HALO XLVII: I ride this train in the windswept afternoon.....

[Tempest Fennac]

HALO

Heroic
Anti-Evil and
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HALO, a new organization dedicated to the cause of good! To protect the playground and The Town! We have selected those who we think to have the ability to help us in our cause!
Joining is simple, you keep your soul, and your blood... And someone else keeps their blood as well.
All you have to do is...

Must be non-evil
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Ask to join
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You're in if you are found worthy!

Just that!

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Previous Threads

HALO I (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63455)
HALO II (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64192)
HALO III (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64940)
HALO IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66128)
HALO V (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67026)
HALO VI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67587)
HALO VII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68189)
HALO VIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68718)
HALO IX (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3777441#post3777441)
HALO X (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69779)
HALO XI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70346)
HALO XII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70671)
HALO XIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3912751#post3912751)
HALO XIV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71933)
HALO XV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72571)
HALO XVI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3993522")
HALO XVII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74008)
HALO XVIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74745)
HALO XIX: Now thinking with Portals (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4071746#post4071746)
HALO XX: I Hate Roman Numerals. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75616)
HALO XXI: Randomness Present 24/7. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76041)
HALO XXII: I'll be coming home, just to be alone... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76254)
HALO XXIII: Yes, we ARE watching you... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76693)
HALO XXIV: Yeah, we're that cool! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4158181#post4158181)
HALO XXV: Where Sleep is the Answer (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77113)
HALO XXVI: Too many threads to count. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77373)
HALO XXVII: What are you looking at?! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77689)
HALO XXVIII: Romance is More Important than You, AMEN (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77964)
HALO XXIX: 'Cuz We're So Much Better! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78362)
HALO XXX: Brand Spankin' New! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78704)
HALO XXXI: Look Out, Super Bowl! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78936)
HALO XXXII: What do you mean "overpowered"? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79193)
HALO XXXIII: The sea's evaporating, though it comes as no surprise.... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79481)
XXXIV: We Switched to Decaf. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79819)
HALO XXXV: Open to Suggestions (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80181)
HALO XXXVI More seasons then..... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80505)
HALO XXXVII: I blame your for the moonlit sky... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80954)
HALO XXXVIII: He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81331)
HALO XXXIX: In Dee Ana Jones and the Invaders of the Last Quark!!! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4385326#post4385326)
HALO XL: To see the right.... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82046)
HALO XLI: This was a triumph, I'm making a note here.... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82547)
HALO XLII: Can't hear the rhythm for the drums. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82866)
HALO XLIII: He Who Wishes to Secure..... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83193)
HALO XLIV: I see a man with a flag and he leads the procession... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83695)
HALO XLV: I'm Good Because I Didn't Shoot (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4491571#post4491571)
XLVI: I don't believe in the sky bully. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84168)



Attention: HALO is not a part of the town. It's in a different dimension, and is unaccessible unless you PM Masato and become a member.

[FireFox]

Dem growls softly at the notpresent ex-captors of Coria. He then nods at Nicholas.

[randman22222]

((Ooops. Repost.))

I look up at Sam and Tobias.

**************

There we are. Target painter is still fitted... Maybe an energy neutrali... No, that requires a space station with much technology to fit onto here...

The shield booster is still fitted as well, so let's start The Panther up, shall we?

I start the Hound up, and notice with some dismay that I'm talking to myself in my head.

The sounds of some sort of advanced spacecraft should be audible in the airbase, but not loud enough to be disturbing.

[Quinsar]

I was kidnapped...:smallfrown:
She says, petting Dem, not wanting to talk about the horrible things they did to her.

[FireFox]

((Agh...))

Sam shoots Tobias an evil look then sighs and turns to Randy. Have you heard of werewolves? And how they can be other animals? Like weretigers and werebears?
Tobias winces as the spacecraft sounds rather loud to him.

[Tempest Fennac]

Why did they do that? Also, how are they stopping my Heal spell from working?

How did you meet Tobias?

(The title of this thread is the opening line from "I Don't Care" by Savage Garden. Looking at the lyrics, I thought the song fitted well with what's happening at the minite in HALO.)

[Quinsar]

I don't know...
She doesn't want to talk about it.

[FireFox]

Dem communicates how he tried to eat Tobias, who wrestled him. Tobias lost of course, but then they became companions.

[Tempest Fennac]

Thanks for telling me. Did he tryusing Wildshape at all?

Do you want me to try to find something that could help you with that wound? There must be something in the base that would work.

[Quinsar]

No thank you...

[Tempest Fennac]

Are you sure? It looks really painful.

[FireFox]

Dem says that Tobias did not use wildshape when wrestling.

[Quinsar]

No thank you...http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc102/quinsarny/path3576-1.png

[Tempest Fennac]

How the heck did he survive? I know I'm relatively wea, but Tobias must be really strong.
Okay. Tell me if you change your mind.

[FireFox]

"He really didn't. He's not, I stopped mauling him after awhile..."

