* Last time! The Gem was retrieved. And Fariah was a dick. * Kli thanked you bunches and stuff, and then Alex and Joshua and everyone else hit the road. For the next town! * Which Alex neglected to mention the name of. * Carter remembered to buy some snacks this time! * It's a well travelled path, mostly grassy plains. * There's a cave coming up, the cave of riddles, Alex mentions. * Tze, Monica, Joshua, Alex already went through, because it's one of those things you have to go through. * Elo, Carter, and Tobias have yet to do so, though..... * Start! * Tobias walks along happy like! "Lets go! I bet it'll be fun!!" * Carter chews nervously on something metallic. "I don't know... the consequences for failing these riddles might be steep." * Carter scans the cave entrance and a few feet in. * Elonith shrugs and walks along. "If we can't answer them now, then we'll never get thru." * The cave entrance seems to be just two rooms, 'cording to scans. Theres the entrance, connected to the first room, a second room, and the last one, which is the exit. We gotta do it! * There's someone in the first and second room. I suppose we must, at that. All together, then? *looks at Tobias and Elonith for support* * Elonith shrugs and waits for the larger boys. "Sure, let's go." Yah! * Carter takes a deep breath and steps forward, trying to match pace with the others so they all enter together. * There's a slight descent, as it's partially underground. It's dim, the air is moist, the ground is slightly slippery, etc. If the first question is * And the first thing you see is a smiling Minx. The second, a big iron door. If the first question is 'What is thy quest', I'm out of here. I fear the last one might be "What have I got in my pocket." Or 'What is the air-speed of an unladen swallow.' * Tobias mews confused like. It's a Monty Python reference. At least, Elo's is. Mine's Tolkien. *turns to the smiling Minx* So, um, what do we do? * Minx is a tall bishounen big feathery winged catguy. Brown-furred, with streaks of white/grey, for the most part. * Carter bows politely. "I am Carter Delger. Sorry for my abrupt question." Glad you asked! First of all, my presence here should assure you that no matter what occurs here, this has nothing to do with the plot of the continuing story. Elo! Good to see you again! *SWEATDROP* * Elonith eyes Minx. "Not you. Again." * Carter leans in and stage whispers for the benifit of the audience: "You know him?" * leans in towards Elo. No, not me. Sailor Saolin! Hey! you look kinda like me! Sorta! Yeah. He dragged off Tzetch and I off to some gameshow. * Minx extends a hand to Tobias. "Pleased't'meetcha! I'm Minx!" * Tobias shakes,"Hi! I'm Tobias!" Oh. ..."Sailor Saolin"? But I'm sure you're all itching to get on with your trip to the next town, so go right on in! Yeah. She's the riddle master. ...okay... *continues towards the indicated destination* I'm just here to unnerve Elo and ease the transition from the beginning of the session to the actual questioning. ^_^v Eh, that's what I figured. * Theres a creepy scary dramatic flash of lightning behind Mynx. Which is a pretty neat trick, considering you're all in a small underground room. * And the door opens! * Carter gets a concerned look on his face. "The fourth wall seems near to breaking..." Near breaking? Dude, my 'fourth wall' sense is yelling at me. Drat. I was hoping it was just me. Let's go. *walks through the door, resignedly* * Elonith follows behind Carter, making sure he's completly concealed behind him. There is no fourth wall. * Tobias follows! * Elonith 's eyes look a little off, one blue, the other green. His hair's blonde and short, but is otherwise the same as before. * There's a short hallway, then it opens into another room. Bigger, plainer, faster, strong- Err. It's a bigger room. Pretty boring, seems like a perfectly square section of rock was removed from underground. * There's someone in there, too! * Carter is squashed into 2 dimensions to fit into the square! Oh no! Oh, and if you want to see the matrix? I got it on my laptop... Great stuff. * Pretty lady! Long silver shiny hair, with black bangs. She's got mechanical legs, that end in giant robot boots, and she has a staff with the Infinity Mobius symbol on one end. She's dressed in your average Magical Girl garb, too. Elo: Seen it. Reinacted a couple of the fight scenes, actually. I've got the original trilogy and the crappy fourth movie offshoot they made in my computers. * Carter bows politely to the young lady. "Salutations, Miss Saolin, I presume? I am Carter Delger. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance." I'm Sailor Saolin! I'm gonna ask you some questions! *blink, blink* Yeah! More people! Thanks Carter! * Elonith steps out from behind Carter. "Hi Saolin. I'm Elonith." Hi! I'm Tobias!! I'm gonna ask some questions! Well, just one. If you anwer it right, you get to go to the next room! Hi, Elonith and Tobias! If you answer it wrong, then you can fight me to get through! Hey, if the fourth wall is gone, can we beat up the GM? Do these people *ever* run out of sugar? And I know sugar doesn't make you hyper... ( I will not turn the questions around on Saolin as if she were a telemarketer. *repeats mantra-like* ) I'd rather not fight a lady, Miss Saolin. ( If you did that, she'd blow up. ... the first couple incarnations of her, anyways. >_> ) * Carter steps on Elo's foot. "No more damage to said wall, please. The poor thing's in enough pain." * Saolin makes a V! symbol with her hands, then twirls her staff around. "First question!" * Carter is attentive. Ow! Hey, it's already busted up. It just needs a little push... *twirl, twirl, spin, pose, twirl* "A man while looking at a photograph said, 'Brothers and sisters I have none. That mans father is my fathers son.' Who was the person in the photograph?" The man in the photo is the one who gazes upon said photo. * Saolin finishes her twirling spinning thing, then holds the staff across the legs, and stands there and looks cute. * Elonith humms, and looks away from Saolin. Too... much... cute... Oh, was I supposed to wait for you to finish moving before answering? Sorry. Need my answer again? Um... It was the wrong answer.... but I wasn't finished... * Her head starts smoking some. "That's okay! It'll not count!" Carter, try to talk like the rest of us, okay? It was? Interesting. ...I thought I was... sorry. You done yet? Yeah! Its his son! * Saolin blinks. "Whhaaaaa! All these smart people never let me have any fun!" * Tobias <^^>_V Oh. Right. That man's father is my father's son. *whispers to Elo and Tobias* It is his own son. Isn't it? * Saolin breaks down in a crying heap of magical girl. And the door opens! I just said that! Yup. Oh, it's okay, Miss Saolin. We didn't want to fight you, anyway. * Tobias pokes her,"You're wierd!" "WHHHHAAAAAAA!" * Tobias eeps and runs though the door! * Elonith slaps Tobias's hand away from the magical girl. "NEVER piss off a magical girl." * Carter looks at her, disturbed. "Um, please stop crying?" * Carter offers her a hankerchief. * Elonith follows Tobias's lead, minus the eeping and running. "She'll get over it. C'mon, Carter." * Saolin sniffs. And shakily accepts the handkerchief. ... okay... You'll be okay, Miss? Yeah.... I mean... some idiot I can beat up in the name of love and ice cream and justice has to come through here eventually. *sniff* Um... *laugHs nervously* ..I'm sure they will? *follows the other two* * The hallway.... is exactly like the hallway you took to get to the room you just came from. * And the room is exactly the same. Including Saolin! ... but she's been palette shifted, to a different color scheme. This isn't what my sensors indicated the cave was like... Hiii~ii! Of course. Caves are always bigger on the inside than they are on the outside. Greetings again, Miss Saolin. *bows, though he seems a bit put off by this...* * Saolin stamps her staff upright, holding it with one hand. Ookay. What's the next riddle, then? So quick to ask! Impatience makes people mess up! Yay! ... ... Um, didn't we already do this? And how'd you change clothes so fast, Miss? * Saolin twirls her staff around, tosses it in the air a couple of times, still spinning, and snatches it and points it quickly at the three. What word is always pronounced wrong! Wrong! As for how I changed...... WHHAAAAAAAAA!! What's wrong, Miss? Why can't dummies ever come here? * Elonith grins. "Man, I don't have to do anything." Miss Saolin... Please don't cry? ... okay! *Whew* I'll just bottle up all this dissapointment, suffering, and rage, and let it out when someone does answer it wrong! ^_^v * And the door opens! Yeah. If memeory serves me correctly, then you'll probably be in the next room too. These things always come in threes, you know. Can you be orange next time? Are you the same Saolin as in the last room? No, next one is neon pink, with blood red outlines. Thats