It's happened again. x_x Circumstances beyond my control have snatched my attention from EGC...Demi: Laziness is beyond your control? o.o You learn something new every day...
Silence. >< *Flicks Demi in the forehead, and she flies through the roof*
Demi: *In midair* You're gonna have to pay for thaaaaat....
*Looks at the hole in the roof* ....o.o;;;
We last left the famished femme Reiya Aeon in the Dark Ages, looking for the entrance to Zeal. With Pen-Pen in her head. ^^
Wonderful recap, Big Giant Head. -_-;; *Slogs through the snow* You know, if somebody had remembered to give me my trenchcoat... ><
<Consider it done. ^.^>
*Her blue-green trenchcoat falls into her hands* ...Ara. o.o; *Puts it on* That was fast.
<Well, I can't let my second savior freeze to death...>
*Pauses* ...Say what? o_O;
<You heard me. You're supposed to save me from the Token Ominous Bad Dudes by finding some legendary weapon in Zeal. Jen-chan is elsewhere, trying to save me as well.>
B... but I just came here for the foooood.... ;_; And to go to that place where you can sleep all day.
<Stop whining. It is your destiny.>
O_o; My destiny is to save a beer-guzzling flightless bird? Hooboy... Silly me, I always thought it would have something to do with publishing Red Alert.
<Don't make me psy-smack you, mortal. ¬¬>
...I'll be good. o.o;
<Maybe, if you're good, we'll stop by that place with the really rich chocolate ice cream. ^-^>
Waiiiii! ^o^
That done, let's check in on the Intrepid Polygon! :D
...Who are currently making Rune's clothing store. o.O;;; "Fashions by Rune Walsh".
Rune: Haaaai! ^-^.... ¬_¬ Rika! Kenshin! Stop getting your smooch on over there and bring in those dress racks!
Kenshin: *Lets go of his adorable wife* ^^x;; Gomen ne, Rune-dono!
Rika: *Yells* Rune, you stupid fruit! >_<;;
Rune: That's coming out of somebody's discount... ¬_¬
Rika: o.o ...I'll be good. I promise.
Rune: *Smirks*
SD Hisashi: SPORK! ^o^
Rune: Agreed, Hisashi-chan! ^_^
Azura: *Delighted squeal* They had these back on Exan! :D*Holds up a pair of 5-inch platform sandals covered in a flashy animal print* But they weren't nearly as nice...
Rune: *Beams* Wait'll you see the rest of the shoes. ^-^
Sharon: *Comes in, holding a stack of CDs* Okie... Rune-san, which should we use as BGM? We've got "Mechanical Animals", Marilyn Manson... "Significant Other", Limp Bizkit... "The Downward Spiral", Nine Inch Nails... "Version 2.0", Garbage... "Pure Soul", Glay... Xenogears soundtrack... "The Crow" soundtrack... "Kilt Action", Desecrate...
Hyde: *Poink* DESECRATE? O____O
Kyra: Hey, look! *Laughs* You're on the... cover? o.o;
Hyde: Haiiiii! ^___^ That band is my pride and joy! ;.; I miss Will, Kyo, and Calvin, though...
Melia: ;.;
Azura: ^^; You guys...
Rune: Much as this little hootenany over here is amusing, there's still stuff to get into the building out there, and rain's a'coming! ><;
Azura-gumi: Gomen! ^^; *Dash outside*
Rune: Okay, finally back on track...
Kenshin and Rika: *Have gone back to kissing*
Rune: ><;;;;;
As a final note, if you want to see pics of my original characters, or just see what I do with my spare time, stop by Rurouni Reika Cafe! Thankee! ^-^
Howdy, y'all... i'm posting from work again, as that darn pool is done, but we're gonna have to get people down to run all new phone lines... ya see, the main prolem is that, well, in the creation of the pool, the pool people had to knock some trees over (literally, they took their little bulldozer and ran into trees until they fell over), and that had the wonderful side effect of tearing my phone line in half... they fixed it, then they did it again... and again... and again. A total of four times actually, and well, i think they just spliced the line back together. The long and short of it is that with my new torn up phone line, i get a super fast 9600 baud connection (wow, now _that's_ sarcasm). But i do have work thank god, and i've gotta put this here t1 line to good use. (Other than playing Tribes, which is pleanty good, or ooh-ing and aah-ing at flash sites. Speaking of which, go take a look at http://www.nrg.be and tell me it doesn't make you want to learn flash. And speaking of making things, Chats, i've got hella 1000 hits gift/b-day image to toss ya, as soon as my home computer decides to want to connect to the internet again. Wow this is a long perenthesis). Wow this is a long aforenote...Lyric: Well, just start the post then...
