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Post by ch00beh on Jun 27, 2007 16:45:32 GMT -5
OOC: Heh, Rie isn't so much an attention whore as someone who just happens to do what she wants at any given time. But good auto. It worked.
BIC: "And this, babe, is probably why our relationship way back when never worked out." Ender slapped Onslow's ass.
"Oh, you're being sarcastic," said Rie. "You never display that much publicly unless you're joking."
"Damn... you hang out with me too much."
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Post by Popebenedict on Jun 27, 2007 17:17:19 GMT -5
"Oy! Oy! Oy!" Onslow laughed. "Laddie, you're a swift one! Caught my joke, and went with it, just as I was hoping! Now ain't that the greatest of all ice breakers, or ice makers? Now that we are all friends, how about we indulge in some small talk? Where are you all from?"
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Post by Vaxx on Jun 27, 2007 18:18:55 GMT -5
Seeing that Ace was safely inside, Vaxx began concentrating extra hard, so as not to fail. He definitely wanted to impress his new buddy. Not sure if there were windows or other people in the room, Vaxx decided to teleport into a position of lying down. Finally something worked with his teleportation.
After looking around, Vaxx decided it was safe and rose to his feet. Slowly he made his way over to the computer. Just as he was about to insert the disc, Vaxx realized something very important: he had never used a computer before. Taking a step back, he slowly looked over the computation machine for something that looked similar to the disc. After locating it, he finally inserted the disc.
Before he could relax, a dialogue box appeared that asked for a password. Thinking quickly, Vaxx simply entered the word "password", which to his suprise worked. Now the disc worked its magic. Once it was finished, Vaxx removed it and, concentrating once more, teleported himself out of the room.
Vaxx was happy that nothing had gone wrong. So happy, in fact, that he whistled a merry tune all the way to the bar.
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 28, 2007 11:03:47 GMT -5
"Whelkshore," Ender replied. "Don't you remember how you stumbled upon Zeb and me?"
Rie grunted in response. "Barkeep, another scumble."
"Rightyo, miss."
"Got any Dwarfish beer? I'm still sober."
"Excuse me?" The man handed Rie her shot of what was supposed to be one of the most powerful alcoholic beverages known to man. The girl paid with Dalia's money.
"Nevermind." Rie took the shot, and for a split second, looked like she got knocked out. But a moment later, she went back to her normal upright position.
"So why exactly do they have scumbles here?" Ender asked.
"I dunno," Rie said, still perfectly coherent.
"Isn't it like not made in this dimension?"
Rie shrugged. "Oh jeez, a whistler. He better not be doing that tomorrow morning if I manage to actually waste myself tonight. Damn you liver!" she said, noticing a man walking in while whistling.
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Post by kazkame on Jun 28, 2007 11:58:42 GMT -5
“Ummm from around here…” said the man lightly. He turned to the woman next to him; she looked unfazed after drinking such a large amount of alcohol. He began to ponder what to do about the drunkard next to him. He decided to pour another shot for himself. After overhearing that the man next to the girl was named Ender, he decided to introduce himself. “The name is Elias Hernotivitz MD. Nice to meet you -- uh, Onslow, right?” he said nicely.
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Post by bulbaboy on Jun 28, 2007 14:40:34 GMT -5
Down in the cargo hold that wasn't supposed to exist were several crates and boxes. Many of them were blank, with no markings to tell of their origin or where they were going. The items in these boxes didn't show up on the inventory of the ship's logs, and were more than likely top secret. Several of the boxes near the elevator were labeled "Fragile". These were filled with items meant for the exhibition room above that also did not exist. One box was different from all the others in the room, with considerably larger dimensions. The only visible marking was the phrase "This Side Up".
“Okay, I think the ship is in the air now. Can we get out of this thing?” came a voice from inside the box. There was no audible answer as the voice continued, “No! I refuse to use the teleport watch. What if it makes me sterile? You can teleport outside and then smash the box with your tail... No, let go of me, I don't want to--”
A bright flash of light emanated from the cracks in the box then went out. Almost simultaneously, a light appeared outside the box and two people materialized. The first was wearing a blue robe with a pointed blue hat. He looked around, surprised, for a moment. His friend wasn't even a person, but a large blue centaur with four eyes, no mouth, and a large scorpion-like tail.
