Session Start: Wed Jun 15 19:08:06 2011 <@Ked> [The Hunt] <@Ked> [Saturday, August 4, 2490 - 820 local time] <@Ked> The middle, full day of parents weekend has started out with a whimper rather than a bang, with everybody's EIs waking them unnaturally early for the weekend. All the parents had a collective breakfast to attend at which lots of boring details were sure to be discussed. The students and their siblings were left to breakfast on their own at the Snow Cone.. <@Ked> [a slightly crowded ice cream parlor] <@Ked> [session start] <@Ked> The smell of waffles - with ice cream - fills the air. * Farah seems fine with waffles. The ice cream has her face screwed up, just a little. "This is too sweet for breakfast." * Jaimie looks pretty awake despite the early hour, if not exactly chipper. "Well, it's Parent's Weekend. It's sort of a special occasion, I guess." * SeiMurdon has a plate with a Belgian waffle on it, but he's standing on tip-toes, looking around with concern on his face. He is hoping to spot Sadao, maybe join him so he's not feeling too alone this morning. * Jaimie takes a bite of waffles-and-ice-cream. Somehow she doesn't seem to be enjoying it that much, but she's trying. * John doesn't seem to be eating. Or awake. Or asleep. The fact that he's been pacing the school the whole night really isn't a secret. And for once, his hair isn't impeccable. <@Ked> For the Snowflakes, the waffles are seasoned with a good helping of magical tension as the silverdarts - still six of them - have been pacing around campus all night too. I would like to note that various events are also too much for breakfast. But seriously, ice cream? Aw, you didn't need to take ice cream if you didn't want it! * Nadinha sits down with a plate of ice cream with some waffle sprinkled on it. You don't mind me sitting next to you, Murdon? Thanks! * SeiMurdon hadn't sat down yet! * SeiMurdon was still looking for signs of Sadao. I'd have felt bad refusing. I dunno... meh. * John starts another round of pacing 'round the cafeteria. <@Ked> Sadao was not findable last night, and still seems to be missing this morning. * Farah prods at her meal hesitantly, but finally settles in. She doesn't look all that terribly impressed. * Jaimie shrugs. "Scrape it off." She takes a dutiful bite, chews, swallows, and says, "Wonder what they're talking about with all our parents right now." * Nadinha pulls him into a chair and looks deep into his eyes. * SeiMurdon finally does sit down, somehow having acquired a second waffle on top of the first, the whole confection dripping with syrup and a lack of ice cream. When Nanha asks to sit with him, he blinks and stands up. "Oh, sure! Please do, um, Nanha." He waits for the lady to sit before sitting down again, himself, trying not to look worried. * Candace sits down with the others. So how long were the two of you at the gym last night? Did the Ladies beat on Dad until he keeled over? * Farah seems to take the appearance of Candace to ignore that she doesn't like eating what she's half-forcing herself to eat. "Yep. He looked happy. Moms is going to give him an earful when he gets home, if not sooner." 'Go easy, you're no spring chicken,' she said. Pfft, like he'd listen. * Candace seems to have found breakfast burritos somewhere. There isn't even any syrup on them. The hell you get those. I want some. You just had to ask - the full menu is available. ...yeah. Beh. Well I wasn't waiting up for you last night, and I'm not going to tonight, either. * Candace shakes her head. "Fighters." * SeiMurdon is methodically devouring his waffle stack. How does a little guy like him pack so much away? * Farah goes back to mild displeasure and waffles. "Duly noted. I'd expect nothing less. Whatcha think about T3M so far?" * Nadinha is expertly avoiding the waffle bits. I wanna come here! They serve you ice cream! I think you're supposed to eat a bite of waffle with each bite of ice cream. It's like really cold butter. And they have allllll these unicorns! Wait, what? ...unicorns? Yeah! All the unicorns flying around in the sky! * John glances at Nadinha, eyes a little too wide. Once the full statement parses, he resumes his pacing. * SeiMurdon looks sharply at Nanha. "Really?" * Jaimie jerks and stares, mouth set in a flat line. * Farah blinks a bit. "Unicorns? Wha what?" * SeiMurdon glances desperately for Tasiya, and notices the others instead. He's got a sort of 'help, what do I do?' look on his face. <@Ked> Tasiya appears to have wisely chosen a different table this morning. * Nadinha gets a dreamy look in her eyes. "Yeah! The flying silver unicorns! Do you think if I'm good maybe they'll come down out of the sky and give me a ride!" What. My thoughts exactly. And probably, uh, not. * Jaimie flinches, looking briefly horror-stricken before making an effort to look blank. * Jaimie swallows