cool too! We're all the same Saolin! Kinda. Kinda? Kinda! ^^; * Elonith shakes his head. "You're thinking they'll make sense?" Well, see you in the next room, I guess... *goes on* * Elonith walks to the next room! * Tobias flies into the next room! I was hoping so, Elonith. * Elonith changes his color shceme going to the next room as well. * Identical hallway. Identical room! Palette swapped Sailor Saolin! A bright neon pink, with dark red outlines that seem to pulse. * Elonith has black hair, a brown eye, a grey eye, and tanned skin now. ^_^ * Tobias looks between Saolin and Elonith and changes his clothes from black to bright blue and orange! (Got color swap?) * Carter is still in the same brightly colored station attire as ever. Oooooh. Color coordinated! *_* Kawaaiiiii! Hello again, Miss. *brief bow* * Saolin frowns in confusion. "Again...? Oh, right! There's more of me!" I keep forgetting how much of me there are. ^_^; Could you tell us why that is? That there are multiples of you, that is. Nope! How many of you are there? .... Uh. *she holds out a hand, and starts counting fingers. She runs out of fingers.* A lot! ....... Will we meet all of you in here? You should all get together for a party! * Elonith holds his head. "Let's just hear the next riddle." * Saolin blinks. "Until you get stumped! Or stumped and beaten!" Oh... Riddle riddle! * Saolin gets a new grip on her staff. "Riddle question .... POWAH!" *she points it at 'da group.* "You are in a cold house in the middle of winter! It is dark! You have ... one match! There is a candle and a there is a wood burning stove! WHICH DO YOU LIGHT FIRST?" The match! ...the match. The match. * There's a lensflare effect, as she poses, and then falls flat on her face. I was first I win! Answered thrice. ^_^_v Are you okay, Miss Saolin? Does that mean we get triple the points? Ittai.... * Carter offers a hand to help her to her feet. * Saolin gets up, and pouts. "All you smart people. This is getting annoying." Lets go to the next room! * The door opens. Wai! Well, if you just let us leave the cave, we'll stop bothering you. * Tobias runs though! * Elonith walks thru the door. Too much Wai! for one Wai! to handle. Wai! * Carter follows. "Bye, Miss." * Hallway. Room. Saolin! Who's blue and yellow, and panickedly tucks away a pocket-makeup thing. Um.... Uh... uh.... Right! Staff! *she picks up the staff which is lying against the door.* * Tobias changes his clothes to green and red! So, what happens if you stump us, and we lose the fight? * Elonith sighs and sings 'The fourth wall is tumbling down...' o/~ ...Tobias, you look like a Christmas Tree. Wuzza Christmas tree? Cultural clash, is what it is. Uh.... .... I really don't know what happens to people after I beat them up. I'll show you later, when it's more convenient for Elo to get out his laptop. Oh. Yeah. I have some files on it. * Saolin powerposes. "I am Pretty Soldier Sailor Saolin, and I'm good at beating stuff up with my wand of pink fluffy goodness!" Oh, uh, yeah. Do you wanna just skip the riddle and get on to the figting part? Don't hurt me!<;;> No.... I don't want to fight... Because you're NEVER gonna get this one! Especially not a lady. ( If it's "What have I got in my pocket", I'll kill Jex. ) * Saolin pouts. "But it gets old doing the Riddle technique over and over again! And beating people up is fun!" Just get on with it. Oh, fine. *grumble, grumble.* You could just let us pass without either... * Saolin picks up her staff, and powerposes, staff held over her head with both hands. She twirls it in one hand, then the other, does a backflip, and holds the staff under one arm, like a sword poised to strike. Quit it with the parlor tricks. What work is it that the faster you work, the longer it is before you're done, and the slower you work, the sooner you're finished! She's going to wear herself out eventually, doing that... *pulls out a cupcake and begins munching on it* * Saolin snaps the staff out, and points it triumphantly at da group. "Eat that, evil eggheads!" * Carter is eating a cupcake! HE'S EATING SOMETHING ALREADY! AIEEEEE! * Carter huddles with the others. *huddle* * Saolin grins. "Nobody EVER gets this one!" * Elonith huddles! * Tobias hmm. I've never heard this one before, and it's not a simple logic one like the last two. Either of you know it, or should we start brainstorming? * Saolin cracks her knuckles. "Just give up already." Never heard of it... Roasting meat on a