were here, he has a little of everything--even if his side is always in question.
* Blackjack shakes his head
[Hotaru-chan] So... what now?
* Garland attempts teleporting to the other side of the room
[GameMaster`] *Garland is jammed. As the creator of the explosive bragged, it stops anything. Biological or mechanical*
[Garland] Damnit, I would say I'd throw something at the bomb and then teleport, but...
[Blackjack] Well, then, I guess we don't have any choice...
[Blackjack] Unless anybody has a better idea...
* Garland crosses his arms, thinking.
* Garland looks around the room for anything useful
[GameMaster`] *there is nothing present, sadly*
[Garland] Can we just turn it off?
[Garland] We could tear shit up in here untill it's irreprable.
[Garland] NRP: BRB
[Blackjack] That could work, maybe... or it could set off an alarm, and we'd be over our heads in elite guards...
[Garland] True..
[Garland] But don't you think if there were that many guards, they'd have called their buddies?
[Blackjack] That's true. Give it a shot.
[Blackjack] Just don't hit the bomb. *winces*
* Garland slashes some exposed wiring.
[GameMaster`] *a shield repels Garland*
[Garland] Okay, it's all sheilded.
* Garland checks the emergency exit
[Blackjack] It always is...
[GameMaster`] *it leads to a long hallway that curves out of sight from the door*
[Garland] I'm going to check this 'emergency' exit out.
[GameMaster`] *the monitor continues to show the battle*
* Garland heads down it slowly
* Blackjack checks the monitor
[Blackjack] I wonder how DS is holding up...
* Garland checks around the curves before going into full view.
[GameMaster`] *It seems that, currently, DS is on the losing end of the battle with several deep wound*
[GameMaster`] *the curve continues on for some ways, then arrives at a set of stairs*
[Garland] Some emergency exit...
* Garland looks at the stairs
* Blackjack crosses his arms, intent on watching the battle. .oO{Come on, DS, you're better than that...}
* Garland inspects ye olde stairs.
[GameMaster`] *Ariel still refuses to watch*
[GameMaster`] *the stairs go up for several floors, it seems*
* Garland heads back
[Garland] There are stairs that go up there.
[Garland] Has anyone thought of anything or are you all too busy watching DS?
[Hotaru-chan] If we only had a timer...
[GameMaster`] *DS stumbles around, almost drugged as he fights*
[Garland] Odin, you're a hacker!
[Garland] Hack some shit!
*** Hik[AWAY] is now known as Ariel
[Hotaru-chan] Unless someone can hook a communicator up to a bomb so we can set it off from afar...
[Blackjack] ...Somehow, you've got to get back up there and get DS out of that mess before you can all get out of here...
* Odin` is passed out, given in to the poisons long ago.
[Garland] .....
* Garland kicks Odin to wake him up
[GameMaster`] *the stairs, it seems, doesn't lead to the throne room*
* Odin` doesn't respond.
[Ariel] NRP: Can someone be nice and give me a quick rundown?
[Garland] DAMNIT!
[Garland] NRP: We killed stuff and now bomb go boom.
[Odin`] NRP: They're in the coreroom. Ariel is holding a sword antitode and a 5th unknown antitode.
[Odin`] (antidote)
[Garland] Ariel, you any good at hacking?
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: We're in the generator room, Odin's been poisoned, bomb's activated, but no detonator
[Garland] Someone cure Odin.
[Odin`] NRP: No more xvash cures.
[Ariel] Hacking? Haven't tried that in ages.
* Hotaru-chan tries to do so with her medical skill.
[Hotaru-chan] Try now.
* Garland scracthes his chin, applying antidote to the dagger!
* Garland pricks Odin's finger
* Ariel trys hacking the... whatever needs to be hacked?
* Odin` has either been so far gone that either an immediate response is impossible, or he's too far gone.
[Garland] Give him a minute...
* Garland looks at the bomb long and hard.
[GameMaster`] *whatever needs to be hacked cannot be hacked ... okay? What are you hacking?*
[Garland] Does anyone have any bubble gum?
[Garland] Or some kind of tar or something?
[Ariel] NRP: I'm sorry if I've just arrived and I have like zilch knowledge about what's going on ].[
[Ariel] NRP: I can just leave again if you want ].[
[Odin`] NRP: I meant to the people tellign you to hack,.
[Hotaru-chan] Can you set it up so that a communicator detonates the bomb?
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: *hugs*
[Garland] NRP: I thought it was worth a try to confuse you into giving us a break, Kev! :P
[Odin`] NRP: AAAAH! Why hack a damn bomb?!
[Odin`] NRP: You're telling poor Ariel to blow you all up.
[GameMaster`] *it seems that there is commotion outside the entrance they came in, like people are gathering*
[Blackjack] ...While we're taking so damned long down here, people are dying high above, and we've got other problems from behind...
[Hotaru-chan] Got a solution handy?
[Garland] Can anyone project holograms?
[Blackjack] Yes, I do. ...
* Garland looks at BJ
[Hotaru-chan] What?
* Blackjack looks back at the bomb, then takes off his eyepatch and tosses it and his rifle to Garland
[Blackjack] Garland, lead everyone out of here. I'm countin' on ya.
[Garland] Jared.
[Garland] Baracade the door.
[GameMaster`] *the door opens and two lizards stand there - purple - hissing*
* Ariel is quiet...
*** GameMaster` is now known as Purple_Lizards
[Hotaru-chan] Purple lizards...
* Purple_Lizards they get on all fours, their tongues hanging out
* Garland blasts the lizards back with the wind blast
* Purple_Lizards are thrown out the open door again
* Garland slams the door and starts baracading it.
[Garland] NRP: URRRGH BRB
* Hotaru-chan helps barricade.
*** Purple_Lizards is now known as Game_Master
* Blackjack lowers his eyes
[Garland] I have an idea.
* Garland pulls off his tunic
* Garland drapes it over the bomb
[Hotaru-chan] What's that going to d... huh?
[Hotaru-chan] You expect them to smash it?
* Garland cuts off a few locks of hair and ties it together, putting it on top
[Hotaru-chan] You do...
[Ariel] ....what are you doing?
[Garland] Look, we've baracaded the door, right?
* Odin` remains on the floor, passed on.
[Odin`] (out)
[Garland] NRP: Odin, we knew ye not at all.
* Blackjack glances at Garland and raises an eyebrow
[Garland] We've killed 6 of them, right?
[Game_Master] *door shakes as the lizards try to bust in*
[Garland] And also they probably know that the thing is sheilded.
[Garland] How smart could the lizards be?
[Game_Master] *the monitor shows DS being forced to edge back as the Emperor slashes rapidly at him*
[Garland] When they break in, they'll go strait for what looks and smells like me. *grins*
[Blackjack] ...God save us all.
[Hotaru-chan] ... Yeah...
[Blackjack] You do realize that puts us on a rather... short time limit, right?
[Hotaru-chan] We'd better move.
[Garland] And if we leave you, they'll break in and kill you, the bomb won't go off.
[Garland] So better ideas?
[Game_Master] *the door rattles again*
[Blackjack] Yeah. Like giving me back my eyepatch. *grins*
[Blackjack] And hauling ass.
* Garland hands it back
[Garland] Let's move!
* Hotaru-chan moves to the emergency exit
* Blackjack swings his rifle over his shoulder, replaces the eypatch, and hauls ass to the emergency exit
* Garland runs too
[Game_Master] *the hallway leads to the stairs*
[Garland] Up the stairs, go!
* Hotaru-chan climbs the stairs
* Garland runs
[Game_Master] *after seven flights of stairs they arrive at a door*
* Ariel gets out of there too
* Odin` remains behind, passed out still.
* Garland blurs down, and grabs odin, he's fast!
* Garland fixes the baracade while he's at it, making sure they smell him.
[Hotaru-chan] I thought he was dead...
* Garland blurs back up.
[Game_Master] *once the door opens, they will find themselves in a pretty damn big hanger. At the end of the hanger is one door and one door only, which is currently shut.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Any shuttles?
[Game_Master] NRP: Nope. This hanger is empty.
[Hotaru-chan] Oh great...
[Blackjack] ...Shitfire. *looks around*
[Game_Master] *a control pad is next to the door. It is currently unlocked, leaving the button visible*
* Garland looks to see if they could hijack a ship and blast the doors open
[Game_Master] *no ships*
* Hotaru-chan moves over.
[Hotaru-chan] Should I press the button?:
[Garland] Hurry the hell up!
[Garland] Ariel, check it!
[Ariel] Why me?
[Garland] You're probably the smartest one that's conscious, that's why.
[Garland] I've got Norse-God boy here on my shoulder.
* Hotaru-chan checks the button too
[Game_Master] *sounds can be heard from down the stairs. Like the baracade broke*
[Blackjack] ...What's that supposed to mean?
[Garland] Shit shit shit...
[Blackjack] ...Oh holy hell...
[Game_Master] *the button looks ready to be pressed*
* Garland presses the damn button
* Hotaru-chan presses
[Game_Master] *the door opens, slowly. Outside rain can be seen pouring down*
* Hotaru-chan rushes for the door
* Garland blasts the door open
[Garland] Everyone MOVE!
* Blackjack dives under the door
[Game_Master] GM: *the door is unblastable*
* Garland rolls under with Odin, since it's a super-door
* Hotaru-chan rolls under the door also.
[Game_Master] *they find themselves out in the rain. As it keeps pouring, nothing happens*
* Ariel darts for the door
[Blackjack] ...If your idea flopped, Garland, I'm going to hurt you. *wipes his hair out of his eyes*
[Hotaru-chan] ...
[Garland] ....
[Game_Master] *suddenly both lizards can be seen walking around in the hallway*
[Game_Master] (hanger)
*** Game_Master is now known as Purple_Lizards
* Garland facepalms
* Blackjack whaps Garland over the back of the head
[Garland] Stupid fucking lizards!
* Purple_Lizards walk toward the open door. One opens it's mouth, showing Garland's clothes --- and the bomb, inside it*
[Garland] OH SHIT!
[Blackjack] NOW what, genius?
[Garland] Well... You tell me.
* Purple_Lizards circle around in the hanger.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: BRB
[Blackjack] Well, we still have the lizard antidotes...
[Garland] Ugh.. fine...
* Garland jumps up
* Purple_Lizards wait for the team to come back in.
[Blackjack] But we can't kill them, either, since one has enough explosives in his mouth to blow us all to kingdom come...
* Odin` is still out of it.
[Ariel] ...so what to you propose?
[Blackjack] Don't look at me. I'm a sniper, not a strategist.
[Garland] Snipe the bomb?
[Garland] I'm out of ideas, but I refuse to let any of us become martyrs.
* Purple_Lizards dance around in the hanger.
[Blackjack] ...Are they... dancing?
[Garland] NRP: ... At least there's no songs or children.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Back
[Hotaru-chan] Looks like it
[Purple_Lizards] *the rain keeps pouring on the group, soaking them pretty good*
[Blackjack] When I said "It's never easy," I didn't expect this... *sighs*
[Hotaru-chan] ... what now...?
[Odin`] NRP: That is Hotaru's famous line today. "What now?"
[Blackjack] We kill Garland for having that harebrained idea. Then I guess one of us lures them back down to the core...
* Purple_Lizards run back down the stairs.
[Hotaru-chan] Or not.
[Blackjack] ...Or they could go themselves, that'll work too...
[Ariel] How do we detonate it /now/?
[Garland] How long till it swallows it?
[Purple_Lizards] *lightning crackles over head*
* Purple_Lizards don't seem to be coming back.
[Hotaru-chan] Mission failed...?
[Purple_Lizards] NRP: Act 9 - 20: "Lounging against the Lizard".
[Purple_Lizards] GM: *the rain picks up, if anything, now*
[Blackjack] NRP: It's almost like that rain is a plot device to get us to hurry.
[Blackjack] ...Well, I'm not just gonna stand here.
[Hotaru-chan] We either go in, try to get the bomb out, and THEN try and work out how to detonate it, or we just leave.
* Blackjack runs back inside and back down the stairs
[Purple_Lizards] *as the hero BJ leaves, the others remain in the rain*
* Ariel bites her lip...
* Garland sighs to himself...
[Garland] Idiot...
[Hotaru-chan] Do we go in after him, wait, or what?
[Purple_Lizards] *sadly, Garland and Odin are the only ones with lizard antidote*
[Garland] It was my idea, I'm going to be the one to pay for it.
