Start of #AEMC buffer: Sun Oct 25 21:43:12 2009 [18:05:55] [Okay, last we saw our heroes, they had chased a shadowy figure to the top floor of an apartment building only to corner it as it attacked a young girl. The figure we discovered is the Cardian known as Vampir, which it so elegantly announced to the heroes] [18:06:02] [Session Start] [18:06:37] * Echo backpeddles in surprise, a small yelp coming out from her mouth. [18:06:53] * Natsumi bounces from one foot to the other. "Hey, you're a monster, aren't you?" [18:07:06] W-w-w-what the HELL IS THAT?! [18:07:50] [drops the girl and raises its right arm at the girls. A red flower is where her hand should be and it opens to reveal a pair of tendrils which launch themselves at Natsumi] [18:11:58] * Natsumi backflips out of the way. "Yep! You're a monster alright." [18:12:34] * Kaori is staring at both Natsumi and the monster open-mouthed. [18:13:47] * Echo backed up more and asked Bunny, "Oh my god! What IS that?" [18:14:03] * Alt-Eisen changes topic to 'Init: Natsumi, Vampir, Echo, Kaori' [18:15:50] "Not idea! But its giving off a strong dimensional distortion effect!" [18:20:31] "What can we do about it then?" [18:21:03] "Gimme a moment to analyze it!" [18:23:55] * Kaori backs away from the monster. "Natsumi, what're you doing?! Run!" [18:29:43] No way! It's gonna eat that girl then plant its eggs in her! And I'm not gonna let that happen! [18:30:45] "Hey, I think we can capture this thing!" [18:31:31] * Natsumi rushes at the monster, holding her left fist back. Then she thrusts it forward in a straight punch at the face, then tries again with her left hand. She strikes the monster in the gut with her palm, causing the creature to double over, before she uppercuts it. [18:31:48] Sho. Ryu! KEN! [18:32:05] [staggers back and then starts glowing] [18:32:06] * Natsumi shakes her hand a little. [18:32:49] * Kaori stares in disbelief. "What just happened." [18:32:55] "Now!" [jumps up and fires a beam of green light from his eyes just as the monster transforms into a card. The card is sucked into the green light and vanishes] [18:33:14] We saved this girl, is waht happened. [18:33:25] * Natsumi pumps her fist. "Whoo!" [18:34:00] "Vampir Card Installed!" [18:34:33] Di...did you just punch a vampire in the face? I'm actually seeing this, right? [18:34:36] [emits a burping sound following that] [18:35:33] No, I punched something that said it was a vampire in the face. [18:36:38] * Natsumi frowns. "What do we do about the girl?" [18:36:42] "That was a constructed being. Professor Sanada installed a device in me that can capture and store various controlled creatures of similar types" [18:37:14] "And you're probably gonna call it videogamish" [18:37:31] "I think the girl is just unconcious" [18:37:46] I...I'll check to see if she's okay. [18:39:02] [lies there] [18:39:10] * Kaori bends down to check on her, looking for any signs of injury and checking her pulse and breathing. [18:39:47] [seems to be unconcious as if something had drained her physical stamina] [18:39:59] * Echo looks at Bunny weirdly before also checking on the girl with Kaori. [18:41:07] She okay? [18:42:13] * Kaori frowns. "I'm no doctor, but she doesn't SEEM to be in any immediate danger. I can't quite figure out what's wrong with her, though." [18:43:53] We should probably get her to a hospital, or something. [18:43:57] * Echo nods. "I could check her out with some more equipment, but all I can tell is that she's drained of her strength." [18:44:24] "Vampir did it" [18:45:22] So... is she gonna be okay now? [18:45:25] * Natsumi picks up the girl [18:45:47] "She's suffering from extreme exhaustion. That's all" [18:46:15] * Kaori folds her arms. "So it just...sucked some of the life out of her...somehow?" [18:46:30] * Echo suggests, "Let's put her in her bed. And I think we should go back to the ship... This is clearly different from our world." [18:46:32] "Uh huh" [18:47:18] Great idea, where's