Time Travelin' (Formerly Naomi Hunter Maximum Security Hospital) (PLOT)

[Vespe Ratavo]

"Hello, and welcome to the Naomi Hunter Maximum Security Hospital! Here, your family and loved ones will recuperate in the finest medical facility in the entire country, completely safe from the perils of the outside world. No, there's no need to fret, the walls, guards, mines, robots, and arbitrarily placed laser defense systems will surely defeat any infiltrators who want to harm your friends further. And then, they'll need a stay here. Ha ha ha!"

~ A pamphlet, found in the parking lot

Security Camera Logs

7:23 PM, PARKING LOT: A small group exits an ambulance, and requests entrance to the hospital. The group consists of one Dr. Terrible, Barney, a security guard, Jack, a visitor, a body bag, and a new patient to the mental ward, the AMENite known as "Decker."

7:35 PM, HALLWAY, 1ST FLOOR: Dr. Terrible looks down both ends of the hallway, lets Decker loose, opens body bag. Decker and former corpse stretch, eat snacks from vending machine, talk to rest of group, drink water, return to positions. Group continues walking.

7:40 PM, HALLWAY, BASEMENT 1: Jack tears off multiple posters advertising the Good League of Good. Continues walking.

7:42 PM, MORGUE, BASEMENT 2: Group opens body bag, lets "corpse" loose, stabs nurse, stuffs her in body bag, leaves in morgue. Continues walking.

8:02 PM, TRIPLE MAXIMUM MENTAL WARD, BASEMENT 3: Group requests access to triple maximum ward, granted. "Corpse" pulls out shotgun, fires into air. Decker is set lose. "Jack" removes disguise, stabs nearest orderly. "Dr. Terrible" produces ray gun, disintegrates doctor. "Barney" produces syringe, stabs into multiple patients of triple security ward. "Corpse" turns shotgun on camera. Camera destroyed. Facility placed on red alert.

CODEC TRANSMISSION INTERCEPTED
TRANSCRIPT BELOW

Good evening, Mr. President. Yes, AM-...SOCKPUPPET controls the facility now. This is Shrapnel Wolf speaking. Oh yes, our demands...um...let me get back to you on that.

CODEC TRANSMISSION FINISHED

Vespe turns around to the others. What are our demands, again?

[happyturtle]

"Sphygmomanometers! And lots of them!"

[Boo]

"I want a dwagon that can twavel the gawaxy!"

Paddington claws a picture in a dead security guards stomach, and points at it. It's a jar of marmalade.

"Brawr!" :smallbiggrin:

[PirateMonk]

PM, who removed the scalpel from his eye and got an eye patch before entering the building, shrugs. "That they turn over the world to us, and make everyone bow down before our awesomeness?"

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe pulls out a notepad. Sphygmomanometers...whatever those are...space flight capable dragon...control of the world's marmalade industry...recognize AMEN as supreme authority in the world...okay, anything else?

[Boo]

"Kitties!"

Paddington bear-sighs in response to this.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Right, kittens. Now, ladies, gentlemen, AMEN is officially in control...let's party! Vespe uses CODEC to hack into the PA system, which starts playing this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSdE9x5bvjU&NR=1)*

*There are two "curse words" in this song. If this makes you sad, I recommend the abridged version. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGoTxNrhrk0&feature=related)

[PirateMonk]

"Hurray! Now what, party and hope GLoG isn't too occupied with whatever it is they do to notice?"

[Haruki-kun]

"I demand the world be turned over to the leadership of TESTAMENT. Also, I want Haruki dead, but I can leave that for later. By the way, which one am I again?" Maro adds as he reads the opening post again.

[happyturtle]

Decker opens a cupboard. Sphygmomanometers fall out.

"Oh. Never mind. I'm good."

She begins taking her own blood pressure.

http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq40/happyturtle-avs/temp/467.jpg

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe shrugs. I didn't know you were coming along. Magtok was Terrible, PM was Jack, Decker was Decker, I was the corpse, Benny was Barney, and Paddington was forgotten.

I'm guessing you just telprotted in right now.

[Boo]

Benny and Paddington start partying like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGAYk5VWkTw).

[randman22222]

I open a cupboard of medications, from the inside, and step out, before monologuing.
My name, apparently, is Jason Bourne. I have no memory of who I am, or where I come from... ((And on.))

[ApeofLight]

Garth appears golden scales covering his body as he pulls out his greatsword. " Where are you villains? "

[Vespe Ratavo]

((Where is Garth? This building has lots of floors, both above ground and below. Is he in the parking lot?))

That's nice, Mr. Bourne. Vespe points his shotgun at Bourne. Now start running.

[happyturtle]

Tessa ports in next to Garth.

[ApeofLight]

Lets say they are in the lobby. " Come on out and fight me. " He says heading for an elevator.

[randman22222]

I use krav maga, jiujutsu, and godmod-fu ((:smalltongue:)) to do some fast martial art disarm move, with the intent of redirecting the shotgun to my hands, pointing at Vespe.

Just kidding. It's me again, Vespe. :smallbiggrin: I just thought those films were very good.

Oh, and do you think you could pick up bass guitar?

[Vespe Ratavo]

The police box appears in the lobby. Vespe steps out.

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The other me is here...let's not start with that me-me stuff again. Call this me, me-me, by my code name, it'll save us all a lot of headaches.

He shrugs. Sure. Can I have my shotgun back, though? That other me is here...I can feel it.

[Tempest Fennac]

Nicholas (who is basically a clone of me) dashes up to Garth and Tessa. Are you guys here to liberate the hospital? If you are, I'm Nicholas.

[happyturtle]

"Skip the elevator. We can featherfall down the stairs," Tessa says.

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Decker starts releasing inmates.

[Boo]

Paddington puts Benny on his shoulders, exits the room and begins patrolling the halls.

[Tempest Fennac]

Nicholas draws his gun. Are you sure that will be safe? He sounds nervous.

[ApeofLight]

" Well we need to find which floor they are on first. " Garth says stopping.

[PirateMonk]

PM tosses some magical flames at Randy.

[Lex-Kat]

Judy steps out, looks around, and sees Tessa.

I'll come with you, okay?

She'll stay with Tessa, unless she sees her Vespe.

[Tempest Fennac]

Do you have any ideas for doing that? I don't have any lifeform detecting spells.

[Vespe Ratavo]

((Randy's in the 3rd floor basement, along with the AMENites and Evil Vespe/Shrapnel Wolf. Did you mean to put her there?