[Quinsar]

Coria sits down on the ground.

[Tempest Fennac]

That makes more sense then how I imagined it to be honest.

[FireFox]

Aurea laughs at Dem.

[Tempest Fennac]

Hi, Aurea. I didn't notice you. How is everything?

[randman22222]

I look up at Sam, but don't stand up. Yeah. If she's a were-something... Then in all honesty, that's really not a big deal. Would just get mildly annoying once a month or something.

************

Once the ship is warmed up, I lift it off the ground, and warp into a high orbit around this planet. Hmm, I do rather hope there was no one in the airbase, because the sonic boom would be nigh unbearable. I cloak, and turn on my directional scanner. The cat and mouse game begins.

[Quinsar]

Coria pets Dem.

[FireFox]

Tobias throws up a magical sheild to protect Sam and Randy from the boom and then passes out himself.

Sam sits down by Randy. Well those are essentially what Laguz are. And I just learned that my mother was one...


Fine, how are you?

[Tempest Fennac]

I'm fine thanks. I'm worried about Kiba, though. Explains what happened if Aurea hasn't hard about it yet.

[FireFox]

That doesn't sound too good...

[Tempest Fennac]

I know what you mean. I'm sending Nicholas on the rescue mission so that I can stay here in case something goes wrong. Would you be interrested in helping? I still need to ask Randy about his reconaissance mission.

[FireFox]

I would be glad to help out.

[Tempest Fennac]

Thanks. The mission will probably require a fair bit of organisation before it can start.

[FireFox]

Aurea nods as her player gets that image of a Golden Dragon taking on the Russian Air Force again :smallamused:

[Tempest Fennac]

(You mean she's fought the Russian air force before?) Have you seen Randy today? I'll ask him about his findings now if you know where he is.

[FireFox]

((No, I mean that is what might end up happening...))
He's with Sam in the Airbase right now...

[randman22222]

I let out a sigh, and start thinking. And so you can turn into some creature?

*****************

Hmmm. He's within 14AU, on the sun's side relative to me. Let's see how far withi...

Nevermind there he is. Just came out of warp 40 kilometers away. He must know about this planet's inhabitants. Probably a scout, though.

If he lands, he'll just bring reinforcements to enslave the population here! I'm doing something.

I uncloak the ship, so that he can see what many have mistaken to be a soft target.

[Tempest Fennac]

Thanks. I'll go and talk with him about it. See you later. Tempest leaves and goes to the airbase where he finds Randy.

To Aurea. Hi. I'm Nicholas. How long have you been in HALO for?

[Quinsar]

Coria keeps petting Dem.

[FireFox]

No... Because my Father is a human... I'm just a bastard mix of the two.

A few months...

[Tempest Fennac]

Tempest finds Randy. Hi, guys. Randy, were you able to find the Angle's of Mercy's base?

Okay. How did you join in the first place? Nicholas sounds curious.

[randman22222]

Tempest, could you come back later?

Why, exactly, were you so worried about me knowing this? I make sure to look into her eyes... Which I'm not sure I've been doing completely on purpose lately... And I see nothing wrong with this. Yet... There won't be though...

[Quinsar]

Are you hungry Dem?

[Tempest Fennac]

Okay. I'll see you later. If you can't find me, please could you leave a note in near my room? Tempest goes back to the base before entering the kitchen.

[Inigo Montoya]

Jenny undeadtimes, and looks around.

Wow...I was out for a while...
----

Holo-Inigo pops into the room that Tempest is in.

[Tempest Fennac]

Hi, Inigo. How is everything? (is it me oris this going to be confusing considering how Tempest has been back from that mission for ages?:smalltongue:)

[FireFox]

Sam looks at him, such a confusing flurry of emotions... I.. wasn't sure how you would... react.

Tobias rescued me from an evil cleric, adopted me, and brought me here. Aurea chooses her words carefully.

Dem looks up at Coria and nods.

[Quinsar]

Coria goes to the fridge and pulls out a steak.
Want this?:smallbiggrin:

[Szilard]

Jr.
I finish exercising after a while. Later Nate, c'mone Tsume. and I leave his room.

[Inigo Montoya]

Good! My real self is still gone though.

[Tempest Fennac]

This evil Cleric isn't still around, is he?

When do you think you'll be able to get back here? I've missed you since you vanished.

[Kaelaroth]

((undeadtimes))

Kal walks into the kitchen.

The panda bumps into Junior.

[FireFox]

((deadtime))

[Szilard]

Hey Panda:smallsmile:, have you met my new animal companion yet? I call him Tsume.

[Quinsar]

Nathan keeps working out.


Coria begins to wander.

[Kaelaroth]

The panda shakes its head, and waves to be picked up. He's sticky, having not been washed by anyone for a while.

Kal gets himself a drink.

Dromes swarm into the base.

Kal's player goes over to the dreamscape thread to continue what's happening with Sizzle.