* Garland drops odin and takes his antidote
* Garland runs after BJ
[Purple_Lizards] *Garland reaches the stairs - to the bottom - and back to the core room with no sign of BJ*
[Purple_Lizards] *the baracaded door from earlier is open, though*
[Garland] Jared?
* Garland loosk around
[Purple_Lizards] *the others ... remain in the rain*
* Garland hunts for him
[Purple_Lizards] *near the hallway where the team first arrived on the floor --- BJ is found battling both lizards. He already has one wound on his right arm*
* Purple_Lizards hiss. The one without the bomb wraps it's tongue around BJ's leg, trying to eat him.
* Garland slides next to BJ and hands him an antidote
* Blackjack hacks at the tongue with his sabre
[Hotaru-chan] I'd try something, but I'm not sure if we'd get spotted...
* Garland slashshes down on the head of the lizard trying to eat BJ
* Purple_Lizards having been slashed on the tongue and the head, cries.
* Garland stabs the Lizard in the back
[Purple_Lizards] *the one with he bomb slashes Garland's arm*
* Blackjack pockets the antidote and covers the wound with his hand
* Garland slashes the gut of the other lizard
[Purple_Lizards] *it beats Garland with it's tail, doing massive damage*
[Purple_Lizards] *then it dies*
* Garland pants
*** Purple_Lizards is now known as Purple_Lizard
[Purple_Lizard] *Hotaru and Ariel hear something in the hanger*
[Blackjack] ...Thanks for the save.
* Garland grabs the corpse of the lizard with the bomb
* Purple_Lizard holds the bomb in it's mouth, grinning.
[Hotaru-chan] I guess it can't hurt now...
[Garland] NRP: I thought I killed it?
[Purple_Lizard] NRP: Other one.
[Garland] NRP: That's teh one I'm talking about.
[Purple_Lizard] NRP: Oops. Well, the one with the bomb is still a go.
* Hotaru-chan concentrates a little... and manages to turn full dragon.
* Purple_Lizard runs off.
* Blackjack pops off a shot at the lizard's back
* Purple_Lizard rounds the corner. Obviously, it's going to take the entire team to catch this guy. He's tricky.
* Odin` lays on the ground in the rain, still passed out.
* Hotaru-chan looks at the hangar and sighs.
[Blackjack] Dammit... I'll tail him, Garland. Go get the others.
[Purple_Lizard] *Hotaru can't fit through the little door now*
* Garland gets them
* Blackjack heads after the lizard
[Ariel] ...you're growing up fast little one.
[Hotaru-chan] ^^;
[Purple_Lizard] *Garland arrives back at the hagner entrance - to find a giant dragon outside it*
[Hotaru-chan] I'm just making up for lost time...
[Hotaru-chan] Hi Garly!
[Garland] ... Riiight... everyone back down.
* Purple_Lizard slams into BJ.
* Purple_Lizard bites his shoulder.
* Garland heads back down
* Ariel sighs and heads back down
* Garland runs at the lizard, sword ready
[Blackjack] GAAAH! *swings his sabre at the thing's head*
* Purple_Lizard leaps back, opening it's mouth to show off the bomb.
* Purple_Lizard hisses.
* Blackjack stops the slash
* Hotaru-chan changes back, then heads back down.
[Blackjack] F...
* Garland grabs the bomb from the lizard's mouth
* Purple_Lizard slams it's tail into BJ's right leg, hoping to break it.
[Garland] Gimme that, you stupid POS!
* Garland cut's it's jaw open with his sword
* Blackjack quickly hops upwards, quickly shapeshifting into and back from a falcon to avoid the tail
* Purple_Lizard roars in pain, then falls over.
*** Purple_Lizard is now known as Game_Master
[Game_Master] *the team is currently back in the hallway they began the Act in*
[Hotaru-chan] Alright!
* Blackjack lands one one knee
[Blackjack] Which leaves us... right where we... ugh... started.
[Hotaru-chan] 'fraid so.
* Garland grabs the corpse
* Blackjack swigs the lizard poison antidote
* Garland walks back to the room
* Garland drapes the lizard over some of the wires overhangning the cieling
* Blackjack sheathes his sword and walks after Garland
[Game_Master] *the Core Room is the same. The monitor continues to show the DS/Emperor fight*
[Blackjack] What crazy plan do you have this time?
* Garland puts the bomb in it's mouth, button facing out
[Garland] It's gonna fall off the wires, and then boom.
[Game_Master] NRP: No buttons on the bomb.
[Garland] NRP: Then how do you set it off?!
[Game_Master] NRP: You gotta to shoot the damn thing now that the detonator is gone.
[Garland] -.-
[Hotaru-chan] Anyone got any other explosives?
[Game_Master] *sounds of footsteps are heard just outside what was a baracaded door. Seems guards are coming*
[Garland] We would throw the bomb from the top of the stairs?
[Hotaru-chan] That might work
[Blackjack] I think DS was hoping for a chain reaction from the bomb. If we were to miss hitting the core directly, we'd waste the bomb, and be screwed.
[Garland] Maybe if we're lucky they'll shoot the movment or something.
[Hotaru-chan] I don't think we're going to get one.
[Odin`] *40 Elite Guards stand outside the open door. Seems you guys forgot to baracade it*
[Odin`] Elite_Guards
*** Odin` is now known as Elite_Guards
[Hotaru-chan] Oh shit...
* Elite_Guards hold their weapons ready, preparing to invade and kill the Hunters off for good.
* Blackjack closes his eyes, about two seconds away from just spiking the damned bomb
[Garland] Well.. they'd SHOOT the decoy, if we tried the same plan again.
* Elite_Guards listen to Garland's plans as they stand in the door.
[Hotaru-chan] ...
[Garland] NRP: A-hole!
* Elite_Guards seem to be preparing to rush the Core Room with some particularly nasty surprise.
[Garland] I'm out of ideas, except the oft chance that they're stupid.
[Garland] And blow the thing up.
[Hotaru-chan] ...
* Elite_Guards their plan seems to be particularly clever and will kill you all. Yes, yes it will.
[Ariel] I don't like the looks of this guys...
[Blackjack] You know they're listening, right?
[Garland] Or we could put it on the baracade itself, if they bow it up.
[Hotaru-chan] What barricade?
[Garland] They probably don't know english? I don't know.
* Blackjack snaps
[Blackjack] GARLAND! Plant the damn bomb on the generator! Ariel, barricade the door! Everyone else, to the hangar!
* Elite_Guards begin to enter.
* Garland sighs....
* Hotaru-chan nods, starting towards the hangar, but not leaving the room yet
[Garland] Jared, there has to be another way, god damnit!
[Blackjack] And DON'T you sigh at me! I'm supposed to be the fucking commander here, anyway!
* Garland hands him the bomb
* Ariel puts a forcefield up and starts baracading the door.
[Garland] Then you plant it yourself.
* Elite_Guards are repelled. But they seem to be ready to break it down at any moment.
*** Elite_Guards is now known as Game_Master2
[Garland] I'll have no part of this fucking martyr shit.
[Blackjack] Hotaru, come here.
* Blackjack works to plant the bomb - again
* Hotaru-chan heads over
[Blackjack] How far away do you think you can hit something with your psionics?
[Hotaru-chan] I'm not sure...
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: An estimate? And does my psi-power change any in dragon/catgon form?
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: I'm guessing "not far enough"
[Game_Master2] NRP: No where close to the distance required.
[Hotaru-chan] Not far enough, sorry...
* Blackjack closes his eyes
[Hotaru-chan] Maybe if a lot of us pitched in...
[Blackjack] It was an idea, anyway...
[Hotaru-chan] How many psions are on the group?
[Blackjack] You, and you, I think.
[Hotaru-chan] Me, Em... Is Ariel?
[Blackjack] Garland, how fast can you run?
[Ariel] Nope.
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[Game_Master2] NRP: BJ died! Shit! ... well, anyone else want to shoot the bomb?
[Ariel] Can't someone rig a Tsiv blaster to overload or something?
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[Garland] Fast enough.
[Blackjack] Hmph... think you could blast it from the door, then haul ass upstairs before the explosion gets you?
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[Garland] Hotaru, what if I boosted your levels by around 400 points even?
[Garland] Could you then?
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[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Could I?
[Game_Master2] NRP: Still too far.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: And with Em's help?
[Game_Master2] NRP: Still, too far.
[Hotaru-chan] Sorry... not even that would help...
*** Sherinmir is now known as Blackjack
[Ariel] I told you that you should have gotten a grenade launcher on that rifle BJ
[Blackjack] I know, i know.
[Garland] We could try the overload idea Ariel had.
[Game_Master2] *on the monitor, it seems DS has almost been beaten. As for the team in space, who knows their condition*
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[Hotaru-chan] Sounds good to me.
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[Garland] Jared, can you get your gun to overload?
* Blackjack protects his rifle
[Blackjack] Even if I could, no way.
[Hotaru-chan] What about a Tsiv blaster?
[Game_Master2] *there are none in the room*
[Garland] All the ones in here had melee weapons.
[Hotaru-chan] ...
[Hotaru-chan] Does anyone have a gun they can overload?
[Garland] I don't carry guns..
[Hotaru-chan] Me either
[Ariel] *looks to Hota* Don't you have a beamsaber?
[Hotaru-chan] Oh yeah!
[Blackjack] ...Garland, how well can you control your ki blasts?
[Hotaru-chan] I could get that to overload...
[Blackjack] But how long would we have before "overload" and "boom"?
[Garland] Generally it's a line of sight thing to get them to curve, but I could try..
[Garland] No... it wouldn't work. I require a line of sight.
[Blackjack] Eh, too iffy...
[Ariel] Set the powercell to full output and cross wire the saber to recycle the energy until it goes off.... *pauses* I'm starting to sound like Cheryl- used to.
* Hotaru-chan does that anyway, but doesn't activate it yet
[Garland] Alright, are we ready?
[Hotaru-chan] Gimme a... okay!
[Garland] Let's do it!
* Hotaru-chan puts her beamsaber down by the bomb, and gets ready to activate.
[Game_Master2] NRP: And how long before it overloads?
[Hotaru-chan] Everyone ready to hit the stairs?
* Blackjack shapeshifts into a half cheetah and lowers into a sprinting position
[Blackjack] I hope everybody's ready to haul ass... again. We won't have much time.
* Hotaru-chan turns catgon, if she can still activate the saber like that. (Faster going up stairs)
[Ariel] BJ, you're the fastest, I'm counting you can get out. You'll have about 20 sec.
[Hotaru-chan] Ready here!
[Garland] Ready and... let's go!
[Game_Master2] NRP: How long people?
[Blackjack] DO IT!
* Hotaru-chan activates it, and starts to fly to the emergency exit
* Ariel heads up the starts as fast as she can manage while keeping the forcefield up
* Garland runs like hell!
* Blackjack runs for the stairs
* Hotaru-chan flies like a cat(gon) out of hell
[Game_Master] *they reach the hanger in a few minutes --- to find the door they used to escape it earlier has been shut. The control panel --- locked*
[Hotaru-chan] ...
[Blackjack] ...Dammit.
[Garland] Life sucks.
[Game_Master] *a Tsivrixsh steps out*
* Blackjack doesn't lose any speed, throwing all he has into a shoulder ram against the door
[Hotaru-chan] Someone break it open!
* Garland punches the control panel
*** Game_Master is now known as Tretsa
[Tretsa] You will not be leaving anywhere today, Hunters. *stands there, the 1st Counsel Member* Today, you die.
[Garland] Shut up, or you're dead along with us!
[Hotaru-chan] Not again...
[Blackjack] ...Can't it be easy just once? CAN'T IT?!
[Game_Master2] NRP: I think 20 seconds is about up.
* Garland starts trying to break the door down
[Tretsa] So I die.
* Tretsa laughs.
* Blackjack shapeshifts into a half-bull and rams the door with Garland
[Blackjack] NRP: Aiding Garland, that is
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Do I have enough room to turn fulldragon here?
[Tretsa] NRP: Yes
* Hotaru-chan tries to help Garland if possible
* Hotaru-chan turns full-dragon then, and helps
[Tretsa] GM: *and the beamsaber activates, blowing the core, which in turns blows the base*
[Tretsa] END
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: ...
[Game_Master2] Bad move.
[Game_Master2] Tretsa was always planned, which is why I lured you all BACK down there to begin with. But you guys gave yourselves only 20 seconds to ebat him.