Oh, and afore i forget, we could use a little recap: We drove the roaches out of the Bar, and reclaimed the tank... Or to be completely accurate, the Goon Squad aided Rufus and Roisin in driving the roaches back, and then reclaimed the tank... One loose end tied up, a few more to go (most notably, the assassin-rats living in my head... (*Sigh*) such a backlog of plot relevant bits... (*Shakes head*) Well, now to get along with it all. Argh, people are calling! What do they think i am, tech support?)
Lyric: C'mon! I'm sure there's a post that needs starting, i'm thinking...
{ SCENE: One uber-enlightening dream sequence }
(*Long helicopter shot, slowly resolving onto a single man standing in a not so empty black sand desert...*)
Oh, standard dreamscape, good... i was almost worried there... (*Glances around the desert, eventually focusing on a pair of buttes that rise in the distance*) Well, that seems as good a place as any to start ambling towards... as it's gonna get a little bit warm when the sun comes up.
(*In a few minutes/hours/bits of relative time, he reachs the buttes. One is capped with a white stone cathedral, and the other features a cracked fissure leading into its depths...*)
Hmmm... ah well, looks like i'll be flipping a coin... (*Draws a coin from somewhere in the ninja suit*) Heads... now to find a way to climb this thing... Stairs... lucky me....
(*More relative time later*)
Ya know, that was easy... and this is not all that enlightening a dream sequence... gotta wonder why i'm even here...
Disembodied voice: You are here so we can finish you off!
Second voice: Yes indeed, target of mine!
Hmmm, i thought you guys were sublimated when i got the new body...
Voice2: Nope, now kindly die... (*A beam of blue energy spears from an unidentified source*)
(*He dodges*) Hey, hey, hey, this is _my_ dreamscape, you can't attack me here...
Voice1: Hell if we can't! (*A similar manifestation of red energy lances from another source*)
Third Voice: Evil forces, in the name of the Diety, reveal thyselves!
(*The two voices coalesce into a pair of swirling clouds, one red and one blue...*)
Well, you two have certainly changed...
Voice1 (Lava): Loosing our bodies can do that do ya...
Voice2 (Raba): Who are you, interloper?!
Voice3: My name, or the one of my names that you should know, is Onamii, other than that, i may call me your distroyer! (*In a blinding flash of light a woman appears, cloaked an hooded in white. She reaches into one loose sleeve, and draws forth a huge maul. (how she manages to hide a two handed military sledgehammer in the sleeve of a slightly modified habit is beyond the ken of mortal man*)
Ya know, it is getting _very_ crowded in here all of a sudden.
Onamii: With the light of the all-father, i do smite you, vile spirits! (*She slams the hammer into the ground, causing a shockwave to spread outward, effectively driving the two rat soul thingers backwards...*)
Well, that was damn useful, m'friend... are they gone for good now?
Onamii: No, but i did buy you some time, And if you can get to me, then we can more effectively exorcise the daemonic spirits...
You mean like making them run laps, or so forth?
Onamii: I mean driving them out...
Sorry, old joke. So i'm looking for a faceless priestess in the religious quarter of the EGC.
Onamii: More or less. Wait, the church looks like this one, and i look like this... (*Pulls the hood back*)
Anybody ever tell ya you look alot like Blink?
Onamii: Who?
(*Marvel comics chara from about five or six years ago, back when i stopped readin' 'em... She managed to die (twice) and i thought that was unfair*)
Onamii: Obviously... anyhow, you find the church, and i think we can take care of ya.
Well, that's good to hear... I think i'd like to go back to having only one identity in my head...
Onamii: Then this dream is over!
{ SCENE: Back in the tank }
I tells ya, that's just effing weird....