[Tempest Fennac]

Tempest tries to clean the panda using Prestigitation.

[Szilard]

I pick up Panda and place him on Tsume for a ride.:smallsmile: How'd you get so stiky?:smallsmile:

[Inigo Montoya]

No idea. Say, who's this?

Holo-Inigo points at the panda.
-----

Jenny starts to wonder the base, a book in front of her face.

[Quinsar]

Nathan leaves his room.



Coria continues to wander.

[Tempest Fennac]

He's been here for a while. We just call him Panda. He has the ability to create forcefields whily bypassing magical wards. He was apparently "born" as a result of a laboratory accident. Hi, Kal. How are you?

[Kaelaroth]

The panda's cleaned by the spell. Me get juice, and daddy not here to give bath, so me get more juice to clean off old juice but me get more juice to get more juice, as it no worky, as daddy not here! The panda giggles, but is a little afraid of the wolf, and the hologram.

Kal sits down.

Dromes flit about.

[Inigo Montoya]

Oh. Well, Hello little guy...

Holo-Inigo smiles at the panda.

[Quinsar]

Nathan continues to wander, he can be dromed more.

[Szilard]

:smallconfused: Panda was my brother and Kiba, did... unimaginable things to him. I try not to be sad, for Panda's sake, seems to be able to read minds. Yeah, so now my brother is fuzzy and cute.:smallsmile:

[Kaelaroth]

Kal, gets up, and picks up Tempest to pet him, and, not wanting to embarrass the fennec, telepathically asks Do you want those toys? They were for the panda, but, if you liked them...

The panda waves at the hologram, and is befuddled by Junior's covering up of her emotions. Me cuteypie, daddy says so when me go shleeepy! Yeah! He strokes Tsume.

Dromes creep toward Nathan, for funsies.

[Tempest Fennac]

Inigo, just so your frwarned, there are dromes which can change people's memories. Randy recovered his from what I can gather, but a lot of people haven't yet. The panda would probably like them moe thn I would. Thanks for the offer though (if there's any that Panda doesn't want, please could I have them?)

[Quinsar]

Nathan sits down.

[Kaelaroth]

Dromes hang about Nathan, piling up, getting ready for a large modification... :smallamused:

Kal nods, and blurs for half a second, returning to catch Tempest before he falls. He hands him a nice-smelling chewtoy. There y'are. :smallsmile:

[Quinsar]

Nathan is unaware totally.

[Tempest Fennac]

Yay! Thank you! I'll see you all later. Tempes leaves with the chew toy. Nicholas wanders off somewhere as well. (Deadtime until tomorrow. Goodnight everyone.)

[Kaelaroth]

Kal waves to Tempest, happy to have done something nice for a friend.

The dromes pile on Nathan, and make these additional changes:
- Sizzle's secretly evil - only Nathan knows, but he hasn't told Junior yet, for fear of upsetting her. Nothing Sizzle says can be trusted.
- The other HALOers have long tried to coerce Nathan into believing weird things are happening to his body - but that's because they're just trying to control him, it's not his fault he has mental issues!
- He has mental issues (of your choice what).
- He purposely turned himself into a puppy, as potion usage gives him a high, and he hates his on form.

[Quinsar]

Nathan is now Bipolar... He begins to look for Junior, depressed.

[Inigo Montoya]

Jwnny hears the drones, and draws her gun.

[Quinsar]

Nathan keeps looking for Junior.

[Kaelaroth]

((... How does she hear them? They're invisible, and inaudible, and intangible. Basically, not here...))

[Szilard]

((She heard the drones, not the dromes silly.:smalltongue:))

[Quinsar]

Nathan keeps looking for Junior.

[FireFox]

((Undeadtime))

Sam sits by Randy, looking at him in the airbase.

Dem scarfs down the previously offered steak.
Aurea is in the kitchen.

[Kaelaroth]

((... I really need to lay off the alcohol... :smallwink: Sorry Inigo))

Kal bumps into Nathan.

[Quinsar]

Nathan sighs, and looks at Kal.
Hey...

[Kaelaroth]

Hey... "Kiddo", what's up? Kal smiles at Nathan, a friendly face.

[Quinsar]

I'm looking for Siz...
He stares at the ground, not looking at Kal.

[Szilard]

Jr. was talking with... someone earlier, I think it was Tempest and Holo Inigo. She is with Panda and Tsume.

[Kaelaroth]

Which one? And... are you OK? Kal reaches out to put a comforting arm on Nathans shoulder.

The panda promptly takes out a small carton of juice, seemingly from nowhere, and drinks, once again, covering itself in juice. It really needs a bath.

[Quinsar]

Junior...
Nathan tries to push Kal's arm away.
Why would I be okay?

[randman22222]

Sam looks at him, such a confusing flurry of emotions... I.. wasn't sure how you would... react.

Tobias rescued me from an evil cleric, adopted me, and brought me here. Aurea chooses her words carefully.

