Start of #magicalgirls buffer: Wed Feb 23 21:51:58 2011 [18:01:16] [Last time, Mika discovered a karaoke club and decided that it might be good to visit. A number of you went with her, when she entered the building and vanished.] [18:01:52] * Darkheart is now known as Maya [18:04:11] [Using the mysterious power of the pocketwatches, you stepped into the point of diversion, looking to secure a list of potential shop names. However, you ran into a strange construct made of black wings, blades, and turbines. And it's noticed you.] [18:04:16] [Session Start] [18:09:03] * Its turbines spin up, shattering glass and sending it flying toward you. [18:09:58] * Saede waits for the fusilade to end, and then gets up to run into the hallway. [18:11:08] * Saede glances back to see how the others are before turning and taking off for the roof. [18:13:07] * Maya squeaks and immediately tries to get the hell out of the way of all that glass. She totally didn't sign up to end up with lacerations. [18:13:28] * Suzu glances over at Emily, Maya, and Tetsuko, wincing at the glass crashing overhead. "You guys okay?" [18:13:56] * Tetsuko ducks as it's impossible to block that much flying glass. "Yes." [18:14:58] * Emily grimaces as she takes her arm down from guarding her face, and begins climbing out the window. "Of course. I'll be back in a moment." She draws a diamond-chambered pistol from her brace and begins stepping through the air towards the machine as crystalline platforms form under her feet. [18:15:41] * Natsumi dives to the side, sliding and rolling to get behind a helpfully-placed desk [18:18:45] No! Not now at least! Gaaaaah! [18:19:04] * Emily continues stepping towards the machine, dodging to the side to avoid a gust of wind, and firing a silvery bullet towards its camera. She tosses her gun to the ground and draws another as she makes progress against the wind [18:19:52] * Emily falters in her progression, her next pair of shots, and pistols, going wide, the wind bracing against her. [18:19:54] * Saede reaches the roof and finds what she wants: a much more advantageous position. She smiles slightly underneath her mask. [18:21:59] * Saede steps to the edge and watches what the strange foreign girl does. [18:25:44] * Suzu raises herself into a low crouch, watching Emily through the bottom of the broken window. [18:27:04] * Emily raises her sword as she takes a final step towards the construct, as a sudden gust of wind knocks her out of the sky, plummeting towards the ground, as she grasps for one of the faltering crystal steps she had made [18:28:57] * Saede nods to herself, runs across the rooftop and leaps towards the machine. [18:29:04] This... ought to be interesting. [18:29:13] * Saede raises her weapon overhead in a deadly arc. [18:34:03] * Saede swings down hard at something that looks vital, but the wind and the unfamiliarity of her opponent tells. [18:36:15] * It wobbles a bit, but it speeds up its flight, hurling Saede onto another nearby roof and smashing into a smoke stack. [18:36:39] * Saede twists only in time to avoid getting sliced in half. She coughs and gets up, straightening a crick in her neck. [18:36:46] Hmph. Hard bugger [18:37:48] * Suzu watches Saede fall, and grits her teeth, hopping through the window. She glares at the construct. "I don't know how, but I'm going to make you give Mika back." [18:38:02] * Maya continues to look like she's not sure what the unholy hell is going on. [18:40:35] * Suzu takes off running down the street towards the monster, a current of air building up around her feet as she gains speed. [18:45:31] * Suzu leaps at the construct, a look of momentary surprise crossing her face as she lifts off like a rocket, but she has the presence of mind to get her arms up in front of her face as she slams into a wing. She makes an unsteady landing. "Whoa. Okay. I can do this." [18:47:12] * Saede looks at the smoke stack her body leveled. "Huh." She meanders down to the edge to watch the rest of the fight, eyes half-lidded. "Let's see what you've got then, girly-girl," she mutters inaudibly. [18:55:16] * Suzu jumps back, getting out from underneath the construct as it rains attacks down under her. She pushes off again, hurtling towards it's center, but this time she lands a solid kick, then pushes off and lands lightly, a safe distance away. [18:55:47] * Saede nods, suitably impressed. "Huh." [18:56:26] * Emily adjusts her grip on her platform and begins to pull herself up. "Good show!" [19:00:06] * Suzu starts to grin a bit. "That...that felt GOOD." She turns to look at the construct. "You