spit! * Elonith looks strangely at Tobias. It makes sense! Really? I don't think that's it, Tobias... Why do you say that? I'm thinking of something along the lines of perfection... Cuz if you go fast it never gets all roasted evenly! * Saolin blinks. "Ano..... you got it." Ah. Good. ^^; * Elonith snickers. "Well, looks like he's good for something. Let's get out of here already." * The door opens. Saolin looks crestfallen. Actually, Elo, I think yours was the right one. Though Tobias's was a more specific case. *still stage whispering, so the audience and everyone not Saolin can hear* Sorry, Miss. Better luck next time? *goes to the next room* But Elonith didn't give an answer! He was just thinking. * Tobias goes to the next room. Hm, true. Well, whatever, it worked. I was no help at all. ;_; * Elonith shrugs. "Nothing we can do if we're good at this." He continues onwards. * Next room. Saolin number 5! She's wearing a mickey-mouse hat, and is all black and dark grey and in betweens. * Elonith goes all B&W too. Including his clothes. ( Dark Mousy! ) Interesting getup this time, Miss Saolin. Got a riddle for us? Of course! *^_^* Yeah? Isn't that swell! (in Mickey-mouse voice.) * Tobias 's clothing goes black and white too and he puts on a mickemouse hat! * Saolin blinks. You've got the Riddle Master hat, too? Wha! ;_; * Carter checks to make sure Elo doesn't have the ears..... o_; ... * Elonith does indeed have Mickey-mouse ears. And they're real, as far as you can tell. * Carter sits on the ceiling, looking disconsolate and out-of-place as the only one in full color and without MM ears. You.. you both do! This is the 300 year annual checkup, isn't it! You're here to replace me! ...sure! YEEEES! Free from this boring Riddle Master Station! * Elonith pulls out some mickeymouse ears for Carter. "Here ya go, kiddo! (still MM voice)" But.... first. I've got to make sure you can make sure only people who know the answer to the riddle go through. * Carter takes them, eyes them for a moment, shrugs, and puts them on. He's still sitting on the ceiling, but he looks more amused now. We can do that! So, what do mice have that no other animal has? * Elonith chuckles. * Carter attacks the problem from the wrong angle, running biological comparisons of mice to other animals in his head. Baby mice? Thank you! Thankyouthankyouthankyou! * Elonith reverts back to his normal form. "Okay, let us thru, right?" * Saolin runs up and hugs Tobias with surprising strength,and then runs off. * Tobias <@@> * The door dosen't open after she left, either. o/~ * Carter tests the door, seeing how solidly in place it is. Hey, Saolin? We're not here to take over for you! * Saolin is loooong gone. With the speed normally reserved for getting to class on time. * Carter scans the door, and surrounding room, too. What's the composition? * The door is pretty thick. About 2 inches, and made of rather solid steel. Eep. * Scans: The exit is beyond the door, and in the room behind you, Minx is still there. Is it air-tight? The door is steel, 2 in. thick. I might be able to remove it from the surrounding stone.... *checks for air-tightness* * The door is not airtight. But it is water-tight! * Tobias looks around. * Elonith surveys the size of the door, pulls up his laptop, and using a materials database figures out the weight of the door. (And that weight would be...) Okay... let's try this... *lowers the temperature in the room, particularly around the metal door, by a precipitous amount* ( around 600 lbs. ) ( Bah, easy! ) (Yeah, easy!) I'm trying to loosen the door from the surrounding stone by contracting it. *shivers a bit* Freeze the hinges. *pulls out his energy pistol* T-the wh-whole thing sh-should be f-frozen by now. Well, at least below the freezing temp of water. *indicates the condensation forming* * Elonith nods. His clothing converts itself to accomidate the colder temperatures... you think. (Are the hinges visible?) ( Yep. ) (How many?) * Tobias 's clothes turn to cold weater gear! He pulls a fuzzy parka hood over his head. ( 4, on each side. ) You need warmer clothing Carter? * Elonith turns off the safety and makes sure the pistol is still in working order. ( Whee! Transmutation is fun. ) * Carter shivers in the too-thin material made for temp-controlled environments. "I'll b-be fine. J-just hurry up. I'd-d l-like t-t-to stop th-this sssssooon." (Yes it is!) * Elonith fires a shot at one of the hinges. Does it break? * The hinge