Dem looks up at Coria and nods.

I put my head against the wall behind me, and remain silent for a bit.

You didn't know how I'd react? I... I wouldn't change my opinions for that... Or anything... I don't seem like I would at all... Do I?

[Szilard]

:smallconfused:What's wrong with you?

[FireFox]

Truth be told, I thought it wasn't a real bad thing... but then I read in the file about the hatred people have towards my kind, Branded is the term, and I... I don't know... Sam was starting to come to realize that her fear that this knowledge would make Randy hate her is slightly irrational.

[Quinsar]

Nathan tries to hug Junior.

[Kaelaroth]

Kal looks, a little worried. The panda tries to hug Nathan.

[FireFox]

Tobias comes to his senses and quietly goes back to the base and walks alone in a hall.

[Szilard]

:smalleek: I hug him back, wondering what is wrong. What's up?

[Quinsar]

I tried to kill myself again last night...
He tries to stroke Junior's hair.



Quinsar is in his room.


Teen Quinsar is in the library.



Coria is in her room.

[randman22222]

Hatred back on Earth? From who?
No one's gonna hate you here. I think we're a lot more levelheaded than that. She should take it for granted that I'm not gonna hate her for being born differently.

[Szilard]

:smallconfused: But, you were exercising the whole time, I saw you.

[Kaelaroth]

Kal, getting tired of watching the romances of these teens (handily forgetting his own youthful accidents) wanders to the library, where he sees teen Quinsar. He thinks to himself, Are we running a day-care centre?! But says Hey.

[Quinsar]

I thought about it... I was going to... If you weren't there, I would have...
He keeps stroking her hair.




Hi...
Teen Quinsar looks up.

[FireFox]

Sam just shrugs, smiling slightly. She was just being silly, Randy was right... right?

Tobias makes his way to Quinsar's room, takes a deep breath, and knocks.

[Kaelaroth]

Kal walks in. Do I know you?

The panda shimmies up Nathan's leg, onto his shoulder.

[Szilard]

:smalleek::smallfrown: Is that why you were sweating and with your shirt off?

[Quinsar]

I don't think so...



...Yeah... I love you...

[Szilard]

:smalleek:...:smallsmile:I know. Wait, shouldn't Nate be Han? Eh, doesn't matter that much to me.I love you too.:smallsmile:

[Quinsar]

What do you want to do?

[FireFox]

Tobias knocks on Quinsar's door.

[Kaelaroth]

The panda wants to be hugged too... :smallfrown:

I'm Kal. Nice to meet you, Mr...? He sits down near the kid.

[Quinsar]

Quinsar answers the door, he's holding a vial of blood.
Yes?



Quinsar...

[Kaelaroth]

Kal dismisses the thought that there're yet more age muddled up clones, and settles down to read, after nodding at the teen.

The panda gives up on Nathan, and makes it clear that he wants a bath to Sizzle Junior.

((deadtime))

[FireFox]

Orianna told me that I attacked you on her last night. I have since come across evidence that leads me to believe I was brainwashed somehow into doing that. I'd like to apologize though.

[Szilard]

Lunch would be good.:smallsmile:

***
Sizzle
I pop up next to Panda, covered in Blood, and in the form of a Panda, I wield a toy sword.
Wait, I was once a Girl:smalleek:.
At least I know about Panda now.

[Quinsar]

Laad on...




Apology accepted...
Quinsar shakes the vial of blood.

[FireFox]

Tobias eyes the vial. He shouldn't judge, he has vials of his own blood in his pouch. Oh, and Coria is back. He grins, remembering Quinsar's discomfort when she had tried to kiss him.

[randman22222]

I smile back at Sam. So, now that you know no one here is going to hate you, whadya wanna do now? Blech... That whiskey bit was somewhat nasty.

****************

Hah, he's taken the bait; headed straight for me... Or not. He was just aligning to somewhere.

Hey! He's warped to the airbase! How the hell does he know about it?!

I follow him in warp.

Since the Retribution came out of warp about 30km from the airbase, anyone there must've heard a decent sized sonic boom.

[Quinsar]

Quinsar shudders.
Where was she?

[Szilard]

Jr.
:smallsmile:I lead Nate to the kitchen.

Sizzle
I pick up panda in my mouth and bring him to the river that appeared in my room. I wonder who became a druid?
I wahs the blood off me and the juice off Panda.

[FireFox]

Sam shrugs but then cries out in pain as her sensitive ears catch the noise.

Tobias starts to laugh, but then becomes serious. She was taken prisoner and then... tortured. I'm going to see if Boudica can help me burn the castle where they held her to the ground.

[Quinsar]

Oh... Are you two still together?
Quinsar opens his door, to let Tobias in.



Nathan sits down.

[FireFox]

Tobias enters. No, my soul got fixed, remember?
((:smalltongue:))

[Quinsar]

Oh yeah.
Quinsar laughs, and leads Tobias to a lab area.