Maybe we should put where we are in the hospital in bold at the top of each post...))

[happyturtle]

Lobby:

"I cast a divination spell when I first arrived. They're in the basement," Tessa says.

[randman22222]

With other AMENites.

I drop the shotgun casually to my side. I'll just call you guitar-Vespe, okay?

Eeep! I say, before ducking the flames, which incinerate all the medicine behind me. :smalleek:

[ApeofLight]

(( Sounds like a good idea. ))
Lobby

" Give me a second and I should be able to tell where people are with my dragon senses. " Garth closes his eyes and waits for a second.

[Vespe Ratavo]

3rd Floor Basement:

Whatever...Shrapnel Wolf is a cool code name... he mumbles, picking up the shotgun.

[Tempest Fennac]

LOBBY.

Well done. I tend to store more healing and buffing spells then anything. (I'm an Archivist).

[ApeofLight]

Lobby

" Well lets go to the third floor basement then. " Garth says heading for the stairs.

[randman22222]

((Shotgun is still in Randy's hand, just lowered.))

Why shrapnel wolf? Why is my voice lowered? It sounds... like you attract shrapnel or something. Or someone put a bomb in you, with the intent of sending bits of you flying everywhere.

[PirateMonk]

Basement

"Wait, who are you?" PM asks Randy.

[Vespe Ratavo]

((Oh.))

3rd Floor Basement

Um...pretty please can I have my shotgun back? If you don't give it back, I'm going to have to kill you and take it.

No offense, I just don't have time to mess around right now.

It's a FOXHOUND style code name, the first part says something about combat style, the second part is an animal name that indicates how good you are at combat. Therefore, "Shrapnel" stands for the fact that I usually kill people with little bits of metal, be it from stabbing, exploding, or shooting. And "Wolf" means I kick ass. Therefore, Shrapnel Wolf.

[randman22222]

I'm Randy. GLoG, in case you're wondering.
And not just yet - in a little. What are you doing that's so important?

Hey, can you guys get ready to teleport me to you real quick? I telepathize to anyone in GLoG here.

So what would that make me? :smallconfused: Fighter-bomber falcon? These names are BAD. :smalleek:

[Tempest Fennac]

Lobby.

Nicholas follows Garth quickly.

[Shas aia Toriia]

Shas follows Nicholas very quickly.

Yo, what's up?

[happyturtle]

3rd floor basement:

Criminally insane inmates are roaming the halls. Decker flies up to the 2nd basement level and starts releasing more inmates.

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Lobby:

Tessa casts Knock on the stairwell access and Featherfall on the group, then steps off the landing and floats to the bottom.

I've got you, Randy. Just say when.

[PirateMonk]

Basement

"Oh, okay then." PM draws a knife and lunges at Randy, slashing.

[Boo]

B3

"This pwace needs some atmosphere!"

Benny takes out one of his syringes and injects it into the air. The individual droplets of the liquid grow in size, and even sprout legs. Once they finish growing they look to be one 1' 2" drops of oxygen deprived blood with legs. They scatter about the basement levels.

[ApeofLight]

Garth hops off after Tessa.

[Tempest Fennac]

STAIRWELL.

To Shas. I'm here to help liberate the hospital. How are you?

[Lex-Kat]

((Changed it.))

Judy follows Tessa. But notices Shas behind the new-be.

Shas, you're with AMEN, right?

[Shas aia Toriia]

Liberate it? But isn't that what AMEN is doing as well? "Liberating" all the insane folk?

@^ HALO, actually.

[ApeofLight]

" Unfortunately we've come to stop that. "

[randman22222]

Hey! Don't kill me yet! I'm just chatting for now. I say, while using my tall, long legs to keep some distance between the knife man and myself.

[Vespe Ratavo]

3rd Floor Basement

Wolf pulls out a revolver. I asked nicely, Randy. Give me the shotgun, or I kill you. Very simple.

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Stairwell

Vespe follows the group down.

[randman22222]

I c*ck my head, and curse the censors. I.. if... Oh fine. I give him the shotgun, and add, why do you need the shotgun so badly? Especially if you have a revolver? And what are you doing that's so important here?

[Tempest Fennac]

STAIRWELL
Refering to Vespe and Judy.Are they allies as well? Also, why would we want a load of lunatics to be released?

[ApeofLight]

" No there enemies and we've come to stop them from releasing crazy people. "

[Vespe Ratavo]

3rd Floor Basement

Well, the Code of the Villain requires me to explain my evil plot to you in great detail. So I will.

The reason this hospital is so well-guarded is because it's actually a secret testing ground for a new type of Metal Gear, which are giant robots that can launch stealth nukes to anywhere in the world.

Ergo, we've captured this place, and unless the government gives into our demands, we nuke everything to tiny little bits.

[randman22222]

...Would that include yourself? :smallconfused: I think their plan has some kinks to work out.

[Tempest Fennac]

STAIRWELL.

Thanks. Nicholas casts the non-broken version of Haste on himself, Garth and Tessa.

[happyturtle]

B3:

There is a screaming madman in the corridor. Tessa goes invisible via Major Image and tiptoes around him.

B2:

One of the inmates grabs Decker and crushes her throat.

((There are probably several dozen inmates wandering around now. Anyone want to help me npc them?))

[Vespe Ratavo]

3rd Floor Basement

Wolf sighs. Not me, I meant orphanages, hospitals, government centers, schools. Things like that.

[Shas aia Toriia]

What, do I not get a haste?

Shas starts flying in order to keep up.

((Technically one can fly faster than they can run.))

[ApeofLight]

3F basment

Garth just walks through the door way and into the hall.

[Tempest Fennac]

Nicholas casts Invisibility on himself. (He has access to all Cleric and Druid spells as well as 1 Arcane spell/spell level.) To Shas. I thought you were an enemy. The Haste affects her as well.

[PirateMonk]

"Okay Wolf, he knows too much now. Can we kill him in an extremely elaborate death trap now?"

[Vespe Ratavo]

3rd Floor Basement

Dammit! They're here! Wolf uses the CODEC to hack into the system once again. The triple security ward is locked down, and walls begin to rise up from the floor in the hallway simultaneously, hoping to trap the intruders. Please do, he adds.

Vespe is still following the GLoG/HALOers.

[Boo]

Benny sees several screaming inmates run by him. Some of the drop... things...

"Dwoppy's!"