her bed? [18:47:22] And we gotta find what's her face. [18:48:42] * Kaori nods, still pale. "The situation's changed. We've got to get out of here, or at least regroup. Or something." [18:49:12] [there is an open door at the end of the hall near where the girl was attacked] [18:49:29] * Natsumi looks through the door [18:49:44] [it's the girl's apartment] [18:50:14] * Natsumi takes off her shoes and goes to find a likely bed. [18:50:33] [the bed is easily found] [18:50:52] * Echo carries Bunny with her and follows behind. "So, do you know what that vampire was made from? And what it was doing here?" [18:51:19] "Likely it was sent by the meteor. It has the same smell" [18:51:35] * Natsumi puts her in the bed. Then goes back to put her shoes back on. "Mission accomplished." [18:52:12] That's just great! So we haven't even gotten a lead on what we're supposed to be looking for, and we're meeting alien vampires! [18:53:24] "I have a hunch that Margarita will likely seek out the meteor's occupants. I'm sending a message up to the ship to keep track of that apartment building" [18:55:22] * Natsumi nods [18:58:32] "For now though, if I may make a suggestion, perhaps you could find a place to rest till morning?" [18:58:57] * Natsumi thinks. [18:59:01] Like this apartment? [18:59:17] "If you don't mind sleeping in a hall..." [19:00:33] W-wait, you mean we have to stay down here?! Why can't we go back to the ship? Are you forgetting we just got attacked by an ALIEN. VAMPIRE? [19:01:00] "Well, by place to rest, I was sorta implying the ship" [19:03:24] Well, beam us up, then. [19:03:37] Sounds alright to me. [19:03:42] * Echo still winces when someone says that. [19:03:57] "Okies!" [there is a white flash and they're back on the ship in the beaming prep room] [19:04:26] That was fast. [19:04:47] How does this teleporter work, anyway? [19:04:54] [pops up on a holoscreen] "How'd it go with the investigation? You ran into trouble didn't you?" [19:05:06] I guess you can say that. [19:05:57] "Well if you must know..." [goes into a long chain of scifi technobabble that is probably way over her head] [19:07:21] [screen] "Well from the data readout, I'm seeing you found the ground zero of that meteor that passed us" [19:08:33] Yep [19:08:41] We found the HELL out of it. [19:08:53] [screen] "...and you had a close encounter" [19:09:55] I dunno if I'd call it close. I think I was definitely the winner. [19:11:25] [screen] "Hmmm, so in the end we have an apartment to stake out and one captured alien card" [19:11:37] I guess Bunny deserves come credit, though. [19:11:41] * Echo lifts an eyebrow and asks, "Where did you learn to punch like that anyways? You just went... BLAM!" [19:11:51] [screen] [nods] [19:12:26] Hokuto shinken isn't something that can be mastered by someone like you. [19:12:31] Yes, what the hell is up with that? You send us down there, we meet an ALIEN. VAMPIRE. And then Bunny turns it into a playing card or something? Anything else you aren't telling us? [19:13:39] In all honestly, it's a lot of practice and speed training. [19:13:55] [screen] "That monster was something in similar form we encountered in another universe. I didn't expect it to become a card though. Normally they just turn into ectoplasmic mist" [19:14:05] Huh [19:15:14] [screen] "Judging from the scans, this creature might be some kind of advanced bioroid used by the meteor aliens" [19:15:18] So Bunny can't normally turn stuff into cards? [19:15:32] [screen] "No, not really" [19:16:26] [screen] "Now, here's the fun part. You're gonna love this. I think I can from here program the monster to work for you guys" [19:18:51] ...what? [19:19:13] Is that safe? [19:19:16] That... sounds like something I've read somewhere before... [19:20:19] [screen] "Well since the card is stored in energy form inside Bunny, it's a matter of altering certain photonic waves" [19:20:41] Oh...kay... [19:20:48] "Pokemon!" [19:21:05] "Excuse me" [19:21:27] * Kaori