[Game_Master2] It was impossible to win.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Yeah, right from the beginning it was...
[Game_Master2] You can ask BJ if you don't believe me on the time.
[Game_Master2] I told him when it was thought he would shoot the bomb to give you all 5-10 mins.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: We didn't have anything BUT a beamsaber left...
[Game_Master2] You all had the option of one of you shooting the bomb itself.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: You know, I *REALLY* hate Climax.
[Game_Master2] I hate it, too. I didn't want you all to go blow yourselves up.
[Game_Master2] But I told BJ there was a major fight plan and I just can't "Remove" that element because you gave yourselves 20 seconds to escape.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: We could go back, but I don't think there's much point anyway
[Game_Master2] No. Because now you would go up, ill Tretsa, then go back down and do the beamsaber.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: I wouldn't, anyway.
[Ariel] So what do we do now? Have everyone just die?
[Game_Master2] That's about our only option.
[Hotaru-chan] ... forget this.
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[Game_Master2] I mean, now that it's revealed there's a boss waiting on you, where's the element of pressure?
[Ariel] You could say Ariel miscalculated and we have 12 min instead of 20 sec.
[Garland] That works.
[Game_Master2] Wouldn't be fair to me, then. My plan involved a different sort.
[Ariel] You think everyone else is happy with everyone dying off for good because I made a mistake?
[Game_Master2] No. I'm not happy that turned out to be the case either.
[Game_Master2] But my planned involved someone sacrificing themselves and giving the team 5-10 mins to fight the boss.
[Blackjack] Whatever. I came into this session expecting BJ to die.
[Game_Master2] Now you all know ways around this plan.
[Game_Master2] Like, for instance, why did NO one go back down to get the saber?
[Ariel] We were running from the explosion on the way to the hanger. There wasn't a beam saber left to go get.
[Ariel] You said it took a couple minutes to get to the hanger from the core room
[Game_Master2] No I didn't.
[Game_Master2] Garland was making the trip in under 40 seconds.
[Ariel] [Game_Master] *they reach the hanger in a few minutes --- to find the door they used to escape it earlier has been shut. The control panel --- locked*
[Game_Master2] More like 10.
[Game_Master2] I meant moments.
[Ariel] That's not what you said, so if you're being hard core about our actions, we have to be about yours.
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[Game_Master2] True, an error on the minutes/moments are my fault, but in all sensibility, no one would have thought of going back down.
[Game_Master2] The explosion, had it gone off instantly, would have blown the entire base up in 1 second, thus you wouldn't have reached the hanger anyway.
[Alicia] Would we have had TIME?
[Ariel] No one could have.
[Ariel] You said yourself, even Garland would have taken 40 seconds
[Game_Master2] True.
[Game_Master2] The point is a bad call was made to use the saber.
[Ariel] Which still means it had gone off by the time we reached the top
[Game_Master2] It was a good idea, but you had no idea there was a boss.
[Alicia] Hota's next option would have been: Leave
[Alicia] Exactly... it's a bit harsh to punish us for things we can't foresee
[Garland] There was no boss when we went up there last time.
[Game_Master2] Exactly, because I knew I wasn't going to have no damn lizard eat and blow the bomb up for you.
[Alicia] And all of a sudden a boss comes out of nowhere...
[Game_Master2] It happens in games all the time.
[Game_Master2] You step around a corner and boom, boss.
[Alicia] Yes, but usually you can reload with games.
[Game_Master2] Sometimes even in places you've been before.
[Game_Master2] True, usually you can and how many times throughout TAW have I let us do such a thing?
[Game_Master2] But this time to do such a thing would hurt me even more than ever. You know there's a boss waiting on you so you can take all the time in the world to defeat him and do your saber trick.
[Alicia] ... actually, Hota would STILL just... LEAVE
[Alicia] Probably without bothering with the bomb
[Game_Master2] This isn't a good situation for me either, I'll tell the truth. Garland, Ariel, Hotaru, Blackjack, and Death Star all died.
[Game_Master2] Half of the Hunters slashed just 2 sessions before the end.
[Alicia] How about, pause at the bomb, before anyone puts a saber down, and restart from there tomorrow or whenever.
[Alicia] That way, we won't know if there's a boss.
[Game_Master2] I would do that, but the fact is I still see you beating the situation with the saber. Am I correct?
[Alicia] And, y'know, there's a limit to how far I'll push my characterisation.
[Alicia] No.
[Game_Master2] So you would all do what then?
[Alicia] I see Hota giving up, most likely.
* Garland doesn't get involved in the argument about what to do now.
[Game_Master2] Alright. I'll take a vote in query to see what we do. Is that fair for everyone?
[Game_Master2] I know Alicia and Ariel's standpoints - Restarts.
[Game_Master2] It's been passed. We restart the scene. Lets do it now before I change my mind on how horribly WRONG this is.
[Garland] from wrong to right?
[Game_Master2] We're back in the Core Room, seconds before the idea to place down the saber.
[Game_Master2] 6
[Game_Master2] 5
[Game_Master2] 4
[Game_Master2] 3
[Game_Master2] 2
[Game_Master2] 1
[Game_Master2] -0-
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[Game_Master2] Location: Core Room
*** Alicia is now known as Hotaru-chan
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*** Tretsa is now known as Game_Master
* Blackjack shudders
[Hotaru-chan] ... maybe it is hopeless, and our best bet *IS* to hope they shoot it...
[Game_Master2] NRP: Sure you don't want to try the saber?
* Garland falls deep into though...
[Garland] Let's try overloading a saber.
[Hotaru-chan] ... how much time would that give us?
[Garland] Anyone else think that'll work, or would it not give us enough time?
[Game_Master2] NRP: 20 secodns stands.
[Hotaru-chan] I don't think it's enough time.
[Garland] It'd take us a few minutes, er moments to get up the stairs.
[Game_Master2] NRP: That was mean!
[Hotaru-chan] The hangar might even be one of those autoclosing ones.
[Garland] Good point.. hm...
[Hotaru-chan] Reopening it would take time too.
[Hotaru-chan] It all seemed so easy in the beginning...
[Hotaru-chan] Well, easiER
[Garland] Well... we could disengage the teleport thing?
[Ariel] ...
[Hotaru-chan] If you know how, do it.
[Blackjack] Forget it. DS said that once it's engaged, it can't be disengaged.
[Garland] I don't...
[Hotaru-chan] Any way to "slowburn" a saber?
[Hotaru-chan] I mean overloading it, but making it overload slower...
[Garland] You tell me, you have the saber.
* Hotaru-chan checks
[Ariel] NRP: Yes, But DS wouldn't like it =P
[Hotaru-chan] Maybe if I could set it, or the bomb, so it goes off when the barricade's forced...
[Game_Master2] NRP: DS would kill you all if you tried that one and leave it permenant. Believe you me.
* Blackjack crosses his arms, taps his foot, and closes his eyes
[Garland] NRP: But DS is weak, and getting his ass kicked!
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[Blackjack] Did you people leave your brains on the Fury or something?
[Hotaru-chan] ...
* Garland looks at BJ absently "Huh?"
[Hotaru-chan] I think it's obvious that I *DIDN'T*
[Hotaru-chan] Fine! You think of a solution!
[Blackjack] Your ideas are getting more and more desperate. I think it's obvious what the solution is now.
* Ariel is quiet
[Hotaru-chan] ... I guess...
[Garland] If DS and us survive this... remind me to kick his ass for not getting a more durable bomb.
* Hotaru-chan starts for the stairs, sighing.
* Blackjack tosses Ariel his rifle and eyepatch. "Make sure Chris gets those."
[Garland] Jared...
[Hotaru-chan] Huh...?
[Blackjack] Don't "Jared" me.
[Garland] DAMNIT! *punches a computer as hard as he can*
* Blackjack pulls a card out of his pocket
[Blackjack] You've got 10 minutes. Get the hell out of here before then, because that's when this place goes sky high.
[Hotaru-chan] Okay...
* Hotaru-chan starts through the emergency exit.
* Garland jabs a finger at BJ "... Damnit...."
[Ariel] *kisses BJ on the cheek* My the fates watch over you Jared...
[Ariel] NRP: May
* Ariel bolts.
* Garland turns and heads up
[Blackjack] Goodbye, Ariel...
[Hotaru-chan] When this is over, tell me what BJ's solution is, okay?
[Game_Master2] NRP: Believe me, he's getting a royal treatment. He's the only good one.
* Garland stops at the door, looking at BJ
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Yay the wonders of self-delusion
* Blackjack turns to the bomb and checks his watch
[Garland] Godspeed, Jared...
[Blackjack] Farewell, Garland. Don't still be in here when the ten minutes are up, ok?
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: I'm not losing Hota the way I did Michi
[Garland] I've got a bad feeling---you're getting the easy part I'm afraid.
[Garland] See you in a few.
* Garland runs up the stairs.
* Hotaru-chan heads up the stairs too
[Game_Master] *when they arrive at the hanger --- well, you already frackin' know*
* Hotaru-chan is already partway up, but not going so fast.
[Hotaru-chan] ... it really was self-closing...
*** Game_Master is now known as Tretsa
* Garland falls into a deep horse stance
[Hotaru-chan] Ack!
[Garland] Out of the fucking way! *roars at Tretsa*
* Tretsa steps out of the shadows. The 1st counsel member of the Tsivrivrxsh Empire, he stands as strong, if not stronger, than the Emperor himself.
[Tretsa] I'm afraid you're going to die here today, Hunters. For too many decades you have been a nuisance.
[Hotaru-chan] ... I think not...
* Hotaru-chan tries to open the doors
[Garland] Nuisance this! *booms forward, clocking him*
* Tretsa is barely phased,.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: With the broken pad
[Ariel] NRP: Emperor can't be that good if weakened DS has him going for so long
[Tretsa] I'm afraid I only have the means of escape from here, girl.
[Garland] NRP: Toying with him.
[Tretsa] NRP: He's just sword dueing, not actually fighting him.
* Tretsa holds a sword just like the emperor's.
[Hotaru-chan] Well, we'll just have to take it...
* Garland performs a Shoryuken.
* Tretsa leaps back from the others.
[Tretsa] You can try.
[Tretsa] But your time is short.
[Hotaru-chan] Long enough to beat you.
* Ariel forms her crystal blade.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: [Alternate world Hotaru] Well, at least, this time around
* Tretsa stands there.
[Garland] NRP: *plays Linkin Park - Points of Authority*
[Tretsa] It's a sad thing you all have managed to beat so many of my colleges.
[Hotaru-chan] We're just that good.
[Tretsa] ...well, it ends .... today.
[Tretsa] I know about your plan to blow up the core room. Your time is short.
* Garland looks at Tretsa, drawing his sword
[Garland] Bring it.
[Tretsa] Less than eight minutes is quite enough to beat you and escape.
[Hotaru-chan] I suppose the doors won't work until we defeat you?
* Tretsa smirks.
* Tretsa runs at Garland, slashing.
[Ariel] Your time is shorter. *fires a blast of energy at Tretsa*
* Tretsa takes the blast.
* Garland sidesteps, slashing down hard with the emerald
* Tretsa parries, then slams his fist several times into Garland's stomach, reducing his HP by 4,000 each hit.
* Tretsa leaps back.
* Tretsa twirls the sword.
* Garland spits up blood, being knocked back
* Tretsa appears behind Hotaru, smiling.
[Garland] HOTARU, DOWN!
* Hotaru-chan spins, slashing at Tret
* Tretsa parries it, pushing his weight against Hotaru.
* Garland flies forward, his sword glowing greeen as he powerslashes "OUT OF THE WAY, HOTARU!"
[Tretsa] Did you know the emperor is feasting on the blood of your other companion. I'll let you join his dead spirit.
* Hotaru-chan dodges to one side
* Tretsa leaps up straight in the air, landing on the other side of the hanger.
* Garland slashes down was hard as his body can muster
[Tretsa] Four minutes left.
* Ariel almost seems to teleport as she leaps past Tretsa, slashing him with her crystal blade.
* Garland stands slowly, turning to Tretsa
* Tretsa is slashed, but slashes Ariel across the chest in return.
[Tretsa] Argh.
* Garland blurs forward, slashing at him hard
[Tretsa] You bitch.
* Hotaru-chan lunges at Tret while he's distracted
[Ariel] ...the feeling's mutual.
* Tretsa swings his sword into Garland's sword, with enough power to shatter it.