Right! Droppy's! Some of the Droppy's run up to the inmates and explode. The inmates and walls around them are now covered in... blood?

"Yes, bwood."

Some of the Droppy's enter the stairwell, and race upwards. find the GLoGites and charge at them.

@V: You're just in the halls. Vespe and everyone else are not.

[Tempest Fennac]

Nicholas fires 3 bullets from his Shocking .357 Coonet handgun at Vespe. (Technically, Nicholas isn't a HALO member: I just started using him so that I could take part in out-of-base plots without Tempest leaving plots which he's involved with.) After seeing Droopies. What the heck are those?!?!

[randman22222]

Wait wait wait. So what are your demands gonna be? :smallconfused: I just want to understand what's going on.

[happyturtle]

B3 Corridors:

Tessa uses her own CODEC to hack back.
((effects: major image, haste))

((Not sure how effective she'd be. She's smarter than Wolf, but not as experienced with the CODEC))

[Vespe Ratavo]

Ow, what the hell? Vespe clutches his chest in pain.

Thanks! Wolf yells from behind the triple security ward walls.

[ApeofLight]

Garth starts to look around for the first AMENite he sees.

[Tempest Fennac]

(That Vespe is the AMEN version, right?)

[PirateMonk]

PM tries to teleport Randy into a deathtrap.

[Boo]

While charging the Droppies start screaming

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"

[Vespe Ratavo]

You know, the walls are still rising out of the floor. Might want to do something about that. Unless you want to be trapped, that's fine too.

And "Vespe" is GLoG Vespe. "Wolf" is AMEN Vespe. Coincidentally, Wolf is within the triple security ward, not in the hallway with the others.

Ow... he's bleeding now. Help?

[ApeofLight]

Garth slash at the droppies as they come near him. He charges Wolf.

[Tempest Fennac]

(Sorry. Garth said you and Judy were enemies, though. Shall we ret-con that being as Nicholas wouldn't have shot him if AoF was clearer?) Nicholas uses Flame Strike on the Droopies.

[happyturtle]

You know, the walls are still rising out of the floor. Might want to do something about that. Unless you want to be trapped, that's fine too.

And "Vespe" is GLoG Vespe. "Wolf" is AMEN Vespe.

Ow... he's bleeding now. Help?

((Tessa's doing something about it. See here. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4911463&postcount=67) :smalltongue:))

[Vespe Ratavo]

Garth will find there's a wall in the way. And there are still walls coming out of the ground, but I guess no one cares.


((Tessa's doing something about it. See here. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4911463&postcount=67) :smalltongue:))

Yeah...Major Image and Haste. What would that do? :smallconfused:

[ApeofLight]

Garth slashes at the wall trying to cut through it. And Tessa is hacking back.

(( Its ape of light tempest. ))

[Shas aia Toriia]

Actually, I am the enemy. Thanks for the free spell.

Shas attempts to set those near him nearby on fire, thanks to a Dreadnought (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WRyOH9avLS4) that she hops into. Just replace the gun under the hand with a flamethrower and the assault cannon (the machine gun) with a lascannon (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=smqmLFrgqNk) instead.

Shas starts firing on anybody nearby.

((The lascannon is the blue laser shot from the tank at the beginning.))

[Vespe Ratavo]

((Oh, okay. Sorry.))

The wall is made of solid concrete. And the walls stop coming out of the ground.

[Tempest Fennac]

(Sorry.) Any ideas on dealing with the wall? Nicholas sounds worried. (Good Vespe gets a Haste as well by the way.)

[randman22222]

I block my physical being from all forms of transportation except for the mundane way, using my psionics. A neat trick I've been working on.

I suppose you're too psychotic to tell me what the demands are gonna be? I ask PM's character.

[Tempest Fennac]

(I thought you just said you were with HALO here, Shas. Can everyone please say who their characters are aligned with now?)

[PirateMonk]

"Uh... we demand that GLoG surrender to us." PirateMonk lobs an exploding chainsaw at Randy.

[ApeofLight]

(( GloG ))

Garth takes his sword in both hands and strikes at the wall probably shattering it.

[Vespe Ratavo]

((Wolf is with AMEN. Vespe is with GLoG.))

Wolf tries to hack again, in order to release poison gas into the hallway. However, he's interrupted, when the wall collapses. Figures...

He whips out two revolvers and fires two shots at Garth. If they hit, he'll find they're enchanted with Inflict Critical Wounds.

Several inmates rush Garth as well, screaming and tearing at him with their bare hands.

[Boo]

The droppies explode when Garth and Nicholas attack them. This covers everyone in the hallway, along with the walls, with blood.

[Tempest Fennac]

Nicholas gets burnt by Sha's cannon. He fires 3 bullets at her. (Shall we assume GHaste didn't effect Shas based on the only reason I thought she was an ally was because of AoL being vague?) After getting hit by blood. That's revolting. Can someone cast Prestigitation?

[happyturtle]

B3:

Tessa (GLoG) (Under effect of Major Image and Haste):

Tessa has not attacked the droppies.

Tessa is still hacking the system trying to lock down the cells.

B2:

Decker escapes from the inmate and flies away, wounded.

[Vespe Ratavo]

The cells are locked down. Poison gas is still venting in. Wolf dives away, and puts on a gas mask. Vespe puts on his as well, takes out his revolvers, and takes a shot at Wolf, which misses.

[ApeofLight]

Garth picks up the one inmate and throws it at the other. The bullets hit his arms tearing off several dragon scale with them. " Gahh. " Garth charges at Wolf with a side ways strike.

[Boo]

@HT: Fixed the typo before you posted

Benny and Paddington sit between two walls of concrete.

"Well this isn't vewy fun... I wonder how the Dwoppies are doing?"

[randman22222]

I sigh, and catch the chainsaw in midair with my psionic telekinesis, before flinging it off in some random direction. :smallsigh:
Gonna have to do better than that.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Wolf takes the hit, causing a huge gash across his chest, and tries to rush Garth and pin him to the ground.

Vespe takes two shots at PM. These are enchanted with Inflict Critical Wounds as well.

[Tempest Fennac]

Nicholas cast Air Bubble on himself. He then casts Rogue Wave at Wolf. DON'T MESS WITH ME, I'M AN ARCHIVIST! We're much tougher then archeologists, you know.

[ApeofLight]

Garth tries to punch Wolf in the face when he charges him.