eyes Bunny. "So being compared to a Haro is offensive, but you don't mind being a Pokeball?" [19:21:50] "I'm a lot of things on this mission" [19:22:59] "Pokebun, more likely" [19:23:08] Really. [19:23:57] [screen] "Yeah yeah, funny. But seriously, I think this creature might help down there in unexpected ways" [19:24:21] If you say so. [19:25:25] * Kaori sighs. "So, how does this work?" [19:26:27] [screen] "Well if you must know..." [goes into a long technobabble speech] [19:26:52] "He really is a genius" [19:26:52] In laymen's terms please. [19:27:25] We just throw the Pokeball, I think [19:27:28] * Kaori rolls her eyes. "I meant what are we supposed to do?" [19:28:20] [screen] "Well for now, I've prepared beds and a room for you. I'll alert you when there's activity coming from the apartment" [19:28:46] Huh. Beds and a room? [19:28:57] Wait, one room? [19:29:20] [screen] "One room is all I could fit due to space issues" [19:30:05] Well... okay, I guess we'll take a look at the rooms. [19:30:10] We have a shower around here, right? [19:30:29] [screen] "The room has a shower" [19:30:55] [screen] "And if you need anything, give the intercom a buzz" [19:31:32] Sure. [19:31:47] * Echo mutters, "Space issues?" She looks around the place a bit. [19:32:33] * Kaori nods at Echo. "The place is huge, how do they not have space?" [19:32:57] "Laboratories, mecha maintenance, storage for specimens" [19:35:10] Speaking of which, you still haven't shown us the robots... [19:35:33] "I'm a robot!" [19:36:30] The mechas, I think. [19:37:00] "Oh... Dr Sturm is kinda working on them at the moment..." [19:39:16] Alright [19:39:36] * Kaori sighs. "Fine. I'm tired anyway." [19:40:03] "I apoligize for the inconvinience" [19:40:05] So... we're all roommates, huh? [19:40:33] [nods] [19:42:19] Can we have a look at the room? [19:43:09] "Sure. This way" [hops down the hall] [19:44:09] * Natsumi follows [19:45:01] [after seeing their room, showering, and sleeping, the three are awoken by a tapping on their door the next morning] [19:45:02] * Echo sighs and just follows along, wondering how other memebers of the crew is living. [19:45:18] ... ngh? [19:46:58] * Natsumi opens the door [19:47:11] [looks up at her] [19:47:15] What's going on? I was in the middle of m-sleeping. [19:48:07] * Kaori awakens fairly easily and starts to get up to answer the door, but sees Natsumi's already got it. [19:49:24] "Scanner reported two odd signature objects leaving the apartment and traveling to a highschool nearby. Just thought you'd want to know" [19:49:27] * Echo is still sleeping, but seems to be waking up from the sound. [19:53:34] Same sort of signatures as the...vampire thing? [19:54:16] "Sorta but not. These look to be humans. We snuck a peek with the orbital camera" [19:55:00] Oh? [19:56:12] "A boy and a girl. Both teenagers [19:56:44] "They look like ordinary high school students but their dimension pattern is all odd" [19:56:48] I guess we gotta investigate this? [19:57:14] "You could have breakfast first" [19:57:30] * Kaori frowns. "So...theoretically...they could be like us?" [19:57:39] "In theory" [20:00:28] * Kaori nods. "Well, let's get breakfast, you can tell us more about this while we eat." [20:00:31] Any sign of Margarita? [20:01:15] "Let me see if the ship can expand the scan..." [20:01:29] "Ook!" [20:01:56] "I detect at least a dozen cabaloid patterns at the high school" [20:02:17] Woah [20:02:19] That's bad news [20:02:49] ...are they attacking, or do they have some sort of way to pass as human? [20:03:03] "They're spread out and since I don't detect anything on the police radios, they're probably under disguise" [20:03:31] The holograms, right? [20:03:41] "Uh huh" [20:03:54] How do we tell who's what? [20:04:24] "I can point them out" [20:04:48] "I think you three may have to go undercover for this" [20:05:21] * Echo slowly wakes up to the talking. "ohhh... what..." She yawns and starts to wake up. [20:05:28] Like, as students? [20:05:34] "I'm detecting a third out of place pattern but its hard to place" [20:05:44] [nods] [20:07:22] "Wardrobe has prepared uniforms from the school and proper ID. We're also ready to hack the school records to place you as students" [20:08:11] * Natsumi nods [20:08:14] Sounds good. [20:08:31] * Echo rubs her eyes and mutters, "School already? 