[Szilard]

Jr.
I make some tacos and other Mexican food.

Sizzle
After washing myself off, I grab some pants that fit, just in case I turn back human in public.

[randman22222]

Christ! What was that? I jump to my feet, and begin scanning the sky.

**********

I come out of warp 20km away from him, and this time, I lock onto him, jam his warp drive's computer, and start painting his craft, while approaching him, as fast as this slow thing will take me.

[FireFox]

Tobias follows. And when I'm done with that, I'm going to pay a visit to the old friend who brainwashed me into attacking you.

Sam is lying on the ground, one hand on her ears, the other reaches for her gun butt. Sadly, it's actually lying in the kitchen right now...

[Quinsar]

Yeah...
Quinsar begins to work on the blood.



Thanks.

[FireFox]

So, if you don't mind me asking... Tobias raises an eyebrow at the blood that was being "worked on"

[Quinsar]

It's a project I'm working on for me and Orianna...

[FireFox]

Oh? :smallconfused:

[Szilard]

((Ooh! I think I just figured out their project. I should pay more attention so I could have found out earlier.))

[Quinsar]

Yes, this is her blood, mine is over there... He poins at a vial of a glowing yellow liquid.

[FireFox]

Uhuh... Tobias is paying close attention now.

[randman22222]

I help Sam up, if she's in a condition to be helped up.

***********

He's turned on his microwarpdrive, so another sonic boom. He's climbed up to two km/s, so he'll be within webifier range very quickly. He won't know what's hit him.

I fire off a first salvo of three cruise missiles at him, which hit, but he's simply traveling too fast for them to do that much damage.

The cruise missiles had a tactical nuclear payload, with an explosive range of about two kilometers. If I had any other cruise missiles available, I'd use them, but now I'm probably bathing the island in radiation.

[Quinsar]

Quinsar reaches for his own blood, and begins to work on it.

[FireFox]

Leaning on Randy, Sam winces at the noise. We should get under cover.

Tobias watches. So what's your aim?

[Quinsar]

Get the blood in to the right state...

[FireFox]

How annoyingly cryptic, but I really should not have expected anything else...

[Quinsar]

What did you want to hear?

[randman22222]

I watch the small nuclear explosions go off. God... You're right. Those look nuclear.

To prove my point, a siren goes off in the hangar, followed by a message, Hazardous radiation levels detected. Evacuate to the main base. Repeat several times.

A different message can be heard in the main base. Hazardous radiation levels detected in airbase. Teleportation device locked down.

*************

He's started firing his lasers at me. Looks like dual pulse lasers, with some nasty focusing crystal that's making short work of my shields. Oh well, he's in webifier range now.

I turn it on, and smile a bit. :smallamused:

Seeing most of his ship's thrusters turn off, and him fall to around 700 m/s, I fire a second salvo. These wipe his shields out completely, and get into his ship's armour. This is where it'll slow down a bit...

[Volug]

((Loooo...
I wonder what's for dinner.))

Sam, is still strapped down in the infirmary.

---------
Tsume... Uh... I dunno

[FireFox]

Anything close to "Not hurt any of your charges" would be a preferred answer I guess. Tobias grins.

Sam let's out a very unladylike stream of profanity as she heads for the teleporter.

[Quinsar]

Yeah...
Quinsar begins to mix the blood.

[FireFox]

Tobias continues to watch, both satisfying his curiosity and sense of duty.

[Quinsar]

Oh I'm gonna being working on this... So you probably won't see me until saturday/sunday after today....
He continues to mix the blood.

[Szilard]

Jr.
Tsume was left in the wherever we left him. I wonder if he likes tacos.

[FireFox]

That long of a ritual? Are you going to tell me what it's for or should I just wheedle it out of her?

[Quinsar]

You can guess... If you get it right, I'll tell you...

[Szilard]

((I would guess he's makeing their kid...but I'm not there.))

[FireFox]

Hm... two samples of DNA... Yours and hers... Ah. No wait, that's just overly complicated then...

[randman22222]

((*Ahem.*))


A different message can be heard in the main base. Hazardous radiation levels detected in airbase. Teleportation device locked down.

I follow her to the teleporter, jogging fairly quickly.

**********

My shields are completely wiped, and my armour is going fast.

Not as fast as his. My third and final volley goes out, and blasts clear through his armour, most of it melting or flying off, to plummet into the sea below.

He's taken a good bit of hull damage, and I see one of his turrets was destroyed in that volley.

Shouldn't have picked a fight with this Hound.

Over the local radio, I say, Good bye, and good riddance, soldier of the Amarr.

[Quinsar]

Quinsar waits, still working on the blood.

[FireFox]

Sam goes to the teleporter and tries to access it.


Hm. My only idea only makes sense if you really are ball-less Quinny. He gives the mage a teasing grin.

[Volug]

Jr.
Tsume was left in the wherever we left him. I wonder if he likes tacos.