shatters. There's a little burn mark where the shot hit. * Elonith fires five more times, one at each hinge. He then pulls out a 'clip' from the pistol, replacing it with another one, and fires at the two remaining hinges. Ok-k-kay, m-my turn. Yup. Do your stuff. * Elonith hangs on to the used energy pack, concentrating on it to recharge the thing. * Door has no more hinges. It sways a little, but dosen't fall. * Elonith also makes sure he's *out* of the way of the door. * Carter grabs the doors by whatever handle(s) is/are visible, and pulls, relying on the lack of hinges and the contraction due to the cold to bring the door down, and catches it as it falls. He then leans it against an unoccupied wall. * Tobias watches. * There's ... the hallway. And off in the distance, there's another room visible! * Carter then raises the temperature in the room to normal, and just maintains a comfortable temp around himself now. His shivering ceases immediately. * Tobias goes though! * Carter follows as well. * Elonith goes thru, his clothing reverting back to its previous state. * The room is just warming back up as you enter, imagine that. And Saolin is shivering a bit. Magical girl outfits, even shiny-silver and navy blue, don't keep you very warm. >_> ( What about the door? ) * The door is still there. Nice and closed. Hm... Guys... *pulls them into a huddle* I think, next time, we should have one of us wait here and the other two go ahead. *whispered for only their ears* * Elonith nods. Okay, Carter! you wait! Very well. Are you okay, Miss Saolin? I'm sorry... it got real cold for a minute there. *blush* These outfits don't do much to keep you warm. * Carter warms up the air a bit above normal around her for a moment, to help her get comfortable, before letting it go back to normal. * Tobias keeps his parka on for now. Congratulations on getting this far. *she holds her staff loosely* How much farther is it, Miss? Um.... I'm really not sure. ^_^; Can we speak to the manager? * Elonith still hasn't holstered his pistol. ... manager? *blinks, confusedly* Don't hurt yourself. What's the next riddle? * Saolin smiles. It's a nice, shiny smile, just as shiny as the shiny silver of her outfit. * Carter blinks in the glare. * Tobias puts on some sunglasses. * Elonith shrugs. He changes his outfit and him to be a metallic gold color. Including his hair. * She lifts her staff up a little, and stamps it to the ground. "Two words, my answer is only two words. To keep me, you must give me." * Carter looks like he thinks he knows the answer, but doesn't want to screw it up. * Tobias thinks and looks lost! * Elonith hmmms... I hope you get it. I don't like fighting that much.... Huddle guys. * Elonith starts a huddle and waits for the others. * Tobias huddles! * Carter huddles. "Is the answer 'True Love'? I'd have thought just love, but she said two words..." I dunno.. I can't think of anything for this one!<;;> It could be... I was thinking along the same lines. Shall we go with that? I suppose, since it's all we've got. You wanna tell her, or shall I? You! You do it this time. ^_^ * Elonith breaks the huddle. * Carter nods acquiescence, and stands, facing Saolin. "True Love." * Saolin sighs. "Oh, dear." * Saolin shifts stances with her staff, and sighs. "Wrong answer..." Drat. EEEK! * Carter deflates, looking dissapointed in himself. * Elonith shrugs. He charges the pack in his pistol, and gets ready for the 'fight.' * Init! * Elo, Sailor Saolin, Carter, Tobias. * Elonith raises his FF (Because you can do that for free at the begining of a round) and holds his crystal, trying to rip the staff from Saolin's hands. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Elonith (2d6) and gets 9. (Missed. ^_^;) (Essentally, I couldn't get a 'grab' on it with my mind.) * Saolin spins around, once, twice, thrice! Her staff levels out, and with a cry of 'Lovely Shining Justice!', a big widespread silvery beam of energy blasts out. * Ranged def rolls, +3! * Yes, all of you. =p * Dicesuke throws the bones for Elonith (2d6+1) and gets 4. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tobias (2d6+3) and gets 13. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Carter (2d6+1) and gets 8. * Carter, Tobias. 30 damage. o/~ * Carter staggers in pain, almost falling. He looks pretty bad. * Tobias ows! and cries a bit. * Elonith dodges out of the way of whatever it was. "Spread out!" * Carter! * Carter tries to lower the temperature again, and makes a desperate lunge for the staff, trying to keep her from using it again. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Carter (2d6) and gets 6. ( Miss by a country mile. ) * Tobias! ( Existance.exe has performed an illegal error. Abort/Retry/Fail? ) * Tobias extends his wings and flies up up up whimpering still,"That hurt!!" I'm sorry. This is why I don't like it when people fail to answer the question.... but I must. ( Can we talk out of turn, or only speak on our initiatives? ) ( Talking is a freebie. =p ) * Elo! (You can speak I think... Just don't overdo it. :P) You're the first of the Saolin's who weren't anxious for the fighting to start... * Elonith shakes his head, clearing his mind. He tries again to grab the staff and throw it to the side with... THE POWER OF HIS MIND! * Dicesuke throws the bones for Elonith (2d6) and gets 7. They have easy questions, and are easily passed. I have to do this too much. *she looks apologetic. And then surprised as the staff is ripped from her hands!* * Saolin ellipses. Then holds out one hand, and the staff comes flying back into her hand from where it landed. * Carter! * Carter keeps dropping the temp, to the limits of his ability, and tries again for the staff himself. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Carter (2d6) and gets 5. ( Still a miss. o/~ ) Blast. To me, next time, Elo! * It's getting cold again... * Carter goes flying past her into a wall, where he hovers, looking really bad for wear. She's got some limited telekinesis of her own apparently. The Mobius Staff shall not leave me while I have this station. * Tobias! * Tobias swoops down and tries to grab the staff! * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tobias (2d6) and gets 9. * Tobias misjudges where the staff exactly was and pulls up to avoid hitting the wall behind her,"mree!!" * Elo! Oh, and it's pretty cold. Saolin is starting to shiver a little bit. * Elonith isn't phazed by the cold at all. "Okay, I don't have time to waste on this." He fires his energy pistol at Saolin. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Elonith (2d6-2) and gets 5. * Saolin just *barely* manages to block with the staff. Almost. The blast slips by, and hits her in the chest. No! * Saolin frowns, looking a bit embarrassed that it hit. Then she spins around again, there's lots of flashy SFX, and a cry of "Lovely Shining Justice!" * Elo! Ranged def roll! * Dicesuke throws the bones for Elonith (2d6-2) and gets 6. * Elonith rolls to the side of the 'Lovely Shining Justice'. "Is that it?" * Carter! * Carter moves in front of her, keeping the temp as low as possible and visibly shivering himself, and makes repeated attempts to grab the staff, trying to at least keep her from being able to aim it. And, ideally, putting himself between her and Elo. ) * Dicesuke throws the bones for Carter (2d6) and gets 8. * Carter just keeps trying to take it, not able to get a grip. * Tobias! * Tobias flies up high again and huddles in a corner of the room! * Elo! * Elonith moves out of the way of Carter, firing at Saolin again. "Get out of the way, or do you want to get hit too?" * Dicesuke throws the bones for Elonith (2d6-2) and gets 4. * Saolin dosen't even come close to intercepting the blast this time. The staff twirls quickly, buts misses by at least two inches. .... I do hope you prevail. "Lovely Shining Justice!" *a big wide silvery beam fires from the staff* * Elo, Carter... * Dicesuke throws the bones for Carter (2d6-2) and gets 3. ( 1 short! ) * Carter reflexively dodges, but takes the full brunt of it in his chest, as he is just too close. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Elonith (2d6-2) and gets 4. * What's the sound of a Terran hitting the ground? You just found out, as Carter collapses. * Carter is flung backwards into a wall, where he impacts with an audible crunch before sliding to the floor like a floppy puppet. * Elonith dodges easily. "Okay, that *does* it." * Tobias! * Tobias keeps hiding!! * Elo! * Elonith 's crystal glows again. He concentrates on the magical girl, and... * Dicesuke throws the bones for Elonith (2d6) and gets 11. * Elonith doesn't seem to do anything but look funky. * Saolin, still shivering, spins, looks pretty, (even while starting to turn blue!), and and levels her staff at Elo. "Lovely.... Shining... Justice!" * Ranged def roll, Elo! * Dicesuke throws the bones for Elonith (2d6-2) and gets 6. * Elonith jumps back, the attack landing in the ground where he was standing a second later. "Almost got me that time!" * Tobias! Unless you're still flitting around. * Tobias is still up in the corner! * Elo! * Elonith tries the glowie crystal thingie again. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Elonith (2d6) and gets 7. * Saolin goes Up! really fast. There's a nice thunk associated with that. And then Down! And there's another thunk. And then a not-moving Sailor Saolin. * Elonith relaxes, sweat-beads rolling down his face and breathing heavily. "You can come down now." He walks over to Carter. * After a few moments, the still form of Sailor Saolin fades away. * Tobias looks down then flies down,"You got her!!" * And respawns, standing next to the door, in perfect condition. But looking somewhat dazed. .... you came out the victor. Where wit has failed, courage has perservered. Go, onwards. And be healed. Are you going to do that, or do I have to take it out of my own pocket? * Saolin holds her staff up, and it glows Really Brightly. And everyone feels real good! * HP, EP restored! Says the text box in the corner of the screen. * Carter stands up, looking confused. "What happened? Is the fight over?" * And the door opens. Hey! I'm all better! * Tobias ZIPS though the door. So am I, apparently. Well... I guess you should go on, Elo. Message me if the room is different, please. * Elonith nods. "Don't make me do that again." He nods to Carter and walks to the next room. * Hallway! Room. Saolin. Shivering Saolin. Shinyshiny gold, and purple outlines. * Elonith pulls out his laptop. * Carter turns to Saolin. "So, you don't like to do this? What would have happened if we'd lost?" * Carter lowers the temp in the room he's in, and offers Saolin a cupcake. "Sorry, conducting an experiment. Have a cupcake, too, if you want." (C) I'm not sure. Nothing bad. You're teleported somewhere. Not sure where. * Elonith sits down, typing away at his laptop. Hm. Why must you do the things you do here? ( Okay, raise. Up to about 100 degrees Farenheight. ) Nooooo, not another one! * Both rooms were cold. But now they're getting really uncfortably hot.... (C)* Saolin shakes her head. "No thank you..... Should't you be catching up with your friends?" * Tobias eeps and his clothing shifts to swim trunks and zats it. (2) Hello. Answer my question, and be free. *she nods politely to Tobias and Elo* * Carter munches the cupcake himself, then. "I will. Trying to figure out how this place works. They've encountered another one of you, and the temperature of the rooms seems linked, but you and I are still here. Odd." Oki! Ask! (C) I'm not sure. I used to know, but I've been here too long.... * Elonith wipes his brow. His clothing stay the same, but his skin turns an albino white, as with the rest of him, not including his clothes. Hm. Can we help you in any way? * Elonith looks *way* up at Saolin. "What's the question?" The last one seemed happy to be freed, when Tobias convinced her we were there to replace her. (2)* Saolin twirls her staff lightly. "What follows a horse wherever he goes?" (2)* Saolin frowns, and wipes the sweat off her brow. His butt? or tail... (C) Nothing can be done for me. Thank you for asking, though. Tail, I say. Okay. I am sorry. Oh, out of curiosity, what _is_ the correct answer to your riddle? It's one I've never heard before. * Elonith folds his laptop and puts it away, getting up and ready to fight if he's wrong. (2)* Saolin audibly smirks, and raises one hand. The door opens. Beyond is light, and the smell of fresh air.... Yey!!! * Tobias flies out. (C) Your word. Carter! Over here! Of course. Thank you. I will see you again, sometime. *bows to her as if she were a lady, and flies off to join the others* ( "audibly" smirks? That's impressive. ) * Elonith runs out the door. "Thanks, Saolin. Just hope you get another job soon... No offense, but this must bite." * Carter bows in passing to the final Saolin, as well. "Fare well, young lady." * The final Saolin nods slightly, not seeming to care or notice too much. * The door closes behind the final straggler. * Elonith is probably the final straggler, 'cuz he doesn't fly. * Carter , as he leaves, scans the cave once more, trying to reconcile the images he gets from sensors with what he sees/saw. "That was so...sad. I feel sorry for them." * And everyone else is there. But they don't do anyting, or react in anyway because their players aren't here. So nyah. =p * Session end.