5 more minutes..." She plops back down to sleep. [20:10:08] How long til school starts? [20:10:15] * Kaori nods. "So, if you manage to detect one of the disguised Cabaloids, what do we do?" [20:10:39] Break it, take the hologram emitter, attach it to Bunny, and have Bunny take its place? [20:11:13] "..." [20:11:29] What? [20:12:11] "I don't know if it works that way" [20:13:44] What? Why not? [20:14:12] "The device is implanted into the machines themselves" [20:15:08] "Best thing to do would be to lure it to an out-of-the-way place and deal with it" [20:15:46] Deal with it? Are they stronger than vampires? Can we just have Natsumi beat them up? [20:16:21] Okay, so rip out the hologram emitter. Gotcha. [20:16:21] "Natsumi probably could beat one if it's not carrying a weapon" [20:19:02] ... say, can the Cabaloids figure US out? [20:19:31] "Possibly they can detect me" [20:21:22] * Natsumi frowns [20:21:27] So I guess we gotta leave you up here? [20:21:56] "What? Why?" [20:22:28] If we take you there, and they detect you, thinks could get messy [20:23:30] "Well then take these at least" [a hatch opens in his back and a mechanical arm with a white gloved hand pops out and opens its palm to reveal three earbud communicators] [20:24:44] What're these things? [20:25:05] "Two-way communicators" [20:26:12] Huh. Cool [20:27:28] * Natsumi picks one up [20:27:30] I'm not sure how this is supposed to help us detect the robots. [20:28:04] "I can use the ship's scanners to detect the robots in relation to your locations on the ground" [20:28:10] * Natsumi nods [20:28:17] Okay, so that's good [20:28:34] Works for me. So then we've got the advantage, unless they can scan for US somehow. [20:28:56] "Not until they know what you look like" [20:30:29] * Natsumi nods [20:30:35] Well, score one for us, then. [20:30:42] Yeah. For now, anyway [20:30:55] ... unless those TV crews from last night... [20:30:55] We've still got a lot to do, though. [20:31:01] Shoot, I hope they didn't use our interview [20:32:10] * Natsumi pokes Echo [20:32:13] Hey! It's time to wake up! [20:32:14] * Kaori facepalms. "Oh, if that comes back to bite us in the ass..." [20:33:08] * Echo mumbles something and rolls around. [20:34:17] * Natsumi shakes Echo [20:34:40] Huh? [20:35:02] They ofund a bunch of cabaloids at a school [20:35:48] Oh... oh... right... [20:35:57] Let's go get 'em! [20:36:05] * Echo slowly gets up and rubs her eyes. "Uhhh... what are we going to do about it?" [20:36:50] We've got school uniforms, IDs, and a cool communicator [20:37:42] oh no. [20:39:12] * Natsumi drops a uniform on Echo [20:39:13] C'mon! [20:40:40] * Echo grumbles but takes the uniform into a washroom. [20:42:22] * Natsumi picks one up too and goes to change [20:42:41] * Kaori goes to get dressed, not seeming to care that much about what she has to wear. [20:43:52] * Echo comes out later, but wearing long stockings that goes up to her thighs and a skirt down to her knees. [20:45:12] * Natsumi goes in to get dressed [20:48:24] * Natsumi comes out later. She's got her uniform on just fine [20:51:09] * Echo yawns again and asks, "So, should we go now?" [20:57:20] Might as well get this over with. [20:57:41] [session end] [20:58:39] * Kaori is now known as Yon [20:58:58] * Echo is now known as Adyen [20:59:01] * Adyen (senrnada@CPE00222d1878a1-CM00222d18789d.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com) has left #AEMC [21:01:12] * Alt-Eisen (Rook@cpe-76-175-9-161.socal.res.rr.com) Quit (Quit: Client Exited) [21:05:58] * Natsumi is now known as Demota End of #AEMC buffer Sun Oct 25 21:43:12 2009