[happyturtle]

B3:

Tessa (GLoG) (Under effect of Major Image and Haste):

Tessa casts whatever that spell is that lets people breathe that I can't rememb er the name of but Tessa does because she's smarter than me. She casts it on all her allies.

[Vespe Ratavo]

He takes the punch, but still tackles Garth. Or tries to, at any rate.

((What does "Rogue Wave" do?))

[Tempest Fennac]

(It causes a wall of water to bull rush an opponant. It's in Crystal Keep's Cleric spell section.)

[PirateMonk]

PM gets shot by Vespe. He decides that Vespe is more of a threat than Randy, and charges him, pulling a gas mask out of hammerspace and putting on as he does so.

[Lex-Kat]

Judy attacks Shas with two sais. Trying to club her in the head.

[ApeofLight]

You know getting punched by a guy that wields a great sword would probably knock some one down. But what ever.
B3
The tackling goes poorly and Garth just tries to knock Wolf off.

[happyturtle]

B3:

Tessa (GLoG) (Under effect of Major Image and Haste):

Tessa casts a Heightened Hold Person spell on Wolf.

[Tempest Fennac]

Nicholas tries shooting at Shas again. If anyone needs healing, tell me. (Nicholas' line from earlier was a reference to this clip from an atrotious TV show called Bonekickers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_y10WHNqw .)

[Vespe Ratavo]

Some One, maybe, but Wolf (and Vespe, for that matter) is not Some One, and he has video game character health. That is, he can take a hell of a lot of damage, except when the plot calls for him to be incapacitated.

And the plot does not call for him to be incapacitated yet.

Wolf is knocked off, grabs his shotgun, and fires at Garth.

Vespe takes two more shots at PM.

Wolf freezes after taking the shot.

[ApeofLight]

B3

Garth holds up his arms in defense and gets hit by the shot. He then starts to charge Wolf but stops and looks around for other AMENites that need to be taken care of.

[Tempest Fennac]

Nicholas notices Randy. Randy, what are you doing here?!?! Tempest told me you'd vanished. He then shoots 2 bullets at PM before reloading.

[Lex-Kat]

Judy Teleprots out of this thread. All the lunatics are giving me a headache, and I'm not talking about the former inmates.

[Boo]

A wall explodes, and Droppies come from behind it. It appears they found a stash of explosives that were conveniently charged and ready to go. They start ramming into any non-AMENite they see.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"

[PirateMonk]

PM gets shot again, but invokes Critical Existence Failure (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CriticalExistenceFailure) and continues charging unhindered. He tries to sever one of Vespe's arms.

[randman22222]

Yeah, but then I showed up again.

I draw my MP7 ((not holy)), and fire cold-enchanted bullets in 3 round bursts at PM.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Strangely enough, that attack works. AAARRGHH! Vespe screams, staring blankly at his right arm, which is now lying on the floor. BASTARD! He takes three more wild shots at PM with his left hand, then drops to the ground, clutching where his arm used to be and bleeding.

Wolf is still frozen.

[Tempest Fennac]

It's good to see you again. Where have you been? Nicholas jumps away from the Droppies and rolls a granade at them. He then dashes over to Vespe before trying to cast Regenerate.

[happyturtle]

B3:

Tessa gets shot and teleports back to GLoG.

((deadtimes))

[ApeofLight]

(( Deadtime for a little bit. ))

[randman22222]

This... isn't... the... time, Nick! I say, in between shots.

[PirateMonk]

When Nicholas comes near Vespe, PM slashes at him repeatedly with his knives.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Wolf finally makes his saving throw, and stands up, holding the shotgun towards Nicholas. I'd stop that, if I were you.

Vespe is still staring at his arm, and whimpering.

((Casting Regenerate takes 3 rounds))

[Tempest Fennac]

Why not? We can talk and shoot things. (The sad thing is that I would probably say that in this situation.) Responding to Wolf. That does complicate matters..... Nicholas attempts to kick Wolf in the groin.

(Sorry about missing stuff.) Nicholas gets slashed a couple of times.

[Boo]

Some of the Droppies are blown up (bombs inside them) and destroy part of the hallway. Some chunks of the ceiling/walls start collapsing onto both factions. The remaining Droppies are still charging.

[Shas aia Toriia]

The bullets bounce harmlessly off of the dreadnought's armour, as do the sais. A metallic voice comes from the machine.

Come on, do better than that!

Shas starts using its flamethrower to try and incinerate Vespe and Nicholas and all them.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Wolf pulls the trigger as Nicholas moves to kick. The kick connects, and Wolf winces. The shot, however, was aimed right at him. At point blank range. From a shotgun. With Inflict Critical Wounds enchanted on it.

Vespe catches fire, and screams some more. Wolf makes his reflex save.

[Tempest Fennac]

(Nicholas really should be KO'ed here. The problem is that I don't want him to get killed, and I don't think anyone else can use healing magic who's with GLoG.) Nicholas is knocked out by the shotgun blast.

[PirateMonk]

PM jumps back from Nick to avoid the shotgun blast.

He then gets up and looks at Nick and Vespe on the ground. "Looks like we got ourselves some captives."

[Shas aia Toriia]

Shas is still trying to kill the prone Vespe.

[Boo]

Noticing the shiny dreadnought, the Droppies rush at it. There's roughly 15 of them left.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Perfect... Wolf begins to laugh very evilly. PM! Take him to the holding cells. I've got some business to settle with myself...

Vespe is no longer on fire. He is, however, very badly burned.

Shas! Stop! I'm going to kill myself, not you, not PM, not anyone else, he says angrily.

[TFT]

(Where is the portal at? The one that someone went through a bit ago...)
The young man with brown spiked hair, and an orange shirt and blue jeans walks through the portal. Now, to figure out where I am....

[PirateMonk]

PM tries to teleport Vespe and Nick to the holding cells.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe remains, by the power of PLOT!.

Wolf begins to drag the bleeding and burned Vespe up to ground level, setting some small, blinking devices on the wall as he goes.

[PirateMonk]

PM follows Wolf.

[Tempest Fennac]

Nicholas recoves enough to cast Heal on himself before making his Will save to avoid being teleported.

(EDIT: Sorry for the confusioin.) Nicholas teleports out using a HALO recall bracelet due to realising he's out of his depth.

[Boo]

The Droppies jump at Shas and explode. Whether he makes a save or not doesn't matter anymore, since all 15 of them have VERY DEADLY bombs inside them.