and says, "They're not unicorns." Uh...silver unicorns? You mean, like, silverdarts? They flew over the ranch a year ago - arcing through the sky, so graceful in the night... just like unicorns! It's no fair that Tasi gets to be here and see all of them now. Yeah, uh... I guess so. But we're here for an education, not unicorn-gazing. * Candace grabs John by the elbow as he paces by again. "You're a Lord, right? Tell the delusional girl here that silverdarts aren't unicorns." * Jaimie is failing hard at keeping the sick expression off her face. Rumor's got it that they're what make the monsters the snowflakes keep fighting. *mumbled around a mouthful of two Belgian waffle bites* Naw, they're too pretty for that. Just like you - you're too pretty to be that scary Lord Carrybiddyissy guy. * Farah snickers. "She thinks you're pretty." * Nadinha nodnods. "He's almost as good a reason to come here as the unicorns and the ice cream, don't you think?" ...huhwhawhat? I'm too what to what? * SeiMurdon is as close to bright red as a native Snowflakian can get with their gengineered complexions. A little too young for me, but in a few years he'll be a budding lady-killer, no doubt. * Farah smiles, and suddenly eating is a lot more enjoyable. * Jaimie looks like she's getting a brain cramp. * Candace realizes she's really got Lord Wind in her grasp. "Say, you'd know if my sister is a snowflake, right?" Couldn't say. She might be, might not. Aw, you know. And she's my sister! And she won't tell me! * Candace pokes Farah with one finger. * John blinks at moment at Candace, then looks at Nadinha. He pauses a moment, recalling her name, then continues, "Those silver things out there? They're silverdarts. Not unicorns. ... unicorns don't fly, anyways." * Farah makes a soft 'ow' sound. * John offers an apologetic smile. "Sorry." Unicorns do too fly! They can do whatever they want to. * SeiMurdon is still sputtering at the 'pretty' and 'going to be a lady-killer' and why the heck would Nanha think he's Charybdis 'cause he totally doesn't think he's given anything away and doesn't want to know and oops what when? So they're like super-Ladies? *innanely trying to keep up with the conversation* Aren't you too old to be this delusional? No, they're just unicorns. Unicorns roam free - they don't rule the world. She must really like unicorns, Candy. Let it slide for now. Yeeeesh. They still aren't unicorns. Unicorns are on our side. The silverdarts aren't. They're pretenders. * Nadinha gasps. "How could anything pretend to be a unicorn?" * Candace stands to take her empty plate back to the kitchen window. * SeiMurdon points at a table with Swarm fangirls wearing their headbands. "Same way they're pretending to be Lady Swarm?" Uh...they're not pretending to be Lady Swarm. They're pretending to be her swarm. * Jaimie thinks about this for a moment to make sure it made sense. * Jason gets up on some steps leading back into the old lounge area and clears his throat, the sound amplified by his EI, which manifests behind him as a nearly two-dimensional icon of glowing pixilated alien wrath. *AHEM* * John shakes his head, ruefully. "Sorry." Incoming aggravation. * Jaimie looks over at the RA, glad to be rescued from this conversation. The parents' breakfast is running a bit long, as you might imagine. It's been decided to let the students and prospective students take the tour we'd already scheduled while they sit around and argue over frittata-analogue. So! If you want to go see the giant dead Charybdis-monster down in Zone 12, form up at the main lobby entrance to the dorms in five minutes! It really needs a better name than Charybdis monster. Like Mega Squid. ... Mega Squid? * SeiMurdon chews on that and the last bite of his waffles. Or something that doesn't have Charybdis in the name. * John pauses, then adds, "It's just too hard to say." Oh, right, the schedule said something about that. What do you think, Farah? Charybbbbbbt! * SeiMurdon jumps. Nanha! You spat on me! *wipes it off his face with his napkin* Well, at least we were done eating. And Lord Wind is right, it's sooooo hard to say! Mega-Squid... * Farah chuckles. "Well, yeah, let's go, if you wanna." * Jason heads towards the rally point, his EI scurrying left and right behind him. Does it smell? * SeiMurdon frowns. "Probably like a fish." * Nadinha finally looks around for her older sister. Is she still hanging out with the same lame friends? Prolly not? Snowflake animals are all weird, so it might not smell like much of anything. Although it's bound to have rotted some... * Farah nonetheless gets up, gathers her things, and preps to see the monster. * Candace wanders down the stairs after the RA. Tasi! TAAAAASI! Where are YOUUUUU? * Jaimie abandons the remainder of her food and heads for the tour departure with her hands shoved in her pockets. She's