<See, Merlin,> said Sly through thought-speech. <That wasn't so bad, was it?>
Merlin reached for the watch and threw it to the ground. He proceeded to stomp it into oblivion. Sly looked at him quizzically for a moment. <You realize that the elevator over there has no controls, don't you? Just a key card slot that I would rather not have to hack into.>
“Sorry,” was all Merlin said as he sat down on one of the boxes.
Sly hooked his laptop into the port and began the simple process of hacking a human computer network. <Interesting. He deleted his IP and everything, but I know Ender's style and his fingerprints are all over this. Hey Ender, if you can hear this, how about helping a friend out?>
“He's not gonna teleport us, is he?” asked Merlin.
<Of course not,> Sly lied.
OOC- Stupid writers block, making me type something horrible...
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 28, 2007 14:52:37 GMT -5
Ender looked up for a moment.
"Hey everyone, what's that over there?!?" Ender pointed out the bar's window while shouting and screaming. Everyone looked, more out of surprise than curiosity. With that, Ender waved his hand and Merlin and Sly appeared right beside him.
"Morph quick, I can't keep the illusion that you're a normal human in this many people's minds for too much longer... especially when I'm mildly intoxicated like this..."
"Lightweight," Rie coughed.
"Well excuse me for not being 21 yet. And for that matter, you're younger than I am."
"Lightweight."
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Post by bulbaboy on Jun 29, 2007 11:10:51 GMT -5
Sly's body quickly twisted and reformed into his usual human morph, in a light blue t-shirt and tan cargo pants. Instead of his usual combat boots, Sly morphed a pair of flip flops onto his feet. He ran his fingers through his messy brown hair and looked at everyone with his bright green eyes. Even Merlin, with a small poof of smoke, changed his clothes to look more natural. He wore a Hawaiian shirt with a pair of blue denim shorts and sandals. Even his pointed blue hat contracted into a small blue baseball cap with his short black hair poking out under the edges.
“Well then,” said Sly as he sat down and addressed Ender, “I didn't know that Rie and yourself were attending this maiden voyage. For my part, I had to see this contraption. Just think that normal humans were able to build this at their level of technology. I mean they aren't employing any type of anti-gravity devices and there are no inertial dampeners to speak of. I'm surprised all these people aren't strapped into chairs fearing for their lives. Of course, as they say, ignorance is bliss!” Sly laughed. “Anyway, looks like you've made some new friends. Nice to meet you fine people, you may refer to me as Sly.”
<I recognize Onslow but the rest are unfamiliar. Are they normal humans?> Sly said in private thought-speak directed toward Ender.
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 29, 2007 13:20:03 GMT -5
OOC: Before I post I need to know one thing, Ch00bs. Was the illusion for just normal humans, like the memory thing earlier, or was it for everybody? OOC: Just for normal humans. Anything more than normal and Ender has to concentrate harder, and he's a slacker, so he won't do that. In other news, MERLIN'S TURN TO HIT ON RIE! BIC: Rie grunted at Sly as a greeting. She eyed the tail while it was morphing for a minute before staring blankly at her empty cup. <Guy over there, his name's Terrian. He might be human, but he has the power to duplicate himself I don't know how many times. The guy who just walked in whistling is a pyro, and there's a thief somewhere on this ship,> Ender telepathed to Sly. <I have no idea about this other guy sitting next to Rie.>"Oh, I get why I'm not drunk yet. The scumbles here are diluted crap so that people wouldn't die horrible deaths," Rie exclaimed. "Anyways, Ender, we're in the air, the minimum age like doesn't matter. Barkeep, give me a pint." "A pint? That's madness! Your death sentence. Let me see your ID first." "Madness? This is SPAAARTA!" Rie shouted. She quickly covered her mouth and looked around at the people who were staring at her. She slapped Ender as hard as she could, and mind you, that was about as hard as Ender could punch. Ender flew over the counter and crashed onto the other side, breaking a few bottles and glasses in the process. "Worth it," Ender laughed, rubbing his cheek, which had actually started bleeding due to the amount of force imparted on it. He took an aspirin and set the normal people's mind's back a few seconds again, then decided his head still hurt like hell so he took another three aspirins. Ender's head still throbbed, but it would go away eventually. "Heh, Rie, here, I'll make up for that mind control. "Bartender, sir, could I get a pint of scumble?" Ender held up his hand after walking back to his seat. His hand held only air, but the bartender saw a legitimate ID. The psychic handed Rie the drink, which she started drinking with delight.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 29, 2007 13:29:19 GMT -5
OOC - Short post, but I need to get back in on this. And for the record, Terrian is indeed a pure human, with nothing more exotic in his blood. Wouldn't have expected Ender to know that, of course.