[randman22222]

I rush at guitar-Vespe, and psionically fling no less than 12 KM2000's at him. Three are fire enchanted, three holy, three cold, and three were some enchantment that I couldn't figure out about. :smallconfused:

((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KM2000))

You're not taking your more intelligent twin! :smallmad:

[Tempest Fennac]

Actually, Nicholas dashes over to Randy. Do you have any ideas for what to do next?

[randman22222]

Help me rescue the good Vespe! Maybe can even teach him guitar...

[Vespe Ratavo]

Regenerate is a touch spell. Vespe is being dragged up the stairs by Wolf. It doesn't work.

Wolf dodges out of the way of most of them, but is hit by a few. Vespe is also hit by a few.

Wolf casts Cure Critical Wounds on himself. PM, take care of them, will you? He keeps dragging Vespe up the stairs.

((The portal opens in the lobby. Everyone is in the 3rd floor basement, but Wolf and Vespe are coming up the stairs.))

[TFT]

(Someones got to tell me where the heck that portal went in the building, and if its near anyone else in the Plot...)

[Tempest Fennac]

Okay. Nicholas fires an Orb of Force at Wolf if he can. If not, he'll fire it at Pirate Monk. (I altered my last post when I realised Vespe was being dragged off.)

[happyturtle]

Tessa teleports back into the thread, after healing herself. Her buffs have now worn off. She's right in front of Wolf and Vespe, having traced Vespe by his CODEC.

She casts Disintegrate at Wolf.

[randman22222]

I create possibly the strongest sonic-concussive shockwave I've made yet in front of guitar-Vespe, and send it into him, knocking him and his smarter-brother towards me, and say, Nick, you get the midget. ((PM. I don't know if the character really is a halfling or not.))

[PirateMonk]

"Sure." PM tosses an orb of destructive magical energy at Randy.

PM gets hit by the Orb of Force.

((PM is a quarterling, a term for half-halfling, half-human hybrids that is less clumsy than half-halfling.))

[Tempest Fennac]

The term's Halfling, Randy. You could at least try to be polite. Nicholas backs away from PM before casting a spell he designed called the Suffer Like G Did. If it works, half of the damage Nicholas recieves will be transfered to PM.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Wolf winces from the Disintegration. Ow. He's then knocked back, along with Vespe. Ow. This is getting tiresome. He clicks a small button, and the police box appears. Wolf throws Vespe into it, and climbs in himself. It disappears, and reappears outside in the parking lot.

[randman22222]

F***. He got away. I turn my attention to the midget instead, and get a face full of summat or rather. Nasty spell.
Stumbling backwards, I train my MP7 on him, and start unloading cold-bullets on him.

[PirateMonk]

PM finally runs out of hit points, exploding into a cloud of frozen flaming life-drained gore.

[happyturtle]

Tessa will attempt, via CODEC, to teleport to Vespe's location inside the police box.

[Boo]

A hole appears beside Wolf-Vespe. Paddington and Benny exit from it.

"Good thing I had my spoons."

Two ravinous spoon golems exit the hole, then run away.

[Vespe Ratavo]

A swarm of drones pour out of the police box, then in through the lobby, and begin to go to every floor (besides B3), and set blinking devices on the walls.

Wolf walks out of the box, dragging Vespe. Tessa will appear inside the box. It looks like the interior of a spaceship, since that's pretty much what it is. It is also very, very, very big.

[randman22222]

I inspect one of the blinking devices, not expecting anything good.

[Tempest Fennac]

Drat, that wa s awaste of a perfectly good spell slot.....Now what shall we do?

[Boo]

Benny knocks on the Police Box door.

"Can we come in? It's cold out here!"

[Vespe Ratavo]

It reads "LOL." It's quite obviously a bomb.

Wolf begins to laugh evilly. Again. You do realize there's no one in there, right? He says to Benny.

[TFT]

The young man attempts to find Randy and Nicholas.

[Tempest Fennac]

(Are the bombs in the base ment? I'm really sorry about how confused I am today.:smallfrown:)

[PirateMonk]

PM's hat and knives quietly float into the air and go through a portal, to be cleaned and reused by later clones.

[Vespe Ratavo]

((It's okay, I was kind of vague. Wolf set a few while he was walking up the stairs, and some are being set right now on B2 and B1, as well as plenty more being set on the upper floors.))

[happyturtle]

Tessa, who is in the police box, attempt to hack the drones and get them to disarm the bombs.

[Tempest Fennac]

(Thanks.) What are those beeping things? To Cateye's character. Who are you?

[Vespe Ratavo]

The police box computer console has a strange keyboard, made of many characters, some recognizable, some not. The monitor begins to spout gibberish in what appears to be Russian, with occasional bits of French and English.

[ApeofLight]

Garth undeadtimes and looks around.

[randman22222]

I open it up, and start inspecting it, trying to find out how much time we have, and how to disarm it.

[Vespe Ratavo]

The bomb does not have a timer. It seems to be activated by a switch, most likely held by Wolf.

[TFT]

Who am I? Well... Lets just say I'm here to help, I think... Are you in the Good League of Good?(My character is a little confused...)

[Boo]

Benny sits up on Paddington's back, and walk/run with Wolf.

"Isn't that your cwone?"

[Tempest Fennac]

Nicholas looks worried. It's not a bomb is it? He then stands there breating heavily.I'm not with GLOG. I'd never heard of them until just now.

[happyturtle]

Tessa knows a little Russian. She will continue hacking.

[Vespe Ratavo]

The computer freezes up. I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Tessa.

Wolf looks at his watch. Any minute now...

The drones continue to set bombs.

[TFT]

So... Anyways, I think we should get out of here pretty quick... those things look like bombs, and we don't want to be in here if they are and go off...

[PirateMonk]

((Does Wolf have Vespe's arm?))

[randman22222]

Too many bombs. Let's all teleport out. I telepathize to anyone good here.

[Tempest Fennac]

Let's get out of here quickly. Randy, I'll let Tempest know you're okay if you want me to. (I'll need to deadtime after 1 more post.)

(Just thinking about Nicholas' quick recovery; you don't mind him using the Touch of Healing reserve feat after being KO'ed, do you?)

[ApeofLight]

Garth looks around confused. Curse you deadtime!

[happyturtle]

What about the patients? And the staff?

Tessa teleports out of the police box, again following Vespe's CODEC.

[TFT]

I can make a portal(My character is more or less a conjurer), You just need to describe where we are going...