[Tretsa] GM: *Ariel is poisoned*
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] *let's loose a psychic blast at Tretsa*
[Tretsa] Graha!
* Garland presses over, his sword shattering into a thousand shards
* Tretsa grabs Hotaru's throat as she lunges.
[Tretsa] I shall enjoy watching you die from my poison, too, little one.
* Hotaru-chan slices at Trets' arm.
* Tretsa yelps, letting go.
* Garland falls over onto his knees, holding his chest as the sword shatters.
* Hotaru-chan leaps back, preparing for another strike.
[Tretsa] Two minutes. You are better than I thought.
* Ariel grits her teeth, baring the poison for now, and slashing at Tretsa.
* Tretsa leaps back, charging his energy.
* Garland tosses the antidote to Ariel
[Hotaru-chan] Someone needs to get that door opened...
* Garland puts away the hilt
* Garland stands slowly, his eyes flaring
* Tretsa increases his power level.
* Ariel uses the antidote.
* Hotaru-chan turns full dragon
[Garland] Everyone, get out of her.
[Garland] *here
[Tretsa] GM: *no more sword antidotes, as BJ has the other one*
[Tretsa] Less than a minute left for you, Hunters.
[Hotaru-chan] Ummm... isn't the door locked?
* Tretsa runs at Garland, pulling back,.
* Hotaru-chan tries to force the door open
* Garland bursts into flames, doing his classeic power-up, as though it had been locked away by th sword
[Tretsa] GM: *the door groans*
* Tretsa slashes at Garland.
* Hotaru-chan keeps trying.
[Tretsa] YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE ME, HUNTERS!
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] *concentrates all her energy on boosting Hotaru's strength*
[Tretsa] GM: *the door opens a bit*
* Garland jumps to the side, rushing the door as hard as he can
[Tretsa] GM: *it opens more*
* Tretsa appears in front of the door.
[Tretsa] ...
[Tretsa] HA HA HA.
[Tretsa] My speed is unmatched.
* Hotaru-chan kicks Tretsa.
[Tretsa] Grah!
* Tretsa backhands Hotaru.
* Ariel let's loose a blast of holy energy to intercept Tretsa
* Tretsa is hit.
[Hotaru-chan] @.@
* Tretsa stumbles.
* Garland fires a holy Kiama at Tretsa as well
* Hotaru-chan keeps working on the door 'til it's open enough to let people escape
[Tretsa] GM: *it is opened enough*
[Garland] EVERYONE OUT!
* Tretsa stumbles, but grabs Garland.
[Tretsa] Grrr.
* Hotaru-chan turns catgon, and rushes out
* Garland grins slowly
[Ariel] Garland!
* Tretsa prepares to impale Garland with his sword.
[Garland] GO!
[Garland] Tretsa.
[Tretsa] Yesss?
[Hotaru-chan] Garland, come on!
[Garland] They say the rigteous become stronger when needed... that's something I'm not.
[Tretsa] GM: *it is still raining outside*
[Garland] But you're no angel! *punches Tretsa across the jaw*
* Tretsa growls and headbutts Garland, refusing to let go,.
* Garland fires a Holy Kiama at his face, full power
* Tretsa stumbles against the door.
[Hotaru-chan] COME ON GARLAND! GET OUT OF THERE!
* Garland doesn't let up till he's free, frying his face
[Tretsa] One scratch of this poison will destroy you.
[Tretsa] Your time is up, Hunter.
* Tretsa bleeds.
* Tretsa remains guarding the door.
[Garland] NRP: Time is relative!
* Ariel attempts to sever Tretsa's hand with her blade.
* Tretsa steps to the side and slashes at Ariel.
* Garland forces free, trying to get free
* Tretsa lets Garland go, focused on Ariel.
* Garland grabs Ariel and runs
[Tretsa] ...
* Ariel is grabbed @.@
* Garland rolls under, bursting into flames and flying
* Tretsa glances back at the core room, frowning.
[Tretsa] ...not enough time to stop him.
* Tretsa runs out the door.
[Ariel] .oO( This is soooooo indignant... )
[Blackjack] The ten minutes are up...
[Blackjack] *closes his eyes* They'd better be out of here...
* Blackjack fingers the card
[Blackjack] So this is it. I never thought I'd die at the end of this...
[Blackjack] Oh well, so be it... goodbye, Mirri, Chris... Goodbye everyone...
* Garland lets Ariel go
[Blackjack] HYAAAAH!
* Hotaru-chan flies away from the building FAST
* Blackjack launches the card at the bomb. It explodes, setting off a chain reaction of explosions that takes out the entire generator.
* Blackjack screams painfully and loudly enough for those outside to hear it
[Garland] Sorry, just didn't have time to think.
* Garland stops mid-air
[Tretsa] GM: *the entire base explodes, the shockwave hitting and burying them under the rubble*
* Garland turns to the base
[Garland] Jared... Death Star....
*** Blackjack has quit IRC (Quit: )
[Ariel] .oO( ...you have to have survived DS... you... you promised... )
* Hotaru-chan turns full dragon again (since she CAN) and looks over the ruins.
[Tretsa] GM: *several minutes passes as the rain falls down on the ruins of the palace*
[Garland] YOU ASSHOLES!!!!!!!! THERE'S NO DYING ON THIS TEAM! DAMN YOU!
[Hotaru-chan] ... so... that was your plan...
* Tretsa is nowhere in sight.
[Game_Master2] GM: *lightning flashes across the black sky as the rain falls without mercy or care*
* Hotaru-chan sighs, then mentally hugs Em
* Garland fires a huge blast into the sky, both to show the sheild is down and in honor of the two
[Game_Master2] *part of the rubble moves*
[Hotaru-chan] o.O
*** Game_Master2 is now known as DeathStar
* DeathStar slams the wall off of him, standing to full height.
[Hotaru-chan] DEATHSTAR!
* DeathStar bleeds, then stumbles forward.
* DeathStar pulls up a severed head of the emperor, dropping it.
* Hotaru-chan hurries over.
* Garland looks at DS and gleefully does a few summersaults
* Ariel looks at Deathstar in shock for a moment, then darts forward and practically glomps him
* DeathStar looks mournful at Ariel.
[Garland] But... Jared...
[DeathStar] I'm sorry...Ariel...
* Garland sighs, closing his eyes.
[DeathStar] But I guess I can't hold that promise.
[Hotaru-chan] *to Garland* I know... he... saved us all...
[Ariel] ...D-DS...?
[Hotaru-chan] What?
[Garland] He sacrified himself...
[DeathStar] ...Jared is dead .... ? No ...
[Hotaru-chan] DS?
[Garland] Fucking... martyr...
* Garland looks out at the ruins
* DeathStar wavers and leans against a piece of a wall that remains.
[DeathStar] Not Jared, too ...
[Ariel] ...DS... are... are you alright...?
* Garland senses the area for any high levels, specifically, our council friend.
* DeathStar leans out and touches her shoulder, his smile faint.
[DeathStar] No...I'm not.
[Ariel] ...what happened...?
[Hotaru-chan] We'll fix you up! Everything'll be fine!
* DeathStar closes his eyes, tired.
* Garland looks up at the sky, waiting for the ships to start entering the atmosphere.
[DeathStar] Though I won ... his sword ... his sword was laced with poison.
[Hotaru-chan] Garland! Don't you have an antidote?
[Garland] Not a sword one....
* DeathStar slumps down to sit, resting.
[Garland] Ariel just took a sword one....
[Garland] Jared had.. the other.
[Ariel] NRP: Wait... Garland gave Ariel a sword one. But Ariel had a sword one...
[Hotaru-chan] ... lot of good that did him...
[Garland] NRP: Then ariel has one!
[DeathStar] nRP: Jared and Garland has the sword ones that Tretsa and the Emperor used.
[DeathStar] NRP: There were 5 times. 1 minor sword, then the big sword type.
[DeathStar] NRP: Types.
[Ariel] NRP: Oh...
[Garland] NRP: Ariel! Bleed on him!
* DeathStar looks almost peaceful, a faint smile on his face.
[DeathStar] It was fun...tell Kat I loved her, okay...?
[Hotaru-chan] ...
* Ariel channels some of her lifeforce into DS, trying to keep him with them longer... not ready to give up... not now...
* Garland walks over to DS
* Hotaru-chan does the same.
* Garland looks down at him
[Ariel] Hota... in my pocket.. there's that unknown antidote... try that... please...
* Tretsa suddenly explodes from the rubble.
[Garland] You came out of it just like you did when I was a kid--but you're not acting like it.
* Garland 's eyes slowly move to Tretsa
* DeathStar tilts his head to look at the newcomer.
[Garland] Get yourself together, DS, I've got something to do.
* Hotaru-chan turns human, takes the antidote, and gives it to DS
* Tretsa holds his sword ready.
[Tretsa] Be ready to join him in the ectasy of the poison.
* Garland looks at Tretsa, staning infront of him
[Garland] Yeah?
[Tretsa] Yes. Give in.
* Garland looks at Tretsa.
* Tretsa stands there, the rain turning the area into mud in certain places.
[Garland] Fight me without poison.
[Garland] Show me how strong you really are.
* Tretsa throws the sword to the side.
[Garland] Not some cheap thing like that, an honor bout.
[Tretsa] I'm not unlike any Tsivrixsh you've ever fought before.
[Garland] Oh, well that makes it easy then.
* DeathStar grasps Ariel's hand, smiling once more.
* Garland glances at Ariel
[Hotaru-chan] ^^
* Garland then glances to Hotaru
* DeathStar weakens his grip a bit, his smile fading as he slips into unconsciousness.
* Hotaru-chan is watching Ariel and DS
* Garland looks at him, having a standoff
* Tretsa remains standing there, a smirk on his face.
[Hotaru-chan] I think DS'll be fine...
* Ariel trembles...
* DeathStar suddenly loses his "TPR" power that he's been safeguarding from others.
* Hotaru-chan watches the fight.
*** Galvatron has quit IRC (Ping timeout)
* Garland tightens his fists
* Tretsa seems to have charged up to his max.
* Garland bursts into flames, giving off an impressive light show as he powers up
*** Galvatron has joined #taw
* Hotaru-chan suddenly ignites her beamsaber, lunging at Tretsa from behind
[Tretsa] What!?
* Tretsa turns around slowly.
* Garland clocks Tretsa full-force
* Tretsa flies back into a wall.
* Garland blurs forward kneeing him in the cut
[Garland] *gut
* Tretsa roars in pain and punches Garland in the head.
* Garland flips back, blasting him with a Holy Kiama
* Tretsa holds up his right arm, blocking most of the damage.
* Garland uses the light of the Kiama to distract him as he stabs him with the afforementioned poisoned dagger
* Tretsa smirks in pain. His sword suddenly flies up in the air and flies at Garland only to be knocked to the side by something.
* Hotaru-chan slices at Tretsa with her beamsaber
* Tretsa roars in pain and falls into two pieces.
* Garland turns to whatever knocked him out of the way
*** Tretsa is now known as GameMaster
[GameMaster] *a shadow is seen moving away*
* Garland narrows his eyes
* Garland picks up Tretsa's sword
[Hotaru-chan] Y'know, I would've felt bad about that if it hadn't been for Tretsa's cheap trick...
* Garland looks back to where the shadow was
[GameMaster] GM: *above, even in the darkness of the sky, it seems obvious the battle in space isn't over for some reason ...*
[Garland] .... I'm more worried about what killed him.
[GameMaster] NRP: Hotaru killed him.
*** GameMaster is now known as Xrileshr
* Xrileshr runs up.
[Garland] NRP: Oh okay!
* Garland takes Tretsa's Sword.
[Garland] That's for breaking mine.
[Garland] Good work, Hotaru.
[Hotaru-chan] Thanks.
[Xrileshr] You succeeded in your mission, Hunters. Good job.
* Garland looks at Xrileshr
[Ariel] ...
[Garland] Where'd you come from?
[Xrileshr] The people's attitude toward the space battle has begun to turn in your favor.
* Xrileshr nods in the direction of the shadow.
* Garland narrows his eyes
[Garland] Indeed.
[Xrileshr] Lets head to town. I have live feed of the battle so the people can watch it. When they see what your people are doing, they will rally to your side and the armada will be forced to stop.
* Xrileshr pauses
[Xrileshr] There was something strange I saw on the way here. I think you let one of the Emperor's men get away.
[Ariel] ......
[Garland] What did you see?