seen the squid, but for the sake of pretending to be normal, she should probably act like she hasn't. * Tasiya is hiding with her T3M friends, not the same friends she hung out with at home! Who AREN'T LAME. * Farah isn't too far from Candace. She has to be 'big brother', after all. * SeiMurdon isn't sure whether to breathe a sigh of relief or be bothered that Nanha's wandering over to Tasi so he can't see what Tasi's planning to do without following Nanha. * Nadinha leaves Sei behind and runbounceGLOMPS her sister. Glacnk! ...oh, man, they brought HER? * Tasiya manages to stay on her feet, but just barely. "Hi *coff* sis *hack hack*." * SeiMurdon chuckles in spite of himself. That is far too cute. Never do that to me, Candy. She's older than me, isn't she? I mean what the hell. * Tasiya manages to give Nanha a sisterly pat while gently trying to disentangle herself and breathe. Well, you're a step ahead of a lotta kids, so... life, I guess. Looks like she comes from a pretty interesting family. Are you gonna take me to see the dead monster thing? Please? Please? You can't see the unicorns nearly as much in daylight but giant sea leviathany corpses should be easy! Yep, they did. The twins were too busy to take her, and uh...she probably would have escaped and come along anyway if they didn't bring her. * John considers trying to correct her again, and realizes it's a lost cause for now. Well, they're taking us all there, but sure. And they are STILL not unicorns! I think it was optional. But she's right - how often do YOU get to see a monster larger than our dorm? * SeiMurdon calls over, "Do you really WANT to? It--" he cuts off. Well, trails off. Realizing he was just about to say "It's what killed Unicorn." And he doesn't want to think about that. * Darrell finishes his tea, heads out. * Tasiya sticks close. For the extra support. * Farah hums, hands in her pockets. She'd be happier about this if the silverdart-sense would go away. * Jason waits as most of the campus gathers out on the front steps of the dorms, then surprisingly leads everyone back inside, downstairs, through the storage area, and into the tunnels. * Farah seems... a bit shocked by the change in movement, but follows along like a good girl. Aw, there goes the secret. * Tasiya pouts cutely. * Jaimie just clumps along with the group. Apparently her usual curiosity has been dampened this morning. You know we probably never could've used them again anyway. * SeiMurdon ...gives in when they go into the tunnels, and follows to see where they're going this time. * John sticks at the front. Helps a little bit with not feeling crowded. <@Ked> There are three full-sized buses waiting there, and when the teens board, they roll straight down the tunnel, through all the even- numbered zones, and stop at a similar-looking door at the far end. They pass Laboratory 01 along the way, where there are bored-looking Guard troopers and some large industrial utility trucks with pipes trailing into the door. I wonder what happened there? * SeiMurdon looks sad and tries to pretend not to. <@Ked> The building you emerge from in Zone 12 is almost an exact duplicate of the dorm/hotel you live in, just stripped of much of the decoration. On the other hand, the limp monster that looms outside is definitely unique. * Tasiya leans over to Darrell and whispers, hopefully low enough that Nanha won't hear. "Guess that means we'll have to find someplace else to explore..." Whoa! * SeiMurdon hides his face behind his fan, trying not to look sick. * Jaimie manages a grimace at the monster. After that, she tries not to look at it too much. <@Ked> There's a collapsed tower covering about half of its tentacles, and the eye is still leaking goo, but otherwise it is only the creature's immobility which signals that it's no longer a threat. * Nadinha bounces once... then stops. "Whoooooooooa." * Farah is keeping quiet, looking on at the whole affair with a neutral expression. "Big." * John stares at it, but can only take so much before looking away, painfully. ...snowflakes are normal-sized people, right? And they had to fight that? No thanks, do not want that job. Ladies from Earth're normal-sized, too. *quietly, but somehow carryingly* A-fucking-men to that, Candace. Lady Neko said in the bio unit that she doesn't know why it's not decaying. The Snowflake bacteria don't even want to eat it. * Jason separates briefly from the tour group to walk over to a twisty, three-meter obelisk that looks like it was recently erected. He bows briefly, and leaves a candle amongst several others flickering at its base. How can something... not decay? Magic. Even still, damn. * SeiMurdon can't even bare to look at the obelisk as soon as he recognizes what it is. * Farah looks to said obelisk, and quickly knows what it signifies. Pained recognition within does not reflect in