Terrian had been watching the new people flock to Ender and Rie from his table for a while. When Ender made a subtle gesture toward Terrian, he assumed he had just been introduced. He took that as a good reason to cave in and join them at their table, Scotch still in hand. "Hey. I'm Terrian Brogue, as he probably told you. Do you two already know Ender and Rie?"
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Post by Vaxx on Jun 29, 2007 14:00:46 GMT -5
"Well, my ears are burning, so one of you must be talking about me," Vaxx said as he approached the group while extinguishing his flaming ears. "So who are you guys? We never really were properly introduced." He bowed to the group as a whole. "Let me begin. My name is Vaxx Soral, and yes, I would love a drink." Vaxx then took the bottle of tequila from Elias and began to drink while taking a seat.
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Post by kazkame on Jun 29, 2007 14:48:45 GMT -5
"Yoink," he said, grabbing back his bottle. “Please don’t steal my liquor.” He now began to eyeball all the people around him. “Umm, it seems I’m out of the loop. You guys all seem to know each other in some way.” He took a quick spin on the bar stool and began to speak again. “So why are we all here might I ask?” He looked at the new people before him. “I know why, umm, Ender and his sister are here, but why the rest of you?”
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Post by Vaxx on Jun 29, 2007 16:53:59 GMT -5
"Vacation," Vaxx said in a dull tone. He teleported up next to Elias, stole the bottle back, and teleported out of his reach. "So why are you here, my good sir?" he said as he took another swig.
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 29, 2007 16:59:46 GMT -5
"Terrian, this here is Sly. We're good friends and neighbors," Ender said. "I'm actually not sure if Rie's ever met you properly." Rie grunted. "She's shy." "I'm not shy, I just don't like people in general," Rie said to Ender in general. "Yeah, that's why I lied and said you were shy." OOC: Rie and Ender talk too much.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 29, 2007 17:13:25 GMT -5
There was a small silence, after which Terrian said, "It's almost time for dinner. Now that we've sufficiently spoiled our appetites with beverages, shall we go down and see what they'd like us to stuff our mouths with?"
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 29, 2007 17:26:36 GMT -5
"Food? I love food!" Rie said. She had half her scumble left, so she downed it all at once, and shortly thereafter collapsed. Ender caught her gracefully.
"Saw that one coming." Ender put a hand on her head and started messing with the chemical reactions in her brain. Soon, Rie was awake again. She tried saying something, but it came out to something like "aslihogusc".
"Rie, we're going to dinner."
"Mraaawprff."
Ender put Rie's arm over his shoulder and half carried her along. "Okay, Terrian, we're all ready here. Lead the way!" Ender then whispered, "You do know where we're going, right? This place is pretty damn big."
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 29, 2007 17:40:37 GMT -5
"Yeah, I sent off a scout to get the lay of the land earlier -- you saw him, actually -- but apparently he was less interested in getting the lay and more interested in getting... well, you know the rest."
Terrian consulted the memories his duplicate had picked up and was pleased to discover that he had, indeed, come across the dining room in his wanderings. Apparently it was a huge room, even bigger than this one -- big enough, indeed to take up most of the floor directly below them.
"Just one flight down," he said. "It'll be hard to miss."
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Post by Vaxx on Jun 29, 2007 22:02:51 GMT -5
Vaxx's stomach gurgled. "Jeez, food sounds good right about now... but I have some things to take care of up here first." Laying his head on the bar, Vaxx muttered to himself, "Man, where could Ace be? I hope he gets here soon."
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 30, 2007 21:33:10 GMT -5
"Since no one else is taking the initiative to lead on, I guess I'll be doing it," Ender muttered. He propped Rie further up on his shoulder so that he'd be more comfortable. Unfortunately, Rie, in her motor-challenged state, couldn't control her neck very well, and her head went right through Ender's. The psionic shuddered for a second and made his way to the stairs, not really caring if the others were following or not, since he just wanted to put Rie down before she phased through another part of his body.