felt that? Give Mika back, and maybe I'll go easy on you." [19:00:40] * Emily begins running up towards the construct, platforms forming under her as she runs. A silver bullet pings off its armor as she draws, fires, and tosses another pistol. [19:09:26] * Emily gets within jumping distance of the construct and draws her sword, leaping for it. Her sword skids off its armor, and she grabs hurriedly to find purchase on the side of the construct before she slides off. [19:10:37] * Saede sees. "Hm. Not good." She runs off the roof again and into the fray. [19:25:20] * Saede promptly bounces back off. [19:28:01] * Saede looks up and sees the giant gash she left on the creature before being thrown off. She grins. [19:28:38] * Maya *finally* seems like she's not just frozen with fright, gritting her teeth. "I... there's no turning back..." [19:38:06] * The construct flies over to Maya and sucks her into one of its turbines. [19:38:18] * Then launches her across to another rooftop, next to Saede. [19:38:32] Oh, goddamnit! [19:38:58] * Saede helps Maya up. "Yo." [19:39:02] * Emily slides her sword under the panel she was holding onto and begins trying to wrench it open so she can get inside this damned thing. [19:42:32] * Maya lands with a yelp. Looks like she could've been gummed up a bit worse, and that huge steel tome of hers did *something* to prevent her untimely demise. [19:42:35] ... owie. [19:47:49] * Emily pries it loose, and the panel swings open. Then you hear a shout from further up. "Alright! Perfect! Here I go!" [19:47:57] Natsumi! [19:48:04] Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick! [19:48:42] * Suzu watches Maya go flying, and grits her teeth. "That's it, this thing is going down." She grabs a stopsign, severed by one of the construct's attacks. [19:50:15] * From the building's roof, Natsumi leaps off, leg outstretched. She darts down at it, a point of flame centered around the bottom of her shoe. Then she makes impact, before kicking off and rebounding back to the building. At the point of impact, a burst of sparks flies out of it. [19:51:12] * Saede looks at Maya. "Welp. Care to join the party?" [19:51:50] * Saede spins and leaps out without waiting for an answer. She drives the point of her weapon down into a joint, causing it to gush oily ichor. [19:52:27] * Maya erks as she watches the mess, stumbling back a little. "This... this is so insane. That cat said nothing about monsters and turbines and pain! But..." [19:55:48] * Suzu eyes the sparks, and starts to grin. "That's the target." She holds the sign out to the side, parallel to the ground, and releases it, where it floats, and starts to spin. Once it's become a whirling blur, she thrusts her hand toward the construct. "Hurricane Lance!" The sign flies like a missile, burying itself in the construct as it spins. [19:56:17] * Saede leaps clear. [19:56:27] * Suzu grins. "Okay, THAT was cool." [19:56:59] ... woooooo----GYAH! [19:57:07] * Emily kicks away from the construct and lands on a crystal platform, stepping lightly towards the ground as she fixes her hair. "Impressive, Suzu." [19:57:30] * It spins down and crashes on a nearby rooftop. Definite fractures appear and spread out, then it shatters, leaving behind a small piece of obsidian. [19:57:30] * Saede sniffs. "Not bad." [19:57:41] * Maya gets clear as well, jumping away and landing on the spine of her megatome as it flaps like a bird in midair. "That is... woooow." [19:58:11] I think we got the hang of this. [19:58:21] I am impressed. [19:58:54] Soccer is a useful talent. So what's next? [19:59:31] I suppose that, next, we kill it for good and resolve the anomaly. [19:59:47] * Saede walks over to the obsidian shard and picks it up. She walks off the rooftop and drops the whole height of the building, landing lightly on her feet. She holds the shard over to Suzu. [20:00:20] You wanted your friend back, yeah? [20:00:42] * Suzu nods at Saede. [20:01:24] * Saede tosses the thing towards her. "Finish it then." [20:02:20] * Maya floats over on her book-bird to watch. She seems to not notice that she is, in fact, riding a giant metal-bound tome that's flapping its pages like birdwings. [20:02:50] * Suzu catches it, and smiles. "Thanks, Saede." Her smile fades a bit as she throws the crystal to the ground, then brings her foot down on it, hard. [20:04:31] * It shatters underneath Suzu's foot. A brilliant white light explodes out, and the damage done to the buildings start to undo themselves. Shards of glass fly back together and mend themselves into one again. [20:05:01] * Tetsuko