[Tempest Fennac]

I can get to the HALO base using this bracelet. See you all another time hopefully. Nicholas vanishes. (Goodnight guys, I'm deadtiming now.)

[randman22222]

I saw no staff here... An I doubt there is time, regrettably. :smallsigh::smallmad:

[Vespe Ratavo]

((Vespe's arm is still in the basement.))

So now it's time for my little evil speech...how does it feel, Vespe? To know you threw your life away for a diversion? That's right, I set this whole thing up...do you think I really needed this hospital? No. But you came here like the idiot you are, and look at you. Armless, burned, dying.

And now, everyone is going to die. The patients, your friends, the staff...all because you had to be the big damn hero.

Bombs set, sir.

Excellent. Wolf pulls out a small remote, and pushes the button.

The bombs begin to go off.

Now would be an excellent time to leave.

((I can never end a plot without destroying where it took place. :smalltongue:))

[happyturtle]

Tessa is going to attempt to dive onto Vespe and teleport away with him.

[TFT]

The young man quickly creates a portal heading into the Good League of Good building, and jumps inside it once he sees the bombs begin to go off.

[ApeofLight]

Garth teleports back to base when he hears the bombs going off.

[Vespe Ratavo]

33!
Yes sir.

An anti-magic field pops up around the police box. Sorry, Tessa, but I am sick of this evil twin business. He pulls out the shotgun, and fires at her.

[PirateMonk]

Another PM clone enters next to Vespe. outside of the AMF.

[Boo]

Paddington turns to look at Tessa, possibly getting in the way of both Wolf and Tessa by mistake. Benny doesn't notice this, and is looking at his fingers.

EDIT: ignored? :smallfrown:

[happyturtle]

Tessa gets hit. She is still attempting to teleport out with Vespe using her teleport bracelet which is not affected by the AMF. :smalltongue:

[Vespe Ratavo]

No, no no! NO! Damn it! DAMN IT! I had this all planned out! Wolf makes one last desperate attempt to dive at Tessa and rip off the bracelet.

[randman22222]

Knowing Tessa is elsewhere, I psionically transfer a good deal of my mental... resilience... or integrity, maybe, to her, before teleporting away. Hard to describe what I just did with words, but all I know is I means I'll be exhausted and migrainey for a day or two. And she'll be a lot more 'headstrong'. Heh, at least my bad puns weren't transferred to her.

[happyturtle]

Wolf tears at the bracelet, but Tessa and Vespe vanish.

They do not reappear at GLoG headquarters.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Wolf stares at where Tessa and Vespe were.

He then lies down on the pavement and cries.

[Boo]

Feeling ignored, Paddington and Benny leave Tessa and the two Vespe's to their stuff. The spoon golems come back from where ever they were, and try comforting evil Vespe.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe (no longer Wolf) takes his shotgun, and shoots both of the golems.

He climbs into the police box and leaves.

[PirateMonk]

"It's okay Vespe, there will be plenty of times to capture the other you later. Besides, at least I severed his arm."

PM sighs and returns to the AMEN base.

[Vespe Ratavo]

This thread is now about Vespe and Tessa's adventure in Wherever-They-End-Up Land.

Which will most likely be determined whenever Turtle comes on and decides.

Yes, we were too lazy to make a new thread. Sue us.

[happyturtle]

Tessa feels herself losing consciousness as she battles with Wolf for control of the teleport bracelet. Then the psychic energy from Randy pours into her mind, strengthening her, and allowing her to reach the controls.

The parking lot disappears. "Medic drones!" Tessa yells. "Now!" Then she takes in her surroundings.

:smalleek:

They aren't back at the League. They are outdoors. In a forest.

She looks down at the bracelet, and sees that it is missing its fascia, and that circuitry is showing.

:eek:

She's wounded. Vespe's critically wounded. They're lost.

At least her mind is clear. Clear enough to stop her just before she pours a healing potion down Vespe's throat. She drinks it instead, then starts with mundane first aid and applies a tourniquet to his arm.

She digs through his possession and finds an Inflict Moderate Wounds potion, which she gives him. Vampires heal quickly, but he could probably use some help.

Tessa puts protective spells around Vespe and goes hunting. Some time later, she returns with several magically sleeping rabbits. She uses Vespe's knife to slice the throat of one of them, and lets the blood drain into his mouth.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe wakes up. hehwazuh...time para..Oh. Is that rabbit? He takes it and drains it of blood. Not bad.

He stands up and looks around. Er...where are we? :smallconfused:

[happyturtle]

"I don't know. We had a teleport malfunction. We could be anywhere. Or anywhen." She offers him another sleeping rabbit. "Are you still hungry?"

[Vespe Ratavo]

Yes. Vespe takes it, and drains this one of blood as well. Hmm... He concentrates for a moment.

Nothing happens.

He looks shocked at this. That's...not good.

[happyturtle]

Tessa takes the drained rabbits back from him and begins skinning them. Very ineptly.

"What's wrong?"

[Vespe Ratavo]

Well...you see, I just tried to remember to send the police box back to us a week from now. That means one of three things.

One: We're still going to be stuck here in a weeks time.

Two: I'm going to be deader than usual, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to get the box.

Three: We've messed up the space-time continuum somehow, meaning we're pretty much screwed.

[happyturtle]

"Or Four: Someone has destroyed the box. Ow!" Tessa nicks her finger trying to skin the rabbit. "I can try and create a portal, but I can't control the destination unless I know the starting point. Which means we'll need to be here at least long enough to work that out."

[Vespe Ratavo]

Right.

...

I have no idea what to do. Want me to go look around and see if we're near anywhere besides all these trees?

[happyturtle]

Tessa points. "Try that way. I went the other way to get rabbits, and I didn't see any signs of habitation. I'll see about putting together some type of shelter."

((deadtime. When Vespe returns, there will be a log cabin (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/secureShelter.htm) in a nearby clearing, with a fire going inside and an Unseen Servant cooking the rabbits.))

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe goes that way, looking for stuff.

[happyturtle]

Conveniently for Vespe, and for the narrator, he soon emerged onto an overlook which gave him a view of the countryside. The forest stretches out nearly unbroken beneath him, wrinkling in hills and valleys until it disappears into a grey mist on the horizon.

There are a few small settlements scattered here and there, surrounded by farmlands. It's obvious that they are pre-industrial. The nearest one looks like it might take a day to travel there on foot.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Hmm...shouldn't go alone... Vespe turns around, and heads back towards where Tessa is.