Oh, hai.

Well, if you are on, Tsume is near JR... He took the liberty of cloning himself with a spell. But his human self is gone.

[Quinsar]

Not funny...
Quinsar continues to work.
So whats your guess?

[FireFox]

Tobias shrugs. Either some kind of heavy protection ward or you're going to magically produce a kid.

[Szilard]

Jr. and Nate are eating Tacos, so I guess "Tsume" followed.

[Quinsar]

Two actually....
He keeps working.

[FireFox]

Tobias considers this. The... conventional way not being an option?

[Volug]

Yes, Tsume is then near Jr watching them eat tacos.

He's starting to feel a bit different... Hm... Maybe it's this whole Animal companion deal.

[Quinsar]

Yeah...
Quinsar nods.

[FireFox]

Huh. Well best of luck to you then. Hope they take after their mother. Another teasing grin and Tobias starts to leave.

[Szilard]

((:smalleek: I just thought of how weird it would be if Jr. had a kid, when she's only about two months old.))

[Quinsar]

Yeah... Thanks...



Coria leaves her room, which is next to Quinsar's.




Thank you Siz...

[randman22222]

((No one reacted to the sirens and messages going off in the main base?))

I follow her after she's teleported through, but find that we're surrounded by DRD's, which are setting up a small tent, and have sealed the door leading out of the teleporter room.

Doesn't take me long to figure this out. :smalleek:

**************

Just as he's scraped his way through half of my armour, my fourth volley launches, and passes through the hull and armour, and goes off in three different places, right behind the cockpit.

The scraps and pieces of twisted metal fly out in the explosion, and arc into the sea.

Before the soldier's escape pod can get away, I have it scrambled and webbed. See that airbase over there? Let's head that way, shall we?

[FireFox]

Tobias stops at the exit to Quinsar's tower, takes a well-worn piece of paper out and writes something on it before returning it to his pocket. He then exits the room.

Sam's a little out of it, so she just stares, not comprehending.

[Quinsar]

Coria is locking her door.

[Szilard]

You're welcome.:smallsmile:

[FireFox]

Hey Coria, feeling better?

[Quinsar]

Yeah... I had a shower...
She smiles at him.

[Volug]

Tsume looks at Jr.

[Quinsar]

What do yuo want to do?

[FireFox]

So what do you feel like doing?

[Quinsar]

We could go somewhere...

[randman22222]

One of the DRD's finishes setting up a portable, lead-lined furnace, and says, Put your clothes in here, and then enter the shower tent. It points to the tent that is now set up.

I blush much, and the begin taking my shirt off.

**************

My computer picks up a new signal. The soldier has initiated the self-destruct sequence of his pod. Hope he has a clone somewhere...

I wait next to him, to see if he gets cold feet.

[Szilard]

I don't really know...

[FireFox]

Was there anywhere you had in mind?

Sam's eyes open wide as her face turns beet red. Muttering something about "stupid radiation", she starts undressing.

[Quinsar]

Not really...




Oh...

[FireFox]

Tobias scratches his head as he thinks.

[Szilard]

Maybe we can try to find out what that radiation is about.

[Quinsar]

It's up to you Toby...



Lead on...

[randman22222]

I undress, put my clothes and combat knife into the furnace, and enter the tent, looking away from Sam the whole time, and begin showering, making darn sure that there's not a fleck of radioactive dust left anywhere.

******************

No cold feet. The pod explodes, and a torn, mangled corpse plummets to the ocean below.

I fly back to the clearing in the forest where I landed last time, and begin to contemplate how to repair the damage my ship's armour took.

[FireFox]

Tobias really has no idea where to go, he stops all the different trains of thoughts running through his mind and smiles at Coria. Well what kind of activity are you in the mood for?

Sam sighs, and finishing undressing, steps into the shower with her back to Randy and starts cleaning. Who was firing off nukes?

[Szilard]

Hmm, they said teleportation was closed, so might as well start there...
I walk to the teleportation thing.

[Volug]

Tsume will follow Jr., whereever she goes.

[Quinsar]

Nathan follows Junior.




We could go swimming...

[FireFox]

Sure, I have a fair sized pond in my room...

[Szilard]

I approach the teleportation thing and i look at it, though it probably won't yeild clues to whatever happened at the airbase.

[randman22222]

The room with the teleporters is sealed. Good and sealed. No way to get in.

A DRD comes up to me, and tells me I am no longer emitting radiation. I feel like pointing out that I never was, the dust on me was, but then remember it's a DRD, and that would be pointless.

I exit, without looking at Sam, which is tricky, seeing as she's closer to the entrance than I am. Still, I manage to only see a bit of her back and shoulder.

The DRD gives me some white boxers, pants, and a white shirt that look as if they're out of some kind of utopian/dystopian movie where everyone is dressed the same, and has numbers for names. I dress in them, and wait for them to open the door.