Plant: ... (*Thinks: "Effing?"*)
Anyhow, where _is_ everyone?
Plant: ... (*Thinks: Over at the bar, various festivites are occuring*)
Huh, ah well, i'll water the plant and check the bar... and again i'm just struck with how very large this tank is...
(*Waters the plant and hops out of the tank*)
Thank god we're parked adjacent to the bar... (*Moseys in and grabs a seat with the rest of the Goon Squad*)Clone: We were wondering when you were gonna get here, Voodoo was drinking for you...
Voodoo: Wash not! ^_^
Lyric: Were too!
(*Sigh*) Anyhow, just stopping by to mingle for a moment...
Clone: You missed Aoi's video's premier...
Voodoo: Twas verry educashunal. ^_^
Lyric: Of course it was... (*mutters something about the EGC Lemon*) Just stopping by?
Yeah, i'm popping off to the religious quarter for a quick exorcism...
Voodoo: You could ushe a few lapps! ^_^
(*Shakes head*) Suuuure... anyhow, just no drinking contests with Kaji, remember that.
Voodoo: Gosha!
And get her some coffee... somma that stuff Sikaryan's people were all over...
Lyric: Ok, but only if i get to make her drink it...
Clone: How can you, you're a _book_!
Lyric: I have ways... i think...
Children, children... Ah well, i'll brb, and hopefully, i'll be free of evil spirits...
By the by, i read the recap (quite killer btw) of the rat story arc, and suddenly, i remembered that i still have a pair or Reg-icidal rats living in my brain, so i'll just intro a new one shot character and get that all taken care of... and yes, when i get home i get to try to connect again... and there will prolly be a new post at that point too (Wonderful how school frees up all my time, isn't it?) Ah well, more calls and so forth... i must be off...
Oh, and finally, word up Atsuko-chan, killer buncha posts... and welcome welcome (belatedly of course, but that's how i do _everything_)
Ruto...? Ruto? Good.. she's not here... I get to post something relevant at long last... but shhh... you never saw me, okay?
(*Somewhere in EG City... a dark room...*)?????: Hm... the explosions have stopped... seems like the invasion is over. I wonder which side won? (*a monitor is switched on*) Hm... EG City doesn't look all that different... I take it the Roaches have lost... are you happy now, father?
(*The light is switched on and reveals a tiny room, with only a bed and a computer in it - there is no visible window or door or any other exit. In the large manager-type chair in front of the monitor sits Roach, first son of the Roach Leader and former heir of his empire, with a grim yet sad expression carved on his face.*)
Roach: How many of us will not come home to their families? Five thousand? A hundred throusand? Or more? *he shakes his head sadly* All this would have never happened if you had listened to me... *he pushes a button on the keyboard, and the monitor shows several different locations: the Bar, Shinra HQ, and various places where the IRA (Invading Roach Army) was shot, slashed, sliced and/or pummeled into oblivion* You always blamed me for being more like mother... for being more of a thinker than a fighter. Is that why you had me fight at the front when we invaded? Was it to make me fight, even if for a cause I didn't believe in, and still don't? Or to get rid of the only one strong-willed enough to oppose you openly right in the beginning of the invasion, because you knew the residents would fight with unbound ferocity? I'd like to believe the first...
(*Slowly, Roach rises out of his chair and throws himself on his bed, staring at the ceiling.*)
Roach: Where can I go...? I can't show my face to any roach... and only few humans know I fought on their side... *he smirks lopsidedly* That was quite a surprise for you, wasn't it, father? To see me fighting an the side of your enemies... you should have known that it was you who made me switch sides. You wouldn't listen to me; you wouldn't let me show you and all others a way to peace. Instead you provoked war. A pointless, useless war you had no chance of winning - and you payed with your life for your foolishness... *he sighes heavily* What am I to do...? I can't just sit here in my self-chosen exile until the end of the world... * he suddenly sits up* Oh what the heck, I'll risk it. I'll go outside and get me a drink in the Bar.
(*Roach jumpes from his bed and pushes a button; a secret door slides open and light falls in from outside. Without hesitation he goes through it, and it slides shut behind him.*)
Phew. No complications. I think that was the post with the most depth till now...
Ruto: *from off-screen* Iaaan-chaaaan...!