* Garland glances at DS
[Xrileshr] A tsivrixsh dressed up in royal garmets. Like that of a counsel member. But Tretsa was the last.
* DeathStar isn't moving anymore.
[Garland] Death Star?
* Garland moves over to him
[Hotaru-chan] He's unconcious...
* Ariel still holds the still DS tightly...
* DeathStar has slept further than unconscious now, it seems.
[Garland] Death Star....
* Garland clenches his fist
[Garland] They'll all die. Every last one of the Emperor's lackeys.
[Hotaru-chan] ...
[Hotaru-chan] .oO(Em-chan?)
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] .oO( ...yeah? )
* Xrileshr stares at Garland as the rain continues to fall.
[Xrileshr] We should leave this place.
[Hotaru-chan] .oO(This probably isn't the time, but what do you think of my new dragon form?)
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] .oO( It's cute... )
[Hotaru-chan] ^.^
* Ariel is almost as still as DS is.
*** Dias has joined #taw
*** ChanServ sets mode: +o Dias
* Hotaru-chan smiles, for some unknown reason.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: ^^;
* Garland turns, walking in the rain.
* Xrileshr sighs and turns from Garland to look over at the ruins of the palace.
[Hotaru-chan] .oO( I think I might spend more time in it... )
[Dias] NRP: Yeah I missed it
* Garland walks where the shadow was
* Garland sniffs the air, looking around
[Hotaru-chan] .oO( Can't wait to show everyone. ^^ )
[Garland] NRP: I'm disturbed that Hotaru is eager to show her self very large, but isn't too worried about DS.
* Garland looks around.
* DeathStar lays where he has fallen, in Ariel's arms.
* Xrileshr walks along the rain, touching Ariel's shoulder.
[Xrileshr] We should move.
[Ariel] .........
[Xrileshr] soon the battle in space will be ending.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: She thinks he's just unconcious.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Yay denial?
[Garland] NRP: Let's sing the Denial song!
* Ariel is in shock right now.
* Xrileshr motions at Garland.
[Xrileshr] I think Ariel needs you.
* Garland walks over to Ariel
[Garland] I'm sorry Ariel..
* DeathStar walks over to the two halves of the body of his enemy, shaking his head.
[DeathStar] NRP: Er, Xrileshr did that.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: [Hota] SEE! HE'S ALIVE!
*** Dias is now known as Odion`
*** Odion` is now known as Odin
* Garland lifts DS up into his arms
*** Odin is now known as Odin`
[Garland] We should get moving..
* Hotaru-chan winces, although she still doesn't believe DS is dead.
[Hotaru-chan] Yeah...
[Xrileshr] Follow me.
* Ariel stands slowly, mechanically...
* Xrileshr turns and works his way over the remains of the palace.
[Odin`] *some rubble moves and Odin's hand appears*
* Xrileshr pauses, then grabs the hand, pulling the human out.
* Hotaru-chan blinks.
[Garland] In less than 20 minutes, both the owner of the prime reality and the sword of ages are no more... *lowers his head* Everything is different now.
* Odin` looks up at Xrileshr and nods
[Hotaru-chan] What?
[Hotaru-chan] DS is just unconcious!
* Garland looks at Hotaru a moment
[Hotaru-chan] R...right...?
* Odin` dusts himself off and looks over at DeathStar
* DeathStar would have a high power level right now, if he wasn't dead.
[Hotaru-chan] Y... you don't pull yourself out of rubble like that, then fall to some poison...
* Hotaru-chan doesn't sound convinced any more.
[Garland] All candles flicker violently before going out, Hotaru...
[Hotaru-chan] ...
[Hotaru-chan] I... guess...
[Odin`] NRP: I always poor more gas on the candle so that it doesn't go out.
* Hotaru-chan starts crying now, as it actually sinks in.
[Ariel] NRP: Tried that...
* Xrileshr leads them to a square where several hundred Tsivrixsh watch monitors of the space battle above.
[Xrileshr] You can all go inside that building there, if you don't want to see how the battle ends.
[Hotaru-chan] I... I'm not sure...
[Hotaru-chan] .oO(Em... what do you think...?)
[Garland] I'd like a word with everyone, inside...
* Garland steps inside
* Hotaru-chan follows, then
* DeathStar twitches once.
* Ariel just stands near Garland... or more specifically, near DS. Her eyes are glazed over...
* Garland lays DS down in the most comfortable looking place he can find
* Garland notes the twitch
[Odin`] NRP: Which happens to be the same place the Tsic call their restroom
* Xrileshr stands outside with the crowd.
[Odin`] ....Why would they welcome us in there...
[Odin`] We're lucky we're not dead...
[Garland] They don't... they're more worried we'll have the armada paint this place for death.
[Odin`] They should be losing faith already...
* Garland looks around
* Ariel still holds onto DS's hand in both of hers, seemingly oblivious to the world.
[Odin`] They're Emperor is gone...there palace in shambles, they might surge a little but it won't last long.
[Garland] Today.. was a victory.. but a solomn one...
* Hotaru-chan is barely listening.
[Garland] .... There isn't any catching the tears of a broken world, we fight and fight... and give our lives.
[Garland] Paladin... Jared... Death Star...
[Garland] Heros, brave, heroic... Heros.
[Garland] It's not over yet, either... I'm not getting off of this path, not yet.
[Hotaru-chan] .oO(So many deaths...)
* Hotaru-chan tries to think of something else, but finds herself unable to
[Xrileshr] *the rain continues to fall, loud outside the room they are in*
[Hotaru-chan] Are those... the tears of the planet...?
[Garland] At this point, many of us aren't needed. The armada will begin carpet bombing the capitol city, destroying pretty much military or goverment oriented.
* Xrileshr rushes in
* Garland looks at Hotaru
[Xrileshr] There's been a big problem...
* Garland turns to Xrileshr
[Garland] What is it?
* Hotaru-chan wipes her tears away, and turns to Xrileshr
[Xrileshr] Despite you have the full support of the people of this planet...the armada isn't stopping it's fight with the Alliance.
[Xrileshr] They're going to use the platform.
[Odin`] I was afraid of that....Can we comm the fleet?
[Garland] The platform?
[Xrileshr] They know about it already. Right now, the only thing we can do is watch.
[Xrileshr] And pray.
*** Cally-Work is now known as Caladia
* Caladia is back -( Workin' Hard! )- gone 4 hr 0 min 26 s
* Xrileshr nods once, moving back into the rain outside.
[Xrileshr] I'll let you be alone right now, considering your losses.
* Xrileshr steps out, closing the door.
* Odin` stands outside, rain pouring off his hair and onto his face
[Hotaru-chan] I can't believe he's... gone...
[Hotaru-chan] SNIPE BETTER BE OKAY!
[Xrileshr] *a strange mouse like creature stares at Hotaru*
[Hotaru-chan] ...?
* Garland stands in a dark corner, thinking.
* Odin` runs his hands through his hair
[DeathStar] PAUSE
* /log: invalid parameters
Session Close: Mon Sep 02 19:37:21 2002
Session Start: Mon Sep 02 19:43:21 2002
Session Ident: #taw
* Logging #taw to 'logs\EsperNet\#taw.20020902.log'
[Snipe] -Act Nine- Nothing is Going to Stand in Our Way
[Snipe] Time Chart: A bit before the end of Act Eight.
[Snipe] Location: Space.
*** Snipe is now known as Omega_Isolator
* Dias quickly begins suiting up
[Dias] About damn time you got it fixed...
*** Slasher has joined #taw
* Omega_Isolator flies around dodging attacks. His mech is quite tranished and ruined. DB's mech has been broken and he was forced to sit the rest of the fight out.
* Eve` flies through space in an older model mech, blasting what few Tsivrixsh forces remain.
*** Dias is now known as ZenoGaia
[Dominator] We're down to 100 ships now ... this has been a costly war. If they don't drop that shield soon...we're finished.
* ZenoGaia flicks a row of switches and his boosters kick on
[Omega_Isolator] Fury: *has taken extreme damage throughout it's hull*
[Slasher] Get the fury to turn around and use there good side.
* Omega_Isolator checks over and sees Eve and Dias joining him.
* Kyouki sticks back, picking off Tsiv.
[Dominator] I'm afraid that both sides are heavily damaged. It can't take much more damage before it'll be destroyed.
* ZenoGaia heads towards Snipe
[Slasher] What about it's belly?
[Eve`] Comm: I'm so tired I can barely think. At least the area is almost cleared.
[Dominator] Heavily damaged, too.
[Dominator] GM: *suddenly the shield around the planet drops*
[Dominator] GM: *two shots rise up in the air*
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: YES! They did it!
[Slasher] ....How much can the fury take before it explodes?
[ZenoGaia] Comm: I got out just in time..
[Dominator] Admiral Drake (comm): The Fury's about ready to shake apart. I'm going to fly over the planet and get to safety. Good luck, Alliance.
* Omega_Isolator flies up beside Dias.
[Slasher] Comm: Thanks for the help Drake
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: So this means the fighting is over?
[ZenoGaia] Comm: I don't know...Let's hope so...
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Dom, and word of there surrender?
[Dominator] Fury: *turns and begins to fly towards the planet, hoping to get it between itself and the Tsivrixsh*
[Dominator] Comm: I'm afraid not, Dias.
[Dominator] Hinaule: They're still attacking. We should return the favor.
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Kyouki, regroup.
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Alright, guys let's keep mopping..
* ZenoGaia pulls out his staff and ignites the end it blazing outwards
[Dominator] GM: *as the Fury is directly over the planet, some of the Tsivrixsh ships blast it, sending it lurching to the side and plummeting to the planet with no hope of stopping. Several tiny explosions appear along the side*
* ZenoGaia darts forward slashing through a mech and quickly retreating back to the others
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Oh no...
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Oh shit..
[Slasher] Comm: DRAKE EVACUATE NOW!
[Slasher] COMM: Set the self-destruct before you leave!
[Dominator] Comm: Dammit, if the Fury hits the planet, everyone on it will be wiped out!
[Dominator] GM: *as the Fury plummets, a countdown appears on everyone's mech of the predicted time to impact - 30 seconds*
[Slasher] Comm: DRAKE, SET THE SELF DESTRUCT!
[ZenoGaia] ....SHIT!
[Dominator] Drake Comm: Ugh...I'm sorry, Dias, but the computer is dead. I'm using manual pilot to keep the Fury from hitting the planet sooner...
[ZenoGaia] Comm: That's our cue boys!
[Dominator] Drake Comm: If I leave the controls, it'll hit the planet in 5 seconds or more. You need to shoot the core.
* Kyouki nods.
* ZenoGaia quickly spins and heads straight towards the Fury, full speed
[Dominator] Drake Comm: I'm giving you the target lock, Dias. Only your cannon can get hit the core...
[Kyouki] Comm: Understood. Goodbye, Drake...
* Omega_Isolator flies after ZenoGaia.
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Alright...
*** Kyouki is now known as StarFury
[Dominator] GM: *shuttles escape the Fury*
* ZenoGaia quickly engages the cannon lock
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Dias, 10 seconds before impact...
[Eve`] Comm: Oh, Drake ....
[Dominator] Drake Comm: Good luck, kids.
* ZenoGaia tries locking onto the side
[StarFury] ...
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Dammit ..... 5 seconds.
* ZenoGaia begins scanning for an energy signature of immense power
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *ZenoGaia locks on*
* ZenoGaia locks on and fires the cannon
[Dominator] GM: *The Fury hestiates, then explodes above the planet, sending out a shockwave*
* Omega_Isolator steadies his shaking mech.
* ZenoGaia quickly covers his mech with it's damages wings
[Dominator] ....it seems ... wait, no! A piece of the Fury is still falling. It's too far in to hit with another shot.
* Omega_Isolator spots the falling piece of the Fury.
* Eve` rushes to it.
* StarFury rushes in to try and destroy the falling piece
* ZenoGaia spins around and begins heading towards the falling piece
* Omega_Isolator speeds up his mech, overloading the engines as he arrives under it. Grabbing the underside, he tries to slow it down.
[StarFury] NRP: Random question: Who's Hota's genetic mother?
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Can, ugh, anyone blow this up while I try to stop it?
[StarFury] Comm: With you under it?
* ZenoGaia reaches it right after Snipe does and he quickly grabs onto the underside and fires his engines at full blast
* Eve` flies up beside both of them and presses against it.
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *the piece of the Fury begins slowing down*
[ZenoGaia] Comm: We can this....