***************

I turn off my ship, and begin to wonder how to make it to the base without becoming irradiated...

[Quinsar]

Then lets go swimming...:smallamused:

[Volug]

((What happened at the air base?))

[randman22222]

((Read my posts! :smallamused:))

[Volug]

They are too long though, I'll just deadtime.

[FireFox]

Sam realizes that her favorite concealable throwing knife got destroyed but is just glad she wasn't wearing her gun. Sam sighs unhappily and continues washing, after watching Randy walk out.

Tobias leads the way to his room.

[Quinsar]

Coria follows, smiling.

[randman22222]

A DRD tells Sam that she's not emitting radiation either, and hands her undergarments, and identical white pants and a shirt, long sleeved as well.
In pale, faded grey on the shirt, the number 00542 is printed.

I look down at my shirt, my back still to the tent, and notice that I do have a number... 00917

I'm not Randy anymore. I'm unit 00917. Thank you, O DRDs of HALO.

************

I decide to sleep it off, and wait for radiation levels to lower naturally, not that I have any idea how long that'll take.

[FireFox]

Tobias enters the Glade and undoes his sword belt and takes off his pouch as well.

Sam frowns at the shirt but dresses quickly. Where did those stupid robots get these shirts?

[Quinsar]

Coria begins to take off her sandals.

[FireFox]

Tobias sits down and deboots his feet and starts to take off his tunic.

[randman22222]

The DRDs begin spraying the whole room down, and... doing something with all the water. Not sure what, but none of it is left shortly afterwards.

A DRD announces that the room is decontaminated, and then they teleport up to the airbase, and one starts to unseal the large lead door that seemingly came out of nowhere, allowing us to leave.

That was interesting... I turn back to Sam, assuming it's okay to do so now. Well, I'm going to bed now. G'night, unit zero-zero-five-four-two. :smallamused: I smile lopsidedly.

[Quinsar]

Coria takes off her bracers, and begins to untie her over robes.

[Szilard]

((Wait, so they came in throught the teleporting room thing? or are they somewhere else?))

[FireFox]

Sam scowls at Randy for a second and then shakes her head smiling. Goodnight.

Tobias dives into the water.

[randman22222]

((They came in through the teleporter room, but the DRDs had it sealed, so that they couldn't leave, and no one could enter.))

As soon as the DRD finishes unsealing the door, I exit, and go to my room, to fall asleep, get rid of these clothes, and... sleep.

((Deadtime.))

[Quinsar]

Coria strips into her underwear, and jumps in.

[Szilard]

((But it's open now?:smallconfused:))

[randman22222]

((Now it is.))

[FireFox]

Sam goes to her room to change.

Tobias wildshapes into an otter and swims around.

[Quinsar]

Coria smiles.


((Deadtime))

[FireFox]

((Okay, deadtime myself))

[Szilard]

((You guys took a while takeing your clothes off.:smalltongue:))

[Volug]

((Helluuuu?))

Undeadtime.

[Szilard]

I'm here...kind of.

[Volug]

Tsume will still be with Jr. He feels slightly different...

[Volug]

I'm alone now...

D=

[Szilard]

Still here, just, not doing anything.

[Volug]

I'm still alone in this thread

D=

[Szilard]

Somehow, a mindflayer pirate gets into the base.

[Volug]

Brains?

Well, only playable character at the moment is Tsume. There is a clone (that Tsume created via spell) of him in human form, elsewhere... Not here.

The Tsume here is in wolf form, and Jr's animal companion.

Can he catch the scent of the mindflayer?:smallconfused:

[Szilard]

Probably...
smells like seafood.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd233/SzilardG/DavidJones.png

[Volug]

Tsume smells him then.

He tries to get Jr's attention.

[Mee]

Orianna un-deadtimes, and begins to wander.
Humming to herself.

[Szilard]

((Deadtime.))

[Volug]

NOOOOOOOOOO[/darth vader]

Uh... What to do now...

[Mee]

Umm . . . Orianna is wandering, with evil looking red glowy stuff following her?

[Volug]

Uh...

Hm, might as well use Priscella...

Priscella is wandering again, and see's Orianna. She tries to hide in a un-used room nearby hoping nothing saw her.

[Mee]

Upon closer examination, Orianna seems . . . decayed, and is walking around saying: "Braaaaaiiinnssssssss. . ."

[Volug]

I thought she was Humming...:smalltongue:

Priscella gets scared, she wish she had her mommy with her. She holds her breath trying not to scream.

[Mee]

((. . . She was. >.>
Then it all changed when you said now what.
Never say that. :smalltongue:))
Yes! It's the doppleganger that was once masquerading as her! Back from the dead!

As a zombie.
It continues to wander.

[Volug]

Priscella peaks her head out to see if the Zombie it is gone, in fact, it's just ahead of her with it's back to her now.

She can't hold her breath any longer, she gasps.

[Mee]

The zombie doesn't notice. It's . . . busy . . . doing . . . something.