Uh-Oh! Gotta go! See ya! *runs off*
(*We left our exhausted heroine off at the entrance to a quite yucky, muddy, and mosquito-infested swamp.. not to mention also filled with mutant and genetically-altered alligators and the like.*)
Um... eww. ^^;;;
< Shut up and get moving. >
That's what you think, Almighty Penguin. -_-
< Well, if you don't go.. I'll have to use some telepathic shoving. >
There is NO way I am going to set FOOT in this contaminated water!
*SPLASH*
GWAHHHHHHH!!!! *chokes underwater and emerges to the surface, gasping for air*
*twitch twitch* I'm..g..g..gonna c..catch hypothermia..y..you.. s..stupid PENGUIN!!!!
< Sorry, I forgot. >
I..i..i.. h..hate y..youuu.. -_-;;;;;;;;;
< *gleeful laughter ringing throughout her head.. well, at least gleeful quacking* Just think of this as a test. So, how long can you survive, human? >
Hmm.. *fishes around her soggy pocket, and pulls out a transformer similar to Sailor Moon's* Holy Prism Crystal Power Jen-chan Crystal! I command you.. give me a.....
KAWASAKI JET SKI!!!!! ^O^
* a weird light surrounds and takes the form of a jet ski, and when the whole thing is finished, the crystal gives off a small white aura then disappears back into her pocket*
< Cheater! >
*hops on the jet-ski, twists the handles, and speeds out of the swamps, veering around various obstacles, her black and soggy trenchcoat rippling in the wind*
*VROOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
< Well, since your loud enough that all the mean monsters lurking in the swamp can hear you, are you ready to become their midnight snack? >
uh... ^^;; Uh oh.
*suddenly, the water bubbles in front of her as she quickly stops the jet-ski and a giant mutated crocodile (one that is amazingly similar to the one in Parasite Eve) emerges, growling*
Um.. what now? O_O;;
< .... >
Penguin?
< .......... >
PENGUIN!??!?!?!?! *growling noise in background*
< Sorry.. telepathy bill. It's overdue. ^^;; >
So, WHAT DO I DO!?!?!?! O_O;; *chomping noise*
< I don't know. >
I thought you were an Almighty Penguin! You should _know_ what to do!
< Sorry, I just don't know. I never experienced fighting a mutant crocdile while riding a jet ski in the swamps. Um.. if you excuse me, I have to go. My telepathy bill is outrageous and I'm calling up to complain. >
< *CLICK* >
*sweatdrop* I'm gonna die..
Alligator: *growls*....
Hmm.. I know! ^.^ *fishes out a Britney Spears cassette and pops it into the jet-ski cassette compartment*
Cassette: My loneliness is killing meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......!
Alligator: *whines in pain, and falls down, floating upwards in the swamp water*
Cassette: And I must confeeeeeee~~esss, I still BELIEVEEEEE!!!!!!!
Jeez.. *grabs a hammer and smashes the cassette in half*
< Hey, they finally gave me two more days worth of telepathic speaking. Oh, by the way, good job. Not exactly what I would do in a situation like that, but good job.. ^^;;; >
Thanks. *VROOOOOOOM*
And now, since our heroine has detroyed the giant mutant crocodile and made it successfully through the swamp, the next place is very clear.....
*DA DA DUMM!!!!!*
The fortress of the EVIL BAD DUDES UNITED.
de mortuis nil nisi bonum "It is probably true that all nations are great and even holy at the time of death." ~ Kurt Vonnegut (*In the bar ...*)
"/o Theeeeeere's aaaaa place for uuuuuussss
A quiet place for uuuuuuuusss
Hold my hand and we're haaaalfway there
Hold my hand and I'll taaaaaake you there
Somewwwwwhheeeeeeere, Somedaaaaaaaaaaay, Somehoooooooooow ... o/"Err ... thankee, Israfel, but you lay off the kareoke for a little bit? I gots something to say ...
Israfel: Sure thing, disembodied lady.
(*Sigh.*) Okay, everybody, listen up.