Ender walked over to the elevator and telekinetically pushed the down button. A moment later, the fancy metal door slid open, revealing an elevator man who stood inside waiting to greet them. Ender smiled awkwardly at the guy, who was staring curiously at the drunken Rie.
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Post by Popebenedict on Jun 30, 2007 22:59:23 GMT -5
Onslow downed the last bit of his drink and arose from his seat to follow after Ender and Rie, walking next to his old friend Sly.
"So 'ows it been buddy? Long time no see. Good times we used to 'ave, we got to do stuff like that more often. Been keeping busy lately? Any good stories?"
OOC: Sorry so short, not a whole lot I could really do, since I havent really got a sub plot yet like the rest of you. Just wanted to make a bit of a presence before we got to the dining room.
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Post by kazkame on Jul 1, 2007 12:08:13 GMT -5
OOC: I don't have any personal subplots. I'm working strictly off of character interactions. OOC: Yah, but you have 2 characters, whom you can have talk to each other, as well as the factl, you control this topic. I was just making up an excuse so you didnt get mad at me. I just didnt want to wait until we got to the dining room before i posted. OOC: I'm angry at you. True story. OOC: Pope you kinda do have a subplot which is you want to get alcohol so stop whining. BIC: Elias decided to listen to Ender and follow him toward the dining room. He quickly looked at Vaxx and gave him the evil eye. He stopped a minute to tie his shoe and tried quickly to catch up. He came a bit too late and saw the elevator go down. “Hmmm, what now,” he said softly as he waited for it to return.
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Post by bulbaboy on Jul 2, 2007 11:20:12 GMT -5
OOC- Since I was busy all weekend I got some catching up to do!
BIC-
Sly could see that this ragtag group that had latched onto Ender and Rie were just as different from normal humans as everyone else he knew.
“Well, without going into too many details, I’m here to ‘assess’ the quality and level of technology that this airship uses." Sly motioned toward his companion. "My friend Merlin over here was rather reluctant to come along. He was in grievous need of a vacation from his studies, though, so I persuaded him to join me.”
“Persuaded?” Merlin said with bitterness in his voice. “I said I didn’t want to come and you knocked me out with that tail of yours.”
“It was out of concern for your well-being,” Sly said as he picked up one of Rie’s empty shotglasses and sniffed it. He remembered the first time he had ever morphed into a human. It was difficult back then to control the urge to eat. Having been a creature that absorbed the nutrients of crushed grass through its feet, tastebuds had been an amazing discovery. No longer bound by the thirteen flavors of grass that his people had developed, he had managed to unlock a whole myriad of new tastes.
Despite the thirty-plus years over which he'd managed to work through and learn to control his urge to eat everything in sight, there were times when he just needed to give in a little. He reached out with his tongue and licked at some of the droplets that were left in the glass, as well as attempting to bite off a piece of the glass itself, but it was too thick. Disappointed, he put the glass down and looked over to see Ender staring at him blankly. Sly shrugged and went back to listening to everyone else.
When Rie passed out, Merlin attempted to play the part of the knight in shining armor, but was held back by Sly. “Hitting on her will only lead to bad things for you,” Sly said as he pulled Merlin back into his seat.
“I thought you said you couldn’t read minds as easy as Ender could,” Merlin said with his usual scowl.
“There is a big difference between psychic powers and wisdom,” Sly said as they got up and began to head towards the elevators with the drunken Rie. Merlin meanwhile followed and pouted.
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Post by ch00beh on Jul 2, 2007 11:33:37 GMT -5
OOC: WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOT HITTING ON RIE? Psh.
BIC: Ender anxiously waited for the elevator to open up again. It was really awkward trying to continue a conversation with the elevator man standing right next to him. It would've been even worse if Ender was too weak to carry Rie for a long time, but thankfully, the psionic's bio-engineered muscles worked perfectly well.
"Anyways, Sly, I wouldn't recommend even licking anything that she drinks. Normally, a thimbleful of undiluted scumble is enough to knock out one of those big, hulking barbarian types and keep them from drinking for another couple months. I don't think Rie's liver exists on this plane, though."