As Garad un-deadtimes, and comes out into the hallway, as the zombie turns the corner, and is out of sight.

[Volug]

Priscella quickly ducks back into the room so Garad doesn't see her.

[Mee]

((Who is Priscella?))
Unfortunately, Garad is more observant then the zombie, and sees the head going from in the hall, to in the room.
And follows her in a non-threatening manner.

[Volug]

Priscella tries to quickly hide.

Priscella is Moro's daughter (and was abandoned by Moro), she was suppost to be a wolf but cannot transform into one. She has silver hair, as well as Silver wolf ears and tail. She's 6 years old.

She also ALWAYS carries a stuffed wolf (stuffed animal) with her at all times.

[Mee]

One of the nice features of the eye HUD thingy, is a heat sensor.
He finds her, and kneels.
"Heya, Kiddo."
He sounds fairy nice, and not too threatening.

[Volug]

N-No... Go away!

She doesn't look at him.

[Mee]

". . . why? Did I do something bad?"
He's let a lot of his paranoia leave. And is actually curious.

[Volug]

She starts sniffing, like she's about to cry.

[Mee]

:smalleek: "Please don't cry.
Please?"
The zombie is in the kitchen, eating a PB&J sandwich fairly messily.

[Volug]

Priscella clutches the stuffed wolf tighter, and keeps sniffling.

[Mee]

". . . That's a pretty wolf."
He says, trying desperately to change the subject. Hopefully to one she likes talking about.

[Volug]

My Mommy gave it to me! I won't let you take him away!
Now she starts crying, she's touchy, and hard to deal with... So don't feel that bad:smalltongue:

[Mee]

"I'm not going to take it away. I was just pointing out that it was a pretty wolf.
And that your mother has a good eye for those things."
He avoids saying 'toys' just in case.
((I don't feel bad. I just pity poor Garad. :smalltongue: ))

[Volug]

"Things"? Owch.....

He's not a thing!!!

Crying, a lot now...

May be a bit before I post again.

[Mee]

"Nono, you misunderstand, I didn't mean 'thing' in a 'thing' sort of way, I meant thing as in 'I'm not sure what to call him' sort of way.
I don't even know his name."
((Okay, I'll be here.
*Waits for someone*))
EDIT:((Actually, deadtime. I'll try to be back later.))

[Volug]

((I just had to do something))

She ignores him, or can't hear him. Because she's crying.

[Mee]

((Oh, then ignore the edit for a few more minutes.))
He sighs, and stands.
"I'm sorry."
He starts to walk off.

[Volug]

She keeps crying, in her hiding place.

Human-Tsume pops back into the HALO base, somewhere:smalltongue:

Though if Mee has to deadtime, might as well do it know unless you want to do somethign with Tsume >.>

((Buuuuuut It'll be 15 minutes before my next post maybe...))

[Mee]

I don't have to go yet. And I'll see you in about 15 minutes, if I'm still here.

He ends up in the kitchen, and comes face to face with the zombie.
He kills in without much though, and continues to wander, kinda sad about the little girl.

[Volug]

He'll come across Tsume, who just happens to be there.

(NOW 15 minutes...)

[Mee]

"Hey. . . person."
He's given up labeling people.

He re-loads his Assault Rifle.

[Volug]

Tsume.

Easy to tell, as I said, that he's an assasin.

((... >.>))

[Mee]

"Hey."
((Obvious how?

And aren't you supposed to be gone?))
EDIT:((Deadtime now. Dee you guys later. I hope.))

[FireFox]

Aurea undeadtimes in the kitchen.

((Bah! I just missed you.))

[Volug]

((Oh... Took longer then I thought...))

Tsume just goes into the kitchen then >.>

[FireFox]

Aurea eyes Tsume cautiously. If he does that mind thing, he should know that she's a Golden Dragon...

[Volug]

Oh he already knows... Already knows....:smalltongue:

Joking, though if your fine about him finding out she's a golden dragon, yeah he will, but it will take him a little bit.

I'm not sure how Golden Dragons work, but if she can sense evil or anything dealing with evil... She may want Tsume dead, dead as quick as possible. No, he's not evil, but there is quite a strong (very strong) evil-something about him.

[FireFox]

She can't detect that unless she casts a spell, but as he "looks like an assasin" she naturally distrusts him. Who are you?
((So help me, if you say the "Fireman"... :smalltongue:))

[Volug]

((No, I only based the money thing of the "Fireman" since I thought it was awesome:smallbiggrin:
Otherwise, no, pretty much a generic assasin with extra stuff I threw in there to make him seem like he's not generic. Like the wolf stuff >.>
The only origenal character I made is Masato, Priscella, and Sam (even though Sam is in a group from a game).
All others I used names, and added some stuff from my favorite video games...))

Tsume Hyuga.

[FireFox]

((I agree, Volke is pretty cool...))

Aurea Goswell.