(*Ears perk up. After all, this is an RL speaking without a middleman ...*)
It just occurred to me that I never explained directly the situation prior to the Spider Chronicles ... the whole thing starting the chronicles and so forth, and y'all do have a right to know. It's sorta there in the S.C. manga, but I haven't finished that (and that's a damn problem, in what I do have, the Roach Leader looks too darn cute when he snaps -- yeah, that's right, a CUTE expression of pure unadulterated hatred ... deal with it). I think it's getting relevant, and he's not alive to tell of it anymore, is he? So I think it be time for some exposition.
Moi, Chatty, was once in the evil villain category. New Age Villain Chatty the Bad Guy, to be exact, although I suppose "anti-hero" fits better ....... little me arrived in EGC with the usual plan of infiltrating the innards and taking over parasitically. 'Twas a proven trick, it worked with a lot of universes -- see the dimension from which the Roaches and Spiders come as an example. Call it D-Exile, or D-BOE.
Anyone ever write a dark story? And of those of you here, how many are severely tempted to be sadistic in regards to what happens to the characters under their care? (*counts raised RL hands*) Mm hm ... thought so. Well, as they say, there's a struggle in the insides of man between the part of him that seeks life and the part that seeks death. Or, to put it another way, we all have the potential to be total bastards.
My villainy in D-BOE? I quote:
Roach Leader: She TOOK OVER OUR UNIVERSE! She's deprived us of our pride, our dignity, our FREEDOM. What more reason do we need?
I never ...
Roach Leader: You shut up. I wasn't talking to you. (*shakes blaster threateningly*)
Shinobi: well, how was the rule BEFORE chatty took it? i mean, good, bad, indifferent? i am fairly sure that she mainly wants to take the human populace... mayhaps we can get something of an amnesty with the Roach/Spider populace, you know, a "You only bother the adventureers that stumble on you, We don't bother the spiders/roaches" Kinda thing...
I have done nothing to change the universe at all. Nothing has changed for better or worse in it, but it does have my prote...
Roach Leader: Shut UP. (*shakes blaster*) Protection schmection. I am sick of hearing those lies of yours. Ever since you took over there's been a great shortage of flies and waste.
Spider:
Flies! Yum!I ... I had nothing to do with that.
Roach Leader: Yeah, sure. And I have a broomstick up my butt.
Shinobi: great shortage of flies and waste, eh? it all boils down to food doesn't it? anyway we could mayhaps trade for the Evil One (*smirks at using the title*)... i am sure that EG City must have some kind of flies, waste, and such (what eco-system doesn't) and judgeing by the rest of the universe, they are probably fairly good...
Roach Leader: That's why we're taking over. The EGC has what we need, and so long we control it, who's going to stop us from total freedom. And yes, it does boil down to food eventually. But there are personal matters in this too. (*evil grin*)
Notice how ineffectual I was. It's not because of the gun to my head, ladies and gentlemen, it's because the Leader really was telling the complete and actual truth.Although I must admit that the famine was fun. Great manner of exterminating roaches, and you all know how fun that is, right?
Vermin: Err, no.
Non-roaches, I mean. We've all killed in this war ... wasn't it grand, boys and girls? Wasn't it a thrill?
(*The bar goers all look guilty.*)
Thought so. See what I mean? We're all villains in the end .... but I'm digressing. Let's get back to the pre-Spider Chronicles.
There's an issue we glossed over with propaganda earlier in the war, in the thick of battle, necessarily so because no one would fight if it were any other way. The fact is that these are not normal cockroaches. These are Intelligent Cockroaches, Talking Roaches, capable of thinking and feeling like any other sentient living thing; cruelty towards them is met the same way as cruelty towards man. They will fight back.And they did in the beginning, too. Civil disobedience and non-violent demonstrations, mostly ... after all, roaches are weak compared to humans. Take away his gun, his flame-thrower, his rocket launcher, leave him unarmed and what do you have? A future green splat on the floor. Or a future sea of green gut innards. Peaceful demonstrations are a cinch when you've got an Evangelion to slay with ... and again, I quote:
Can you imagine it? Hundreds upon thousands of roaches armed only with picket signs being slaughtered? The fields ran green with the mixed guts of peacemakers. No remains even capable of being buried ... the wounded nearly drowned in the pulverized mush that was once their fellow revolutionaries. Any survivors would have been witnesses to an act of such great violence, it was probably the source of constant nightmares in years to come ... Yuna: The Evil One is actually working today instead of goofing off. Nothing big, just squelching some cockroach uprising in ... um ... dammit, I always forget the name of that dimension. The one full of Giant, Friendly, Intelligent Cockroaches and Spiders with High-Pitched Voices. Scary place. (*shudders*)
The Roach Leader was one of those survivors. How do I know? He was leading the demonstration ...