her seemingly- uninterested expression on the outside. She said something about Lady Hammer flying in one of the orbital gunships to slice it up, and then they're going to ship it out to the ocean and dump it. * Jaimie is ambling around by herself, trying to shut everything out. * SeiMurdon manages, in a voice that almost sounds genuinely chipper, "That sounds messy." <@Ked> Even the siblings are fairly quiet out here. Maybe not scared, but certainly awed. She said it was going to be a real malletjob. * Jason wanders back. "Had enough, kids?" * SeiMurdon scans the crowd to see if Shizuko, Carter, or Masako are here. Or Sadao, though he doubts that one. Ugh. * Jaimie is trying hard not to pay attention to anything, so she doesn't hear the RA. <@Ked> The student council are all here - well, not Santiago. Sadao still hasn't been seen, and the rumor is that he's gone home already. * SeiMurdon heads over to join the other StuCo people, just kind of seeking the comfort of people. * Masako is concentrating on the monster, frighteningly intense in a severe black suit. * SeiMurdon ventures a joke as he walks up nearby. "Trying to become Lady Laser and burn a hole in it, Masako-san?" * John glances over at Sei grouping up with the rest of the StuCo, and notes the lack of Santiago. It's something to really just... absorb, so I can't blame her. * John doesn't join them, though. * Nadinha tugs Tasi's sleeve. "I think that's enough, Tasi." She's not crying. Not quite. Really. * Masako flinches. * Tasiya looks down at her sis. "OK..." * SeiMurdon blinks. "...sorry. Are--are you okay?" It's... just humbling. There are things bigger than me, I know that. Bigger than my cause? ...in a physical sense, even? That's a bit scary to me. No shit. Really reminds you that we're specks of dust in the middle of all this, y'know? Snowflakes... caught in the storm... Oi! * SeiMurdon lays a comradely hand on her shoulder. "There's nobility to your cause, just as to theirs. They needn't even be opposed." We're getting behind schedule, kiddies. Shit, sorry. Guess we need to move. * Masako glances at John. "We'll see. We'll see." Yep! *grins* I think that's why we're all here. Come on; Jason'll come up with some stupid punishment game if we don't hurry. Last thing we need is the StuCo reps being subjected to those. Ice cream bath not appealing, Sei? Ice cream bath? * John glances at Masako back, matching her intensity despite his tiredness. "There is only one way for all of this to have a happy ending for everyone. Even if you don't agree with me, know that is what I seek." Not in the slightest. It's Nanha that likes ice cream that much. 'sides, it's more 'bout how it looks, since we're trying to be...um...stuff. ...what does that even MEAN, John? Where? Where! Snowflakes caught in a storm, eh? Not a fun kind of bath, kiddo. * Jason manifests via holo on all three buses as everyone boards. "I really wish your parents could have seen this. Tell them. Make sure they understand." * SeiMurdon chuckles. "Nanha, it's not as cool as it sounds. Colder, too." * SeiMurdon frowns. "Understand...what?" * Jaimie frowns a little at Jason and murmurs, "Understand what?" She doesn't expect anyone to hear her, though. * Jason doesn't elaborate - he just vanishes and the buses roll back down the tunnel to campus. * SeiMurdon looks to Masako and Shizuko to see if they have any idea what Jason meant. What that represents. We're not safe, but we have someone watching over us. * Farah chuckles. "Make of that whatcha will." * Masako looks strangely back at Sei and shakes her head. She leans over to whisper in his ear. * SeiMurdon listens carefully. * Masako nods to Farah. "Yeah, that's about right." * SeiMurdon looks at her, somewhere between confused and worried and scared and disbelieving. Bu-- *hides behind his fan* Don't worry about it. * SeiMurdon nods, even though he's obviously worrying about it. * Farah chuckles a little, ruffling Sei's hair. "And we have you to be cute and amusing." Hey! *squirms* <@Ked> So it's back to campus, for a morning full of yet more parent- student-teacher conferences. Lunch is staggered, as everyone eats as it fits their schedule. * SeiMurdon forgets most of the upsetting stuff over the day, being more or less his cheerful self. He does look for opportunities to talk to Spoon in private, to ask about Sadao. And if he can do ANYTHING to help at all. <@Ked> The campus is subdued this morning - the loudest noises come from a track repair crew laboring out by the gate to fix things so everyone can go home tomorrow. The Snowflake Guard is not quite out in force, but they are visible around the entrances to buildings. * SeiMurdon also excitedly introduces his dad to Rory, Masako, Shizuko, Darell & Co., and all his other friends and pseudo-friends and acquaintances and and and... * Farah seems to not mind the armed