[happyturtle]

Tessa is inside a snug little log cabin, eating roast rabbit.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe enters the cabin. Well, I found some little villages. They're kind of far away though. Can I have some of that? He asks, pointing at a rabbit.

[happyturtle]

"Sure. I thought you could only drink blood though." She offers him a stick with chunks of rabbit meat on it.

"How far away? We could fly there. Or dimension door. Wherever we are, my magic seems to be a lot stronger in this plane. So it isn't all bad news."

Tessa avatar:

http://public2.tektek.org/img/av/0809/d14/1443/f99e50.png (http://tektek.org/avatar/19023519)

[Vespe Ratavo]

Well yeah, we drink blood to survive, but I never read anything that said we can't eat regular food. He chews on it, then continues. Flying would probably work. It's not too far.

[happyturtle]

After they eat, Tessa dispells the cabin, and casts Fly and Invisibility on both of them. As they fly to the settlement below, they see people travelling by horse and carriage, women in long dresses, men in tights, and lots of livestock.

The smell of dung is overpowering.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe switches on his CODEC. So, what do we need to find out to get home? Where we are, right?

[happyturtle]

What plane we're on would be good to know. We probably should look for a wizard or a sage. And if we see any temples, we should see about getting your arm restored.

After examining the population for a few minutes, Tessa crafted an illusion to make her and Vespe fit in. There didn't appear to be any elves, let alone vampire elves, so she made Vespe look human, and put him in those ridiculous stockings the men were all wearing. Then she added Tongues for good measure. She thought she understood most of what they were saying, but it wouldn't hurt for people to hear them speaking in the correct dialect.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Right, temple, sage, wizard...got it. Let's try a temple first.

Vespe walks up to a random passerby. Excuse me sir! We have traveled a very long way, and we were wondering, where is the church in this town?

[happyturtle]

The man gives Vespe the universal 'Are you a complete moron?' look, and points to a nearby building with a tall steeple.

http://www.history.org/almanack/places/hb/images/brupc_sm.jpg

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe smiles and laughs. Yes, thank you sir! He heads off towards that building.

[happyturtle]

Tessa accompanies Vespe into the church.

http://www.history.org/almanack/places/hb/images/brutonparishinterior_sm.jpg

She walks up to the altar, looking around for a priest or acolyte. Finally a man enters the room.

"Good day. I am Reverend Jones. How may I help you?"

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe abruptly switches into Celestial. My name is Vespe Ratavo, I'm a vampire elf from another dimension, and if you can understand this I'm going to presume you can help me.[/Celestial]

((How do we represent other languages, anyway? :smallconfused:))
((Deadtime, will be back in a while))

[happyturtle]

((Fake BB code seems as good a way as any))

The man looks confused. "I'm sorry Sir, I only know English, German, Latin, and French." Then he turns to Tessa. "Are you able to translate, Madam?"

"No, I'm afraid not, Sir," Tessa says. Which isn't strictly true, as she understands Celestial perfectly well. "My name is Tessa Camlar, Seeker of Woden. What God do you worship?"

Reverend Jones looks shocked and takes a few steps back. "We follow the tenants of the Church of England, Madam."

[Vespe Ratavo]

I'm sorry sir, I slipped into...Russian. Yes, Russian. I'm Russian, I'm afraid, very much so. And she is Russian as well, not quite used to the whole "church" thing yet, still used to the old gods, old country. No offense meant, your holiness. Vespe's voice takes on a slight Russian accent as he says this.

[happyturtle]

"And your... wife? Is she Papist?" He says the word 'Papist' as if it tastes foul.

"We're not married." Tessa had been using a stilled Detect Thoughts spell, and was starting to get a handle on how this Reverend Jones thought. And as soon as she said they weren't married, she realized they were about to make another mistake. She spoke quickly to correct it. "He's my brother. Vespe Camlar. Yes, we've just arrived from Russia. We're protestant, of course."

Best man Vespe:
http://public2.tektek.org/img/av/0809/d14/1948/127915.png (http://tektek.org/avatar/19036439)

[Vespe Ratavo]

((Best man Vespe is awesome :smallbiggrin:))

Yes, and we were wondering if...um...curse my short attention span, what were we going to ask? He looks at Tessa, seeming rather disappointed in this particular priest.

[happyturtle]

Forget it. He's not a real cleric. He doesn't know anything about healing. Or the planes. Or arcana. For the spiritual leader of a town, he's woefully uninformed.

[Vespe Ratavo]

We...were going to ask if we could have directions to the next town. No offense, we, um...lost our map.

[Shas aia Toriia]

Vespe! You're supposed to make some bachelor party thread!

[Vespe Ratavo]

I did. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4926482#post4926482) Stop whining and start partying. :smalltongue:

[happyturtle]

"You don't need a map. Just follow the Richmond road."

"Thank you, Sir," Tessa said, as she pulled out of the man's mind.

Vespe, I have a bad feeling about where we might be...

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe leaves. Yeah, me too...everyone smells funny, and this is the walking corpse talking. Have these people heard of hygiene?

[happyturtle]

I thought you Time Lords were used to that sort of thing. No, it's worse than that. Tessa follows him outside, and when they are out of hearing of anyone else, continues aloud.

"As soon as I realized that he wasn't a cleric, I tried to search his memories to see where we could find one. And there's nothing. This is an educated man, but he's never heard of divine magic. He's never met a wizard. The closest thing to magic I could find in his head were stories he thought of as 'fairy tales' that are considered fiction. Based on what he knows, I would think we're in the low magic planar cluster."

"But that doesn't make any sense, as strong as the mana flow is here. I've never felt so powerful. I feel like I could crack the earth open and swallow this town in lava with a thought. Can you feel it to? Or is it just me?"

[Vespe Ratavo]

I feel a tad more powerful, yes, but most of my magic is the bardic kind. It's not exactly the kind of magic where you go swallowing villages in lava, no matter what the mana flow is like.

And I've spent most of my time in more advanced or magical cultures, where they've developed deodorant or the local equivalent.

[happyturtle]

"Oh stop your whining," Tessa grumbles, and casts a Bubblehead spell on Vespe. "I think I'm going to have to go into the mana flow and figure out what's going on. We need to find somewhere to hole up where I can leave my body for a while without anyone noticing."

[Vespe Ratavo]

All right, how about...over there? Vespe points at a conveniently placed forest.