Vermin: Whoa ... wait a minute ... Dad? Dad, leading a PEACEFUL demonstration?
You should've seen him! My God, Amelia would've been impressed by that stupid speech! Cecil, even! Such a goody-goody ...
Vermin: (*blink blink*)
The massacre was the straw that broke the camel's back. Famines, I suppose he could stand ... but the indiscriminate slaughter of innocents .......... well, it's understandable he snapped. And hatred's only natural when you're after revenge at any cost ...
And so he started a war ... first using mercenary spiders, then using his own people. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life. The sad thing is, he was justified. Cruel, but completely justified.
Vermin: ...... I ...
However, there is a difference between justice and necessity. Isn't that right, Roach?
Roach: Wha--
I saw you sneaking in earlier, it's the reason I started this talk. And answer me this .... if you're more of a thinker than a fighter, why is Vermin the one with the B.A. degree?
Roach: But--
Vermin: How--
You know, except for that and the fact that Vermin couldn't/wouldn't open fire with an uzi on anybody no matter what the consequences, you two are extremely alike.
Israfel: Scary, huh?
No, it just makes it that much harder to resist making the ceiling spontaneously collapse on them in a nastily fatal manner.
Vermin: (*gulp*)
Roach: I don't have to take that kind of flak from the likes of you.
Vermin: Roach! She --
No, actually, he's absolutely right, in a very uncomfortable way ... mayhaps this runs in the family ... and don't try to sneak out, Roach, you know Vermin as well if not better than I do. Don't worry, he hasn't brought any other roaches with him.
Roach: (*skeptically*) None?
Absolutely none. Believe me -- I'm in a position to know. I mean, for God's sake, I kidnapped him ...
Roach: What?
Vermin: 'Twas a little bumpy on the way, but otherwise ........ Roach?
Roach: Yes?
Vermin: Are you still associating with ..... that RL that killed Dad?
Roach: Sikaryan? Why --
Yes. Yes, he is. And you're going to tell him to bleep off for sticking by a murderer, Vermin, and I'm not going to let you.
(*Both roaches, if they could, would be staring at the disembodied Chatty very strongly ....*)
We. Are. Ending. This. War. The only murderer here is me. The only traitor here is me. The only war criminal here is me. Don't ever forget that. All deaths on both sides of this war are my responsibility, no matter who killed in proxy for me. I started this war. My one and only possibility for atonement can only come from peace, and I will not let you two take that away with petty bickering!
Roach: ........
Vermin: ........
Now ... talk. Start a plan, before I decide that killing you would prove something worthy. I want to kill the both of you, after all, I'm just holding back because it's wrong. And since I already have such a record of doing things of that sort anyway, I wonder if it wouldn't just be the last block out of the Jenga tower ...... so. TALK.
Tifa: I foresee many difficult times ahead ...
Israfel: I foresee two splotches of roach guts on the wall.
Tifa: Well, that too.
"/o Look at the coooooffin, with golden haaaaandles
Isn't it graaaaaand, booooys
To be bloody well dead?
Let's not have a sniiiiifflllllle
Let's have a bloody good cryyyy
And always remember the longer you live
The sooner you bloody well diiiie ... o/"
Whew! Done! And damn, Vermin and Roach are too much alike ... well, now, anyways ... and to think I designed Vermin with a direct personality opposite in mind ... ah well. Can't expect two sons of the same father to be too different, eh?
And yes, I was EVIL. Eeeeeeevil (with purple hair, even). If not for the hatred consuming the Roach Leader, he might-a made a good stereotypical "idealist hero who liberates his people from the evil specieist mass-murderer villain". Nothing like a good Slaughter Day to snap an Idealist Hero's ideals in two, though. Anybody for Bitter, Cynical, Disillusioned Charismatic Fellow Bent On Revenge At Any Price?