[Eve`] Comm: We can do ANYthing.
* StarFury helps push too.
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: I never saw myself when I joined up for this gig trying to save the enemy homeworld....*laughs*
[ZenoGaia] *hits another switch which sends a surge of energy straight into the core, causing the boosters to ignite
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Yeah....How would a thought eh?
[Eve`] GM: *the engines on EVe's mech begin to burn out*
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *the falling piece slows even more*
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Eve get out of here..your engines are failing.
[StarFury] Comm: I know I didn't expect it...
[Eve`] ...right, I'll keep the enemy mechs off you guys
* Eve` flies out from under it, battling the incoming Tsivrixsh mechs.
* ZenoGaia places his wings against the falling piece
[Omega_Isolator] Grrr.
* Omega_Isolator keeps trying.
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Let's hope this works...*hits a switch, and his tips begins to glow*
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *the falling piece slows down to a crawl*
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: My mech is burning out now.
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *The falling piece stops*
[ZenoGaia] Comm* hits the switch and his wings stop glowing*
[ZenoGaia] NRP: *we still in space?
[StarFury] Comm: We did it.
[Omega_Isolator] NRP: Barely.
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: WOOOOO!
[ZenoGaia] *continues pushing, trying to give it momentum*
* Omega_Isolator pushes, the piece now heading the opposite way with the aid of the three mechs
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Let's go bowling...*kills one of his boosters and changes the degree at which it's heading towards a Command Ship*
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Nice one, Dias.
* ZenoGaia continues pushing using it as a shield at the same time
* Omega_Isolator flies back next to Eve, noticing that the enemy mechs are gone.
[Eve`] Comm: This is weird.
[ZenoGaia] *pulls back*
* ZenoGaia heads towards Eve and Omega
[StarFury] Comm: What is it?
[Dominator] I'm getting an energy source...
[Slasher] Dom, where's the enemy mechs going?
* Dominator looks at the readings.
[Slasher] ....Oh no....
[Dominator] They're gathering off to the side.
[Dominator] ...it's the platform.
* Dominator looks up.
[Slasher] Dom, have the ships scramble, now!
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *the Platform extends itself several meters, the entire thing glowing*
[Dominator] Dammit, we're not going to save them all.
* Dominator begins to call the order to move.
[Slasher] Send them in all directions..
[Dominator] Chip: Can you guys hear me?
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Oh, geeze, no ... not the platform ...
[Slasher] Group them so that if one gets hit any certain way the damage will be equally spread out..
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Shit...IS it shielded?
[Dominator] Chip: Hellooo? Anyone?
[Slasher] Chip whats up?
[Dominator] Chip: I was scanning the platform. I found a weakness, I think.
[StarFury] Comm: Greetings Chip.
[StarFury] Comm: What is it?
[Slasher] ....Where is it?
[Slasher] Comm: Relay the information to the mechs
[Dominator] Comm: There's an unfinished service hatch to the side. Using the schematics Xrileshr sent us, I think it will lead to the core. A well directed blast to the core will cause the entire thing to blow up. Of course, the path is heavily defended by laser cannons. Only a strong mech can make it one piece. And it seems we have less than 2 minutes before the platform fires.
[Dominator] GM: *Alliance ships desperately try to move out of the way*
[ZenoGaia] Comm: That's me...You two are badly damaged..
[ZenoGaia] Comm: I want you to to cover me as long as you can, you see any signs of danger, I want you to out...
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Dias, think this through. FIRE at the core? You won't escape in time.
* ZenoGaia begins heading towards it
* Omega_Isolator flies after Dias.
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Yes I will..
[Eve`] Comm: DIAS!
* Eve` flies after him.
* StarFury follows.
* Omega_Isolator catches up with Dias.
[StarFury] Comm: I should be the one to make the shot...
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: If you think I'm going to let you SHOOT a core you're WRONG.
[ZenoGaia] Comm: If I can stop that thing and save everyone then my life meant something..
* Omega_Isolator tackles ZenoGaia
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: THINK THIS THROUGH! YOU GOT EVE!
[ZenoGaia] Comm: *wrestles Isolator off*
[ZenoGaia] Comm: I know I do, but I have the fastest mech..
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Not exactly. We can combine our mechs.
[ZenoGaia] Comm: .....How?
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Slasher built it. Ask him.
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Slasher, whats this about combining our mechs?]
[Dominator] Chip: 1 minute and 15 seconds.
[Eve`] Comm: Don't do it, Dias. I'd rather do it than you.
[Slasher] Comm: Oh...yeah just hit the blue buttons and your mechs'll combine...Create my greatest creation Iso-Gaia
[Eve`] GM: *enemy mechs fly at the four*
[ZenoGaia] Comm: Then let's do it...
[Dominator] Comm: Kyouki! Eve! Stop those mechs or Dias and Snipe are doomed!
[StarFury] Comm: *fires on the enemy mechs*
* ZenoGaia hits his blue button his mech flashing green
* Omega_Isolator hits the blue button.
[Eve`] Comm: Come back alive, Dias.
* Eve` fires on the mechs.
[ZenoGaia] Comm: I will honey.
* ZenoGaia wings arch back and disconnect, his folds out and spreads about, his boosters arch up farther
[Eve`] Enemy Mechs: *open fire on StarFury, hoping to overpower it*
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[Dominator] Chip: 45 seconds...
[Dominator] GM: *Alliance Ships continue to scramble*
* StarFury quickly moves around, avoiding fire.
* ZenoGaia mech quickly attaches onto the Omega Isolator
* Eve` flies with StarFury
*** ZenoGaia is now known as IsoGaia
* IsoGaia looks down and see's Snipe sitting below him
[IsoGaia] ...You got gun duty...
[Omega_Isolator] Snipe: Right.
*** Omega_Isolator is now known as Snipe
* IsoGaia hits several switches and boosts straight towards the hatch
* Snipe adjusts the guns.
[IsoGaia] Can you hit the hatch from here?
[Snipe] I'm a sniper, after all.
* Snipe aims the gun and fires.
[Snipe] GM: *the hatch blows off*
[IsoGaia] I've just about figures this son of a gun out
[Eve`] Enemy Mechs: *blast Eve's mech*
[Dominator] Chip: 30 seconds.
* IsoGaia spins and heads directly towards the hatch
[IsoGaia] NRP: Big enough to fit inside or not?
[Snipe] NRP: Yes.
* IsoGaia hits several switches and both boosters kicks on sending the mech kareeming forward and into firing range of the towers
[Snipe] Platform Guns: *fire on IsoGaia, causing massive damage to it whenever they hit*
[Dominator] Chip: 20 seconds.
[Eve`] Enemy Mechs: *tackle StarFury, self-destructing to damage it*
* IsoGaia begins spinning around, Isolaters main gun sitting on the mechs back
[Dominator] ...they platform ... Slasher, it's locked onto us...
* IsoGaia weaves back and forth
* StarFury moves backwards to avoid some of the blast, but still takes damage.
[Slasher] I'm working on it...
* Slasher begins putting all energy towards the front shield
[Dominator] Chip: 10 seconds.
* IsoGaia heads down and into the hatch
[IsoGaia] Get ready to fire...
[Snipe] GM: *the hatch is a long tunnel with tuns of laser guns and cannons*
[Snipe] ...we'
[Snipe] We're not within range.
[IsoGaia] Just get ready! *hits another switch and the boosters kick on to full
[Dominator] Chip: The platform is charged up. It'll be ready to hit us any minute now.
[Snipe] GM: *the PLatform's main gun begins to glow with energy*
* Slasher tries to scramble there target by bouncing off there energy signature
[Snipe] GM: *right as the two arrive, their mechs malfunction due to damage received getting in and they disengage from each other.
* Snipe blasts out all the inner guns so the escape is clear.
*** IsoGaia is now known as ZeoGaia
[Dominator] That's it, Slasher ... delay them..
*** Snipe is now known as Omega_Isolator
* Omega_Isolator spins away from Dias.
[Omega_Isolator] ...
* Omega_Isolator flies up.
[Slasher] I'm trying...*quickly begins creating false energy signatures around from him
[Omega_Isolator] How do we escape now? We're not fast enough...
[ZeoGaia] You escape now then..
[ZeoGaia] If I have to I'll go straight through the other side
[Omega_Isolator] And if you DON't make it? I'm pretty fast, I should shoot it.
[ZeoGaia] *continues heading in*
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *the Platform begins to glow with energy*
* ZeoGaia pulls out his staff and ignites the end
[Dominator] Chip: They've locked on.
* Omega_Isolator follows Dias.
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: PLaying the hero isn't worth it, Dias!
[ZeoGaia] Comm: Cause some inner damage try to mess them up a little...send out a jamming freqency
[Omega_Isolator] Right.
[Slasher] Comm: *continues trying to mess their lock on*
* Omega_Isolator uses his powers to jam parts of the Platform.
[Dominator] Chip: The Platform's energy gun is faultering.
* ZeoGaia cuts right though a beam and breaks through it
[ZeoGaia] Where are you...
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *the core is straight up ahead*
* ZeoGaia wings arch forward as he send a barrage of missiles at it
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: ... gah... the strain ... it's too hard ...
[Dominator] Chip: Platform gun recharging.
* Eve` flies next to Kyouki
[Eve`] Comm: ... think they'll do it?
* ZeoGaia tries locking on again
[StarFury] Comm: I hope so.
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *the missiles hit, the core damaged and sparking*
* ZeoGaia spins around and throws his staff directly towards the core
[ZeoGaia] COMM: GO NOW!!
[StarFury] Comm: I... *pauses, then continues more confidently* I think so.
[Omega_Isolator] Comm: Tah---tired
* ZeoGaia turns around hits his boosters
* Omega_Isolator zooms for the exit.
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *The core explodes*
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *half of the Platform explodes instantly*
* ZeoGaia bottom end disconnects, his legs floating behind him to drop dead weight
[Dominator] God.
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *the explosive wave washes over ZeoGaia
* Omega_Isolator zooms for the exit, his burnt out engines sparking
[ZeoGaia] ARRRRR!!!! *wings arch around his body to protect him as he heads straight up and out*
* Omega_Isolator zooms for the hatch as the entire platform explodes.
[Omega_Isolator] GM: *the shockwave hits the armada fleet, disabling them*
[Dominator] Hianule: I'm getting reports of Tsivrixsh surrender. With the support of the people against them and the loss of the platform, they're finished.
* Dominator looks at Slasher, a weak smile appearing.
[Dominator] We did it.
[Slasher] ....Yeah...we did it...*slumps down*
[Eve`] Comm: DIAS!
* Eve` zooms for the remains of the platform, floating in space.
* Eve` searches for his mech.
* Dominator slumps into a chair.
* ZeoGaia parts of the wings and the legs can be seen scattered, and scorched
* Eve` flies over to them, her face tearing up as she searches.
* Omega_Isolator remains can be seen floating around, equally scorched,.
[ZeoGaia] NRP: *are scorched more*
[Eve`] Comm: DIAS! Where the hell are you!?
* StarFury flies over.
* Eve` stops searching, crying heard over the comm
[StarFury] Comm: Dias? Snipe?
[Dominator] Let me see if I can get in touch with Garland on his comm.
* Dominator tries the channels to try and get a clear, direct link with Garland through the raging storm below.
*** Ariel is now known as Hikaryuu
[ZeoGaia] MiniGM: *a red light begins to flash in Eve's mech as it picks up a homing signal not to far from her*
* Eve` notices it and flies towards the source of the signal.
* ZeoGaia the closer she gets the more scrap the more pieces of Dias's mech are found
* Eve` heads for cockpit.
* ZeoGaia the cockpit area is seen floating, a red light flashign
* Eve` grabs the cockpit in her mech.
* StarFury follows Eve, looking for the mechs.
[Eve`] Comm: You had better be in there, Dias.
* Eve` flies the remains of the mech back to Dom's ship.
* Eve` leaves her mech and lands on the hanger of the ship.
[Eve`] Dias, dammit1
* Slasher appears in the hanger bay running towards the mech remains
* Dominator follows Slasher.
*** Omega_Isolator is now known as DeathStar
[Slasher] IS he in there?
* Eve` rips open the hatch.
[Eve`] He better be.
* ZeoGaia is lieing there, his clothes tattered and burnt, barely breathing
*** ZeoGaia is now known as Dias
[Eve`] Oh, Dias...
* Eve` picks him up, holding him tightly.
[Dominator] Where's Kyouki and Snipe?