looks around. "If only cleaning was always like that." [20:05:11] ... woooooow. [20:05:56] Fascinating. [20:06:46] * Suzu lets out a relieved sigh as she looks around. [20:07:31] You all fought very well. [20:07:44] What're you doing, acting all in charge for? [20:07:49] So, is that it? I rather hope there isn't another one waiting for us... [20:08:08] * Emily frowns. "Of course I fought well. I'm rather suprised that most of your were as competant as you were, however." [20:08:50] ... I wasn't very competent. [20:09:16] * Maya frowns, landing while looking pouty. [20:09:40] You faught your hardest, yes? [20:10:38] ... I don't know if getting horked out of a turbine counts as fighting. [20:10:42] Suzu, perhaps we should find a way to return to our present and see if your friend is restored. [20:11:06] * Emily opens her watch and presses the button at the top that brought her to the frozen time. [20:11:07] * Suzu nods. "Right. I guess she wouldn't be here..." [20:11:21] * Emily vanishes. [20:11:23] * Suzu clicks her watch off. [20:11:37] * Maya eeks, and de-times as well, not wanting to be left behind. [20:12:03] Ah. Watch... watch Ahh, here it is. [20:12:15] * Tetsuko clicks back to the future! [20:12:48] * Saede flicks her watch open and presses the button to leave Untime. [20:12:51] Show's over [20:15:33] * There's a bright light, and a feeling of disorientation and a strange passing of time, then you find yourself back in front of the karaoke club. The sign now reads "Sound Institute" [20:16:10] * Tetsuko looks around. "Miikaa?" [20:16:40] * Suzu bites her lip and looks inside. "Mika? You there?" [20:16:51] Wait. [20:17:03] Time Cat said that she wouldn't have found the coupon today, if I were not mistaken. [20:17:18] You might be better served calling her than looking around here. [20:17:26] We're in a slightly different timeline, after all. [20:17:29] * Mika is nowhere to be found [20:17:57] Oh. Right. Of course. [20:17:59] .... where'd she go? [20:18:03] * Suzu looks faintly embarassed. [20:18:54] * Emily smiles slightly. "I'm sure you were too worried to consider temporal mechanics. Nothing to be ashamed of." [20:19:07] So she's probably on her way home now? [20:19:35] * Saede scratches herself in a rather unladylike manner. "So. Guys." [20:20:00] Probably. [20:20:20] * Tetsuko tilts her head. "Yes?" [20:20:20] ... y-yes, Saede? [20:20:30] * Suzu takes her cell phone out and starts to dial Mika's number and stops. [20:20:38] * Emily looks at Saede. "Yes?" [20:20:39] No, go ahead, call her [20:20:40] What's it? [20:20:52] Nothing. I was just wondering if you can sing as well as you fight [20:21:11] * Saede gestures toward the karaoke place behind them. [20:21:34] * Tetsuko confidently states. "Not at all." [20:21:57] * Emily shakes her head. "Different occupational specialty. Though I'm not terrible." [20:22:35] * Saede grins slowly. "Well, whoever is up for it, my treat. Like I said, I know the place." [20:23:07] * Saede (Mads@68-115-25-151.dhcp.mdsn.wi.charter.com) Quit (Quit: ~ Trillian Astra - www.trillian.im ~) [20:23:21] * Suzu looks up at Saede. "Really now." She starts to grin as well. "You're on." [20:23:55] * Emily nods. "You can comport yourself well, madam. I'll join." [20:25:22] Not that great, but I'll give it a shot. [20:27:21] * Natsumi looks at Tetsuko. [20:27:28] Yes? [20:27:39] You up for it? [20:28:12] We came here to do karaoki did we not? I don't see how that's changed. [20:28:44] Alright, cool. Just checkin'! [20:28:46] * She heads inside [20:31:22] * Suzu looks at her phone again, frowning, and finally dials Mika's number after a long stare at it. [20:31:56] Is something wrong? [20:32:17] * Tetsuko also goes in somewhat confused by why she was asked. [20:32:53] * Suzu looks down. "I...just want to be sure she's okay." [20:33:56] * Emily nods. "I'll leave you to it, then. Good job, just now." She pauses, and then stiffly pats Suzu on the shoulder before heading inside. [20:35:15] * The phone rings for a bit, then gets picked up. Mika's familiar voice goes through. "Ah? Hi Suzu." [20:37:25] [Session End] [20:37:46] * Suzu is now known as Yon [20:37:51] * Emily is now known as Charles [20:38:04] [Cut ending] [20:38:14] * The phone rings for a bit, then gets picked up. Mika's familiar voice goes through. "Hello, madame president." [20:39:17] * Tetsuko (RanDoMs@c-76-103-147-44.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: beroots) [20:39:53] (Hahah) [21:30:17] * Maya (Darkheart@fl-67-235-219-180.dhcp.embarqhsd.net) Quit (Quit: ) End of #magicalgirls buffer Wed Feb 23 21:51:58 2011