[happyturtle]

Tessa leads them deep into the forest, casting a spell to take them through the heavy undergrowth. It was a druid spell, which she shouldn't have been able to cast, but the power was there, right under the skin of the world, and it was so easy just to siphon it up and direct the plants.

She wondered if she could cast cleric spells, and thought of Vespe's missing arm, but she wasn't quite drunk enough on power to feel confident that she should be attempting to use divine magic on a vampire.

When they reach a clearing, she casts the Secure Shelter spell again. Which she shouldn't have been able to do as she had already cast it once today. But the spell hadn't faded from her mind the way it usually did.

"You might want to get some more rabbits or a deer or something. I don't know how long I'll be out of it, and I hope you won't leave me unguarded."

[Vespe Ratavo]

Of course I won't, he says, stabbing a deer with his rapier. He kneels down, and begins to drain it of blood.

He lets go of the deer and stands up. All right, whenever you're ready.

[happyturtle]

Tessa's spirit is detached from her body for several days.

During this time, the shelter gradually changes, becoming more comfortable. Magical indoor plumbing installs itself. A kitchen appears, stocked with food and drink. Music and video games become available. Every now and then, a charmed animal wanders up to the front door, ready to be killed. Tessa's body appears dead, unbreathing, but it still remains warm.

Finally on the fourth day, Tessa suddenly sits up, gasping for air.

"Oh merciful Woden..."

[Vespe Ratavo]

Seeing that Tessa wasn't in any danger (or at least, any that he could really do anything about) Vespe was content to spend four days playing video games, drinking blood, occasionally wondering if vampires are supposed to be able to eat human food, and checking up on her now and then, just to make sure she was still alive.

Which he just happened to be doing when Tessa sat up. What happened? Vespe hands her a bottle of water...in case, I don't know, she's thirsty from four days without water. He's not really sure how these things work.

[happyturtle]

Tessa takes a few minutes to answer, looking around and trying to get her bearings. She takes the water, but doesn't drink it, still breathing in huge gulps of air.

Finally her eyes focus. "Sorry, Vespe. I got a little caught up in the power." She converts the water bottle into a bottle of wine, and takes a long drink. "The good news is that I know where we are. The bad news is that the mana grid is damaged. Not just on this plane, the throughout the cluster. This is the low magic cluster, and it's like a dam has blown. The mana is flowing in from the high magic planes trying to reach equilibrium." She carries on in lecture mode, pacing back and forth, going over the situation in highly technical arcane language that may or may not be over Vespe's head, but is definitely over her player's head.

"Anyway, you're a Time Lord. I don't have to tell you how much damage has been done to the time stream by introducing magic where it shouldn't be. This is far beyond anything that can repair itself. The only thing I can think of is to take over myself, gather up all the magic to myself and use that power to forcibly guide the timeline back to where it should be."

"A human lifetime won't be enough for that. I'd need to become a vampire. And we'd be trapped here. So now we have to decide whether or not that's a price worth paying. Our travelling days would be over. Everyone we'd ever loved--everyone we'd ever even known--they'd be lost to us forever. It's horrible. But still, two lives, in exchange for the lives of everyone on several planes--it doesn't seem too much to ask, does it?"

[Boo]

Suddenly Dr. Nick Riviera bursts into the house, and says, "Hi everybody!" :smalltongue:

An echoing crash of metal to stone can heard coming from the south. If a window or door is open both Vespe and Tessa can slightly hear the words "DAMN THE HEAVENS!!" being yelled from the same direction.

[Vespe Ratavo]

That...is not good. He curses a bit in Elvish. But...wait. What's keeping me from sending back the police box? Is it the mana, or is it something with this plane? In my experience, nearly every time I've been separated from the box, I've been able to get it back, and more importantly, leave, as soon as the most evident problem, or biggest danger to the time stream, has been solved.

[happyturtle]

"I don't know. In theory we could leave, and let this whole region of the multiverse crumble." She thought for a moment. "Maybe there's no possible timeline in which you're willing to do that."

[Vespe Ratavo]

I guess not. Vespe sighs. Just...give me a minute. He walks outside, and sits down at the base of a tree, staring blankly into the distance.

[Boo]

In his staring, Vespe may notice a person walking through the forest a little ways away.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Bored, depressed, and with nothing better to do, Vespe follows this person.

[Boo]

((Sorry for the long response time))

The man makes several twists and turns in the forest before reaching a lone house. It sits by a small stream, and has a water wheel on it. The man enters the house, and closes the door behind himself. A light flickers on, and hammering can be heard coming from inside.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe walks up and knocks on the door.

[Boo]

The hammering stops. From inside it sounds like the occupant is stumbling over furniture. The door swings open and there stands an old, half-bald man wearing a simple tunic (but no pants). Behind him is a mess of mechanical machinery and scattered papers. In the corner of the building is a chained up wooden marionette. The man gives Vespe a strange look, and says "What do you want?" But before Vespe can utter a word, he continues, "Well?! Spit it out already! I don't have time for idiots!" He's obviously not one for manners (or pants).

[Vespe Ratavo]

Hi! I'm your new neighbor! I'm here on...business, and I just thought I'd stop in and say hello! My name is Vespe, how are you? Would you like a freshly slaughtered deer, drained of it's blood? Vespe twitches a bit as he says all this.

[Boo]

Behind him, the marionette looks like it's moving. "No! Go away you waste of flesh!" He slams door on Vespe, but it bounces open slightly. He doesn't notice, and returns to his work. Vespe can see him hammering at a single piece of wood through the door.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe walks in. That's not a very nice thing to say to your new neighbor. But me? No, I'm a good neighbor, when people tell me to go away, I go away, and I certainly don't come inside and ask obnoxious questions like - hey, what's that you're working on?

((Deadtime))

[Boo]

"What are you doing in here?! You don't just enter someone's house!! Go! Leave!" Suddenly the marionette perks its head up, and says "Hey! Visitors!" in a somewhat hollow voice. The old man's face turns white, then quickly burns red. "LEAVE! NOW!! You're not welcome, and you," He turns to the wood puppet, "Shut up!!" The old man attempts to shove Vespe out of the building, and if successful, will lock the flimsy door.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Vespe starts banging on the door. WHO WAS THAT? WAS THAT A TALKING DOLLY? YOU CAN'T HIDE FOREVER MR. JOEL! He bashes his head repeatedly on the door.