* Dias groans in pain
* Eve` cries with joy.
[Eve`] Oh, Dias...thank you, thank you for being alive.
* Dias is unconcious
[Dominator] I'll get some med units down here to help him. And X2.
[Dominator] Comm: Kyouki? Are you out there? Kyouki?
[DeathStar] Omega Isolator: *floats around in space, burnt and damaged*
[Dominator] It seems we lost Snipe and Kyouki out there ....
* Dominator glances at Slasher, as the medical units arrive to help Dias.
[DeathStar] PAUSE
Session Close: Mon Sep 02 20:41:12 2002
Session Start: Mon Sep 02 20:42:20 2002
Session Ident: #taw
* Logging #taw to 'logs\EsperNet\#taw.20020902.log'
[Xrileshr] -Act Two- Hope
[Xrileshr] Time Chart: 3 hours after last Act
[Xrileshr] Location: Tsivrixsh Homeworld
[Xrileshr] GM: *the rain has stopped and a clear sky is seen above. Finally, for the first time since the fighting began, the team is reunited.*
* Xrileshr stands there, looking at Garland, then Dominator.
*** Slasher` has joined #taw
[Dominator] It's hard to imagine Jared and Death Star being gone ... how is Ariel handling this, Garland?
*** Slasher` is now known as Odin`
* Garland looks at Dom
* Garland shakes his head.
* Dias looks down
* Dias leans against Eve, emotionally wrecked
* Eve` seems tired herself, aching everywhere
* Slasher walks upto Slasher
[Slasher] NRP:! DOH!
* Odin` walks upto Slasher and reaches his hand out to him
* Slasher grabs the hand and pulls him in to give him a hug
[Slasher] ..It's good to see you Odin...I'm glad you made it out ok..
[Xrileshr] A lot of people were lost today. But at least we can begin making ammends for peace. All territory that was not part of the Tsivrixsh Empire is free to go now and govern themselves as they wish. For now, I will lead my people into restoring the honor of the Tsivrixsh Empire.
*** Hikaryuu is now known as Ariel
[Odin`] Alas....your friend Death Star has not survived....*drops his head down*
[Dominator] It'll be a long process. The Alliance is going to get a lot of members. They say that they want me to be President of the governing body of the Alliance. I accepted. I don't know who will restore Earth's government, now.
[Garland] NRP: BRB
[Eve`] I'm sorry about John, Dias ...
[Dias] ....*hugs Eve and sighs*
* Eve` hugs him back, smiling sadly.
[StarFury] NRP: Damn, got pulled away.
*** StarFury is now known as Hotaru-chan
[Xrileshr] NRP: We're back on tsivrixsh homeworld a few hours later. Kyouki and snipe are presumed dead.
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: Kyouki's out looking for Snipe then
[Slasher] I know...I've heard the news....
[Garland] NRP back
* Ariel hasn't said a word to anyone, she's barely even moved since they've arrived in this building.
[Odin`] But atleast we have won...and my debt is paid....I'll keep in contact with you. *turns and walks away*
[Xrileshr] I will go now.
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[Slasher] Thank you Odin...
[Xrileshr] You are all welcome to rest here for the night. My people welcome you, even though I'm sure it'll take many decades before both our people are truly at peace.
* Slasher turns to look at DS's body
[Xrileshr] for now we decline the offer to join the Alliance. I think it is better if we merely stay in the shadows and work on ourselves before we join any one else.
[Dominator] I understand. Hopefully grudges will disappear one day, Xrileshr. Good luck to you.
* Xrileshr turns, bows, and walks for the door.
* Hotaru-chan seems quiet, still thinking about Snipe.
* Garland crosses his arms tightly
[Eve`] I'm going to miss John ... seeing him again for such a short time reminded me of what a nice guy he was.
* Dominator walks over to Garland.
[Dias] Yeah...it was worth seeing him tho...
[Dominator] The Alliance has a lot of work to do in restoring galactic order. Perhaps it can ensure galactic peace, finally. What are your plans, my friend?
[Slasher] NRP: Garland: Well I was gonna restore some order in my sex life..*thrusts his pelvis a couple times* IF ya know what I mean!
* Eve` looks at Dias.
[Eve`] What are your plans now, Dias?
[Garland] ..... I still have some things to take care of.
* Dominator nods.
[Dias] I...Don't know....*looks into her eyes* What about you?
[Dominator] Well, we should all get back on my ship and get things ready for whatever we plan to do next.
[Dominator] But we can go tomorrow.
* Ariel sits stilly off to the side... eyes glazed, looking into nothingness.
[Eve`] I don't know. I'll decide tomorrow on the ship, like Dom says..
* Slasher walks upto Ariel and kneels down besides her
* Hotaru-chan looks awfully like Ariel.
[Xrileshr] *voice* So, anyone miss me?
*** Xrileshr is now known as Snipe
* Snipe walks in.
* Garland turns his head to Snipe
* Dias turns around towards Snipe
[Eve`] John...?
[Dias] ....John..
* Snipe shrugs, grinning his cocky grin
[Snipe] Well, yeah, that would be me.
* Slasher rests his hand on Ariel's shoulder
[Dias] You stupid bastard....
[Slasher] I'm sorry....
* Snipe tugs at his evac suit.
* Garland rolls the hilt of the Emerald sword, only a chunk of the crystal on it.
[Snipe] Stupid bastard, huh? Well ... *turns and sees DS* Oh ...
* Dias turns back to Eve, smiling slightly
* Eve` seems to have regained some of her spirit back, as well.
[Ariel] ...... *stares off into nothingness*
[Hotaru-chan] SNIPE?!
[Slasher] If there's anything I can do for you sis?
[Snipe] That would be me, last time I checked.
* Hotaru-chan jumps up and hugs Snipe
[Hotaru-chan] I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!
* Snipe pats Hotaru on the back
[Snipe] I get that a lot.
* Garland looks at Snipe.
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] *mentally hugs Snipe*
* Dominator smiles a bit.
* Slasher looks around for Cheryl
[Hotaru-chan] Oh, I've got a new trick I should show you sometime, too...
[Snipe] Do you?
[Slasher] NRP: *Hotaru sticks her tongue out showing a tongue piercing*
[Hotaru-chan] NRP: *laughs*
* Hotaru-chan grins.
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *is around*
* Snipe holds his head, a bit dizzy, and sits down.
* Slasher waves Cheryl over
[Snipe] Woo, I tell you, getting knocked around in your evac helmet hurts.
[Hotaru-chan] But... I should show you some time when you're not so dizzy...
[Snipe] That'll work.
[Dias] Eve...I wanna be with you...
[Eve`] ....you are with me right now, silly.
[Snipe] NRP: *replaces with with another word*
* Garland leaves the room.
* Snipe watches Garland go.
[Dias] Forever...I want to settle down and have little Dias's and Eve's...
[Snipe] Dear God, Dias having kids? There should be some law...
* Hotaru-chan listens to Dias, giggling.
[Dominator] Diamondback: *is off to the side, sad that his father is dead*
* Slasher rubs Ariels shoulder
* Eve` blushes
[Eve`] I think I would like that.
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *quietly heads over. She's quite uncomfortable around her sister like this*
* Dias smiles
[Dias] Then...will you marry me?
* Eve` nods.
* Dias smiles happy
* Dias hugs her then kisses her
* Eve` leans into the kiss.
* Snipe gets up and follows Garland outside.
* Garland leans against the outside wall of the door.
*** Snipe is now known as DeathStar
*** Dominator is now known as Snipe
[Snipe] What's up, Garland?
* Slasher stands up and looks at her
[Slasher] ....Cheryl...
[Garland] So, how was the after life?
[Hotaru-chan] .oO(Do you think it's really over...?)
[Snipe] Quiet. Peaceful. Full of serenity.
*** Caladia has joined #taw
*** ChanServ sets mode: +o Caladia
[Garland] Did the scottish guy threaten you?
[Snipe] Uh, no.
*** Caladia is now known as Cally-Sleepies
[Garland] Huh, that's weird.
* Cally-Sleepies is away -( Sleepies )- at 10:04p -( P:On / L:On )-
* Slasher steps up next to Cheryl
[Slasher] IS there anything we can do?
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *shakes her head* I... I don't know.
* Slasher sighs
[Slasher] I'm worried about her...Does Kat know yet?
[Slasher] NRP: BRB
* Garland stares at the ground.
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *shakes her head* Not yet. She's on Earth I think. Word hasn't gotten out yet.
[DeathStar] GM: *outside it is clear and sunny, sounds of life abound*
[Snipe] What's on your mind, for real, Garland?
* DeathStar reaches up and grabs Ariel's arm
[DeathStar] I'm not dead yet!
[Garland] There's still a council member loose.
[Snipe] Who?
[Garland] We don't know.
[Snipe] I thought we destroyed them all.
* Ariel is jerked roughly into consciousness O.O
[Slasher] NRP: DS: JUST KIDDING!
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *looks really freaked out now*
* Slasher grabs his chest
* DeathStar lays there, peacefully, eyes closed, though his hand is on Ariel's arm.
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] *would have a heartattack if she was in her own body*
* Slasher smacks his chest and blinks
[Slasher] ...What the...
[Garland] Tell me, John, do you think after this there's no one else to fight?
[Snipe] Dominator: in the hell...?
[Snipe] 'course not. I'm sure there will always be more problems in the future.
[Garland] I'm not going to just be able to settle down, as much as I'd like ot.
[Garland] *to
* Hotaru-chan hugs Death Star too
*** Retrieving #taw info...
* Dias turns his head to the commotion near Slasher and Ariel and Cheryl
* DeathStar opens his eyes and looks at Ariel, weakly.
* Ariel looks at DS' hand silently. She's shocked, but no longer in shock.
[Dias] ....What's happening over there.
[DeathStar] You should know I can't die ... without saying goodbye.
[DeathStar] And since I didn't say goodbye, I'm not dying.
[DeathStar] Booya!
* Ariel hugs DS tightly. She's crying now.
[Ariel] You big jerk...
[Dias] Star's alive?
[DeathStar] Ow...you're killing me...really...pain!
* Dias walks over with Eve to him
[Dias] Star your alive?!
[Garland] I dunno, John, I just have a lot on my mind.
[Eve`] ...this is different.
[Hotaru-chan] Ariel... I know how you feel...
* Snipe pats Garland on the shoulder
[Snipe] We'll handle whatever comes our way .
[Garland] We?
* DeathStar runs a hand along Ariel's hair
[Hotaru-chan] I feel the same about... *blushes a bit, glancing towards Snipe, barely noticably, then stops talking, too embarrassed*
[Snipe] Of course white man. You don't think the rest of us are going to skip the hunt for a counsel member, do you?
[DeathStar] I had to stay alive to tell you I love you, of course ...
[Garland] Oh, yeah..
[Slasher] You love me Star?! I always knew you did you big dumb oaf!
[Snipe] Besides, dead people have to stick together. And DS joined the club.
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *laughs!*
* Hotaru-chan clings to Snipe.
[DeathStar] Yeah, Slasher, you're just the man of my dreams...
[Garland] Death is but a fleshwound in this business.
[Snipe] ACK!
* Snipe looks at Hotaru.
* Slasher laughs smiling
[Hotaru-chan] That's right! Dead people have to stick together!
* DeathStar grimaces in pain
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] *giggles*
[DeathStar] I'm sure I was dead there ... I've lost the power source I was guarding ...
* Garland walks in, and looks at DS
[Slasher] ...If you lost it...who has it then?
[Ariel] NRP: Okay, I never realized that before... Em, Hota and Snipe have all been dead for extended periods of time.
* DeathStar leans back
[DeathStar] The one thing that drew me back was a conversation we had, Ariel ... 10,000 years, remember?
* DeathStar falls into a troubled sleep.
[Garland] Just a fleshwound, huh? *crosses his arms, looking at DS*
* Snipe stansd there, with Hotaru clinging on.
[Snipe] Hunh, I knew he couldn't die.
* Garland walks outside, looking at the sky.
[Eve`] Dominator: I just wish the same could be said for Jared ...
* Hotaru-chan goes silent for a second
[Slasher] Ahhh isn't that cute, he fell asleep
* Ariel just hugs DS, crying happily.
* Dias laughs amused
* DeathStar dies again. No, really. Died.
[DeathStar] NRP: Kidding.
[Hotaru-chan] Snipe...? How... nevermind.
[Snipe] Dominator: I'm just glad it's all finally over ... now we can do the "happily ever after" part of this story.