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Post by ch00beh on Jul 2, 2007 12:02:07 GMT -5
OOC: good point. In other news, I just want to get it out there that Rie is for the most part not your stereotypical 12 year old boy's fantasy chick character. Yes, she does in fact wear clothes, clothes that aren't even necessarily form fitting. And her bosom is small, so it doesn't get in the way when she's killing people. And on most days, over all that she has a heavy black cloak. Just not today, since she's on a cruise and all.
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Post by Ocelot on Jul 2, 2007 15:43:12 GMT -5
"Men, I beg you!It's been simply delightful, but I have some business to attend to tonight."Ace said while opening the door out of the navigation tower.
"Please,Mr. Macenrow you must accompany me tomorrow for dinner. I really must here the end of that riveting tale of your naval battle at Mad Haven."
"Oh I would be delighted,Captain. I assure you it is my honor to be invited to share dinner with you."
" Don't be so modest,boy! We should be the one who are honored. Being a Lieutenant at such a young age and a veteran of a coalition war no less. You certainly grace us with your presence. In fact, I think you've taught some of the green-horns here a few lessons on naval operations."
"Captain your flattery is too much, but I really must be going. I will be sure to join you tomorrow night for dinner.Farewell men!" Ace proceeded to walk out the door and make his way down the stairs. HE figured an hour was more than enough time for the teleporter to get his job done. Ace himself even got a chance to get a little dirty work done. As Ace strolled proudly on the deck until he began to hear beeps in his ear. he stopped then went over to the edge railing.
"Yes,Lev."
"What in Gods name is your problem Ace?! A Lieutenant in the battle of Mad Haven?!! You really are pushing it Ace and giving your real name. You are getting too cocky. I cant keep changing history forever."
"Don't worry I will make sure that the captain gets a few memory gap pills into his wine tomorrow. Besides you happy to know that I now posses a lvl. 3 clearance key card and the password into the ships system."
"Thats great and all Ace but what about that guy you 'hired?'What his name?Vaxx yea.Don't you think it was a little rash to go off and send him on a 'mission' that could have well blown your cover."
"Please you think I didn't have a plan already. Besides it seems that he did the job and assuming he did correctly he just took three days of hacking off your schedule."
"Whatever, Ace. But please promise me that you'll take the impulsive antics down a couple of notches."
"But Lev I'm on vacation isn't that what its all about."
"Ace listen to m-"
"Well look at that, seems I shut off my codec. Now off to the bar." Ace took a good look at the open sky and embraced the wind against his face. He couldn't remember that last time he took the time to feel the wind. Oh, how good it felt!!! He felt so free like there was no care in the world. HE closed his his eyes and extended his hands out and yelled,"I'm king of the world!!Woohoo!!" Ace was so caught in the moment he didn't realize he was beginning to lean forward off the railing. He kept leaning further and further until he felt a hand snag on to the collar of his suit jacket.
"Woah,Jack!! Where do you think your going?Not gonna die on me yet." Ace shook his not believing how stupid he just was for losing himself like that. He shook his head a bit then looked at the man and was introduced to a familiar face.
"Ocelot is that you!!"
"Indeed it is old friend. How longs it been 10-15 years...do you still play baseball?"
" Can't say it has been that many years considering we've only known each other for 4 years, but the real question is what brings you here? You can probably figure why I'm here."
"Me well I'm just making a pit stop snatching myself a recharge for my sky cycle. I'm on my way to a city in Japan. Apparently some loon is threatening the world with Extinction and I would hate to miss out on the opportunity for making explosions."
"Haha same old Ocelot. Thanks for saving me there I would give you a proper thanks but I have business to attend to and I am really running late. See ya!!" Ace picked himself up and ran to the bar waving back to his friend Ocelot.
"Good Luck,Jack,"Ocelot yelled as Ace ran off.
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Ace quickly barged into the bar and looked around for Vaxx. He looked near the bar stools and found his man. He took a seat right next to him. Ace slammed a 300 bill on the counter. "Bartender serve me up a shot of some whiskey and don't give any of that washed up stuff or this 300 will go back in my pocket."
"Right up,sir."
Ace looked at Vaxx and realized he had been rude. "Actually, make that two shots!So Vaxx did you get the job done?"
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jul 2, 2007 15:58:30 GMT -5
OOC - Oh my god. You actually did it.
You put in a plug for another topic. And you plugged it in italics.
I laughed out loud when I saw that.
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