Actually, Roach is quite different from Vermin. He is more strong-willed than his younger brother; however, he still is his father's son, and 60% of his personality are similar to the Roach Leader's, whereas in Vermin's case these 60% resemble his mother. Roach is more of a thinker, but still more fighter than Vermin is.Or something like that. ^^;;;
Anyway. I just wanted to say a short "Ja mata" to all you regs out there, as I'm leaving for Florence in two hours. See you, and don't screw up! ^_^
Boinkalicious post, Jen-neechan! :D It's so true, too. Britney Spears can kill anything with her noise!Big Giant HEAD! >_<;; Get on with the post!
Right, right... ^^;;; Such impatience. Anyhow... We last left Reiya-chan in the endless blizzard known as the Dark Ages. :D
I... AM... FREEZING.... >_<;;;;;
It'll build character! ^-^
<RL-san, I'll take it from here. ^_^>
...help...
*After a long time of wandering aimlessly in the snowy wasteland...*
Hey, is that a building up ahead? O_O *Slogs faster*
<Looks like a teleporter.>
And the faster we get to Zeal... the sooner I get to eat! :D *Slogslogslog*
<-_-;; Have you missed the entire point of coming here?>
Yeah, yeah... get the boinky weapon and save your feathered arse. --;
<Precisely.>
I'm taking orders from a penguin. I must truly be losing it. ^_^;
<Shut up and walk.>
Yes, bwana... *Slogslogslog*
*Once at the teleporter station...*
So, that thing in the middle... I stand on it, and I get sent to another world?
<Those are the basic physics, yes. Hurry UP!>
Fine, fine, fine... *Steps on the teleporter*
Next stop... The Kingdom of Zeal.
*Stands quietly and listens to the elevator music*
"Don't look don't look" the shadows breathe
Whispering me away from you
"Don't wake at night to watch her sleep
You know that you will always lose
This trembling, adored
Tousled bird mad girl... "
But every night I burn
But every night I call your name
Every night I burn
Every night I fall again-DING!
*Reappears* Damn it, I was listening to that! >_<;;
<FOCUS!>
Hai, hai... *Walks out of the teleporter station-
*-and finds herself on the floating island.*
Oy. o.o;; Pen-chan, it worked!
<Of course. Now, you see that little island over there... *Turns Reiya's head towards the weapon storage facility*>
Hai... I don't see any way to get over there, though.
<You have wings, dufus.>
Oh, right! ^_^; Duh. *Tries to get her wings out without causing too much of a bloody mess*
<Now, get over there!>
Hai. *Takes to the sky and makes a beeline towards the island*
<Faster! *quark*>
Pen-Pen, I've got vertigo, being up this high. I'm not going any faster.
<If you could see me, you'd see I'm playing the world's smallest violin. Now, hurry up!>
*Grumbles something about stupid bossy penguins and flies a little faster, landing on the island in record time*
<Now, when you go inside... ignore all the other weapons. Go straight for one particular one. The Ken no Jinzouningen.>
The Robot Sword? o.O;; But that doesn't sound fun to use! Tell you what, Pen-chan... I'll find something I like in there, and if you don't like it, TOUGH.
<Right, that's it. *ZONK*>
*Gets knocked over by the psychic whap* @_@ Ow... my brain hurts...
<Now, go in there and GET IT!>
*Grumbles moodily and walks in*
*As much as I've always enjoyed Jenova's little crush on Jack--*
Jenova: >_< "Little", you say? Thanks for caring so much about my emotions.
*Ahem. Anyway. As much as I enjoy it....there're things I'm not quite clear on. Namely, I remember Tai Silverlance, but I don't remember who she is, exactly. ^^;; Chalk this one up to forgetfulness on my part. So, er....a bit of explanation would be in order, I suppose?*
*Pointless post time, people! Until I can think of actual, content-infused stuff to do, expect a random post every once and a while. ^_^ Hey, at least they're amusing, right? Any maybe by some off chance they'll actually help accomplish something.**So, we take a look into The Bar, where our old friend Hugh is currently fighting with one of his most destructive impulses....*
Rei: *Frowns* Don't you dare.
*He, the Shito Sentai (sans Kaworu, who's sticking near Roisin), Lyn, and Asuka are all sitting at the same table.*
Awww, c'mon, why not?