* Snipe looks at Hotaru
[Snipe] Hmm?
[Hotaru-chan] It... doesn't matter. .oO(I don't think Em'd want me sharing her boyfriend...)
* Snipe rubs his chin, nodding slowly
[Snipe] Okay.
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] .oO( Well... That depends. )
* Eve` leans against Dias
[Eve`] I guess we're finally done fighting. Peace will now reign.
[Hotaru-chan] .oO( Depends...? )
[Dias] ....Let's hope so
[Slasher] ....It's a shame war always follows after peace
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] .oO( I think it'd be more of Snipe sharing my girlfriend. *giggles*
* Garland stares at the sky, his arms crossed.
* Snipe walks back outside with Garland. Nearby Hianule is doing things with a shuttle.
[Hotaru-chan] .oO( *giggles* Well, I doubt he'd mind... )
* Garland takes a deep breath, glancing at Snipe.
[Snipe] I'm baaaack.
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] *has Hotaru glomp Snipe as he returns*
* Snipe leans against the side of the building, looking around the area.
[Snipe] Such a strange planet, isn't it?
[Garland] I've seen stranger.
[DeathStar] zzzzz
[Snipe] Do you think we'll ever get along with the Tsivrixsh truly? Or will it be more of a cold war now.
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] So Slasher, what are your plans now that we've lived?
[Slasher] Oh I was thinking maybe..
[Garland] Yes, I think so.
[Garland] It will take time, but yes, I think so.
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] *to Snipe* [*mischeviously* So... when are you going to ask us out?]
* Snipe blinks, lookinga round
[Snipe] Em?
[DeathStar] Dark Voice: *laughing* Yes...your precious 'peace' will be achieved one day ... hardly.
[Garland] I'll leave you to your women, John.
[Slasher] ....Get married...have kids...try to finish the new Karma Sutra books....
[Slasher] .....*turns to the dark voice*
* Garland spins around
[Hotaru-chan] *to Snipe* [She's in my head. *giggles*]
* Dias ears perk up and he turns towards the dark voice
[DeathStar] *Standing in the darkness of an ally nearby, out of the sunlight, is two red glowing eyes - Tsivrixsh eyes*
[Ariel] ......
[Eve`] What in----?
* Eve` turns.
[Snipe] ...I recognize that voice!
* Garland gets into a fighting stance
[Garland] So do I.
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] *ignores the eyes* Yeah, that sounds like fun. Maybe write our own book?
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* Xevil steps forward, dressed in royal garmets.
[Xevil] Seven years, Hunters...it's nice to see you're doing so well.
[Hotaru-chan] Xevil...
[Ariel] 6[5[13Emily5]6] .oO( Eep! )
[Snipe] Xevil.
[Dias] ....*stands infront of Eve protecting her just in case*
[Eve`] Who?
[Garland] And you look... well, at least you're dressed nice.
* Garland narrows his eyes
* Xevil a slow, sinister smile appears.
* Slasher smiles at her and winks then turns to Xevil
[Ariel] ...some people just don't know when to die.
[Xevil] I'm glad you're not too surprised to see me alive after our last encounter.
[Xevil] I could say the same about your boyfriend, Ariel.
[Xevil] But as for me, I never died.
[Xevil] I never came close.
[Dias] I thought I smelt something...funny..
[Garland] Death is but a fleshwound...
* Garland looks at Xevil
[Xevil] Tell that to all the Hunters who have died over the ages. Sure, Snipe survived my virus, but think of all the others that remain dead even now.
[Xevil] Would the Carter family consider it a fleshwound?
[Snipe] ......
* Garland narrows his eyes
[Garland] Get to the point, Xevil. Are you here for a fight or just to piss us off?
[Xevil] I'm here to thank you, my dear Garland.
[Slasher] ....You were waiting for this all to happen...you plan on taking over don't you..
[Garland] Oh, I get it, classic "Let the other guy get rid of the opposition, so I can move in."?
[Xevil] By having you all make it look like you killed me, I was given seven years to perfect my own creation. And then you went and removed that pesky emperor for me.
[Xevil] You've done everything for me. And now I have everything I need.
[Snipe] You bastard! You killed me with your damn virus! I'm going to repay the favor.
[Dias] We'll be glad to give you a homecoming gift you won't soon forget.
* Hotaru-chan stands up.
[Garland] Stand down Snipe...
* Garland looks at Xevil
[Xevil] Home? This place? Hardly, McCormick.
[Hotaru-chan] You do *NOT* kill m... Snipe...
[Xevil] But yes, I let you all do the work for me. You've eliminated all the competition ... except for yourselves.
[Dias] We're not as weak as we were back then...but I spose that goes the same for you to..
[Xevil] Of course. I've perfected "it".
[Dias] But we've all changed since you've last glimpsed us...
[Garland] "It"?
[Xevil] You all, once, turned me into a beast with immense power. Doom. Brainless and all brute strength, he was unstoppable until you slowed down his atoms and reverted him back into me.
[Garland] Unstoppable back then.
[Xevil] Needless to say, I've gone over the process and perfected it so that not only is the formula ten times stronger than then, it has no weaknesses.
[Slasher] Everything has a weakness....
* Garland 's eyes widen a little.
[Xevil] I'd welcome you to try your luck, then.
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] Hey! I remember coming up with that idea.
[Garland] So tell me Xevil, what do you ultimately plan to achieve?
* Xevil turns his back on the Hunters.
[Xevil] By the time you figure that out, it'll be too late to stop me.
* Xevil walks off.
[Slasher] ....What are we waiting for?
[Snipe] Lets take him right here!
* Slasher nods
[Slasher] We need to stop him now before it's too late.
[Snipe] He's played us for a fool since the beginning!
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] Yeah, that is his style.
[Snipe] That entire fight where we lost Avatar was just a plot by him...his giving me a virus just a game.
[Garland] And what the hell makes you think he doesn't expect us to attack him right now?
[Snipe] Dominator: Garland is right .... we need to regroup and figure out what he could have gained from the collapse of the Empire.
[Slasher] ....Power, domination? Hell may be he just wants to destroy the planet himself..
[Hotaru-chan] How about, the chance to take over?
[Eve`] Is he truly THAT dangerous?
* Xevil is almost out of sight now.
[Ariel] Yes.
[Dias] We need to do something now...
[Snipe] Dominator: Lets get back to my ship. From there we'll beat Xevil and end his schemes for good.
[Hotaru-chan] Okay
[DeathStar] Session Ends
[Dias] .....*sighs* He's probably expecting us not to fight him right away
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[Garland] He's expecting whatever we do anyway.
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* Dias baps Garland
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[DeathStar] Well, the horrible thing known as Climax is over.
[Garland] Well he is!
*** DeathStar changes topic to 'Session 178: The End | Final TGC Session! The Hunters must gather their inner strength, increase their power, and take on Xevil and his plan that has taken place since TAW1. But can they survive the ultimate weapon Xevil has discovered?'
[DeathStar] In the familiar words of Session 100 of TAW1 ... "This time, not everyone is going to make it back..."
[Garland] I saw we drop a cow on him.
[DeathStar] I'm going to update the PL/SL levels of everyone on the webpage. Get ready.
[Ariel] 5[6[4Cheryl6]5] If he turns into a giant again, I say we just unleash the orbital bombardment.
[DeathStar] I'm trying to decide on a good time to schedule Session 178
[Garland] This weekend.
[Ariel] This weekend = BAD
[Garland] This week.
[Dias] I'm free from friday thru-sun
[Dias] and tomorrow
[Dias] Otherwise I work this week 3-10 wed and thur or mon thru thur afterward
[DeathStar] I wonder how many people can say they actually LIKED Climax. *smirks*
[Dias] I like climaxes
[Garland] I liked what my hair-brained plans didn't screw up. :P
[Hotaru-chan] 5[4Hotaru5] If he turns into a giant, I'm turning into a dragon
[Garland] Thusly making yourself a larger target, and more likely to be killed.
[Hotaru-chan] That's true, but...
[DeathStar] Rule #1 about "The End", which can be seen from Climax's deaths - Don't play Hero. You might get burnt.
* Dias looks for his memory cards so he can play Arc the Lad
[Garland] Might? No, you WILL get burnt.
[Ariel] Ariel has only used her dragon form once I think...
[Garland] Garland... yeah.
[DeathStar] The death toll for Climax was: Blackjack (major death of the entire storyline), Drake, Paladin, and the pirates.
[Hotaru-chan] Hota has used her dragon form three times in this session, just because she just got it.
[Dias] Fuck!
[Dias] Go figure, I finally get my friggin ps2, and of all things, I can't find my memory cards.
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[Ariel] Crappy x.x
* Dias grumbles
[Dias] I hate moving.
[DeathStar] http://thealienwars.tripod.com/TGC/Bios.html
[Dias] How can I only have 400 pl and 450 sl as old dh when my base is 900/900
[DeathStar] I didn't bother to update it since your new DH is your permenant DH.
[Dias] OH it is...
[Dias] Ok...I was thinking they added to them...
[Hotaru-chan] Hota has more power than Ariel?
[Hotaru-chan] Woah
[Dias] brb
[Ariel] That's just not right...
[Dias] Wait till she's on the rag..
[Hotaru-chan] Hota's 800/800, Ariel's 750/750
[DeathStar] Hotaru killed the 1st Counsel Member.
[DeathStar] It spiked her.
[Hotaru-chan] Wow
[DeathStar] But there will be more PL/SL increasing in the final session, believe you me.
[Hotaru-chan] I seem to be stronger than Sera too. ^^;
[Ariel] Emily and Cheryl don't even get stats =/ Oh well, they're probally pitiful anyways...
[Ariel] Why is Ariel such a weakling for her level?
[DeathStar] Exp. Levels don't dictate PL/SL.
[DeathStar] For a while DS was 50 / 50 with a Exp. Level of 75
* Ariel always thought Ariel was one of the stronger characters, not one of the weaker o.o;;
[DeathStar] I'm sure Ariel will do some nifty power up in 178
* DeathStar goes back to thinking of a time for it.
[Hotaru-chan] Kyouki's probably pretty pitiful by now too
[Hotaru-chan] Ah well, PL/SL isn't used all that much anyway
* Ariel has the weakest characters other than Sera =P
[Hotaru-chan] Sera's pretty weak considering...
[Hotaru-chan] Sera, at her strongest is weaker than Hota normally
[DeathStar] I only updated people who fought in Climax this go around. So, believe it or not, a lot of you were weaker than Sera was before Climax.
[DeathStar] Climax boosted up a lot of your stats.
[Garland] I broke m'sword, and got EXP! Wee!
[Ariel] I don't think Ariel's changed any... Em and Cheryl don't have stats, but they're weaker than Ariel.
[DeathStar] Ariel went up 300.
[Hotaru-chan] Hota went up how much?
* Ariel sighs
* Hotaru-chan hugs Hika
[DeathStar] Hotaru WAS 250/200
[Garland] Till she stole my kill!
[Hotaru-chan] Remember, Hota has that Purpose bonus
[Garland] I had code of honor!
[Hotaru-chan] Higher Purpose
[Hotaru-chan] Oh.
[DeathStar] DS made the biggest jump! He went from 50/50 to what he is now.
[DeathStar] Garland and Dias retain being the strongest characters.
[Ariel] Ariel gets the crappiest person with stats in 178 award
[DeathStar] So, if you guys eat them, you'll get their powers.
[Garland] Ohhh!! Can I be a Minicon!?
*** Ariel has left #taw
[Garland] Oh wait, I AM!
[DeathStar] Congrats on your boost in strength, BTW, Alicia.
*** DeathStar changes topic to 'Session 178: The End | Final TGC Session! The Hunters must gather their inner strength, increase their power, and take on Xevil and his plan that has taken place since TAW1. But can they survive the ultimate weapon Xevil has discovered? - sometime this weekend'
[Hotaru-chan] 3[4Kyouki3] *munches on Dias' arm*
[Hotaru-chan] I can see Kyouki getting a wierd boost, too.
[Hotaru-chan] 'specially since she's finally getting a grip
*** Hotaru-chan is now known as Alicia
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[DeathStar] Only us 3 remain!
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[DeathStar] 4 of us agan!
[DeathStar] again, again
[Garland] Night all.
[Hotaru-chan] Night
* DeathStar begins his post-TGC plans of evil.
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Session Close: Tue Sep 03 00:00:00 2002