Rei: *Looks down at Kyuusaisha, who is sleeping in her arms* Because of him. I can take it, but he probably can't.
Aoi: You can take it? Have you been building up a resistance without telling me, Rei?
Rei: *Chuckles* Hey, I have to live with him, right? Of course I've got a resistance.
*Rolls his eyes* Veeeery funny.
Rei: In any event, I do not want you to do this. I've spent all afternoon trying to get Kyuu-chan asleep.
Tenkei: *Babble babble*
Aoi: *Snickers* You're right, kid. If Hugh gets away with this, Kyuu-chan will never sleep again.
I am not that bad! >_<
Lyn: Oh yeah? Remember that time you tried to do all those Dueling songs from Shoujo Kakumei Utena at the NERV Christmas party? Gendou tried to have you imprisoned!
*Grins* I got out of it 'cause I was considered a biological hazard. *Scowls at the table in general* And that was because of my genes, not my singing.
Aoi: ^_- Yeah, if they'd found out about the singing they'd've executed you on the spot.
But I just wanna do one song! Besides, I'll have another person to sing with, someone with an actual singing voice!
Rei: Hmmm....who?
Sore wa himitsu desu. ^_-
Rei: Oh, fine....go ahead. But if you start a riot, it's your own damned fault. :P
Heh, well, not all of us can have your talent, my dear. *Kisses Rei's cheek and hops up on stage*
*Where he is immediately joined by a girl with brown eyes, a rather typical school uniform, and brown hair tied into a very short ponytail draped in front of her left ear. The ponytail is tied with a distinctive x-shaped knot, making the young woman instantly recognizable (well, to anyone who knows her show, anyway) as....*
Lain: Iwakura Lain, reporting for cover-up duty. ^_-
¬_¬ Hmmm. You would have to show up in your "extrovert" mode, wouldn't you?
Lain: ^_^ I prefer the description "Angry Lain."
Heh! Call it what you like. You know what song we're gonna do, right?
Lain: Hai! And next time we'll do the one I choose, right?
Hai hai. ^^; Just gotta learn a few more lyrics....well, let's roll!
*The two take their mikes, and the music starts! :D*
"I'll Be That Girl", by the Barenaked Ladies
~/If I were you
And I wish that I were you
All the things I'd do
To make myself turn blue
I suppose, I'd start by removing all my clothes
And tying my pantyhose around my neckI'll be that girl! And you would be right over
If I were the field, you would be in clover
And if I were the sun, you would be in shadow
And if I had a gun, there'd be no tomorrowIf you will not have me as myself, perhaps as someone else
Perhaps as you, I'll be worth noticing
Then even a eunuch won't resist, the magic of a kiss
From such as me!I'll be that girl! And you would be right over
If I were the field, you would be in clover
And if I were the sun, you would be in shadow
And if I had a gun, there'd be no tomorrowIt's time to kick off your shoes, learn how to choose sadness!
It's time to throw off those chains, addle our brains with madness!
'Cause we've got plenty of time to grow old and die, but when at last your beauty's faded you'll be glad that I have waited for youWhen you're done, with being beautiful and young
When that course is run, then come to me*And the last chorus, sung in unison!*
I'll be that girl! And you would be right over
If I were the field, you would be in clover
And if I were the sun, you would be in shadow
And if I had a gun, there'd be no tomorrow
There'd be no tomorrow
There'd be no tomorrow
There'd be no tomorrow....\~
*And the two impromptu performers step off the stage and rejoin the Shito Sentai at their table.*
Aoi: Hell, that wasn't half bad! Lain-san, your singing more than makes up for Hugh's incompetence!
Lain: Aw, c'mon....
Lyn: Oh, don't be so modest!
Lain: Hey, what do you expect? That's one Hell of a big compliment.
Choto! ¬.¬
Rei: *Lays a hand on Hugh's shoulder* Let it go, dear. ^_^ Personally, I liked it better than any of your previous attempts.
Honto? ^_^
Rei: Hai! ^.~ You almost sounded like a real singer!
Awwwww. *^_^*
*I told you it'd be pointless. ;P*
*So NYAR!*
End communication.