presence too much. She's more concerned about keeping an eye on Candace. * Nadinha pukes tootoo much ice cream when she gets back to the dorm! <@Ked> ...so when the conferences end, everyone is wound up and ready for the all-campus activity. * LadySpoon beams as the bleachers fill up. "Welcome, everyone, to the first annual Parents' Weekend football tournament!" ... tournament? We have four teams - two student teams, a staff squad, and the parents' side! There's no prize this year, except for pride, and letting your parents win so they're not mean to you! * Jaimie blinks a bit, looking somewhat interested for the first time that day. * SeiMurdon calls out, "What about letting the RAs and teachers win for the same reason?" * SeiMurdon cupped his hands around his mouth and everything. No RAs allowed. I promise! And would your teachers be that mean? * John 'ooohs' nicely. He's already moving to the front. * Melissa glances at Farah. "Is he really going to be up to this after last night?" * Candace has found some other siblings to gossip with. And try to sort out whose sister is a Lady. * Farah isn't getting too worked up about this, idly looking at her EI. "Has Pops ever slowed down? He'd limp across the field if he had to. Tough old mofo, just like always." * SeiMurdon actually looks kinda excited about this, too. * Melissa shakes her head. * SeiMurdon is bouncing on his part of the bleachers. * SeiSho appears to be tolerating this silliness gracefully in the cool afternoon wind. * Tasiya just looks at Sei's dad with the same awe she's been expressing all weekend so far. * SeiMurdon isn't sure if his Dad's going to play or not, and isn't going to ask. * SeiSho doesn't look like he could run after a lame blaine at his age, much less a soccer ball. * SeiMurdon doesn't assume that's indicative. He doesn't assume it isn't, either. So are you on one of the teams, Jaimie? * John laughs to himself. A little maniacally. And no Lords or Ladies! Not transformed anyway. Bull. You know half the people want to play to size up against us untransed! * Jaimie nods at her mother. "I haven't had much practice, but...I thought it would be fun." * Farah leans back. "Should be interesting, at least..." It would be an unfair advantage. Also the rules don't know how to deal with flying! * SeiMurdon calls, "Aw, let Lord Wind play transformed! It's the only way he has a chance against whatever team I'm on!" He obviously doesn't mean it seriously, but is practicing trash-talking. The stuck-out tongue seals just how non-serious he is. So you have to run around like the rest of us. Oh. Oh. You are so on. First game! Parents versus Student Green! The second match is Staff and Student White! ...the losers play for third place, then the winners throw down for glory! And grass stains! And... I lied, we do have trophies: this bag of authentic Football footballs! Ooooooh! *really in the spirit of it now* * LadySpoon points to the end of the field where a staffer is dragging a bag full of balls that are too large to be real soccer balls. ...wow, those could be worth something in a few decades. I'll try to score one, ma'am. * Farah grins a little. * SeiMurdon hops up. "I'm off, Dad! Cheer for me if you're not playing, please!" he says, running down to line up with team Green. * SeiSho chuckles. Ah, youth. * Jaimie jogs down to where her team is assembling, bouncing a bit in anticipation. <@Ked> Commemorative tarpsilk jerseys are handed out to the players young and old, and the Greens take the field against the parents in Black. * SeiMurdon's jersey is just a touch too large, but he's already making up cheers and jeers to lead his team in as they get psyched up! They're totally gonna win, 'cause they're awesome! * SeiMurdon stuffs his fan in the back waistband of his pants, as it'd be in the way here. Hantsuki apparently is doing her own cheerleading in holo-form, too. * Jaimie grins at Sei, having (mostly) settled her bouncing to play. * Farah just laughs a little at the whole mess. "You know... why can't life be this silly more often?" * LadySpoon blows her whistle, and the game kicks off with a surprisingly competitive back-and-forth amongst the midfielders. I'd rather it wasn't. Watch your father blow out a knee. JAAAAAAAIMIIIEEE! JAAAAIIIMMMIEEEEEE! * John settles in for the show until he's up. * SeiMurdon is - perhaps surprisingly, perhaps not - entirely not a ball hog. He's just trying his hardest to cheer loud for his teammates, jeer wittily at the other team, and be wherever he's most useful to help out. Boundless energy really seems to contribute a lot to his efforts. * Jaimie is almost laughing as she runs across the field. And from the way she moves, running is clearly something she's done a lot of. <@Ked> The students are younger and maybe just a touch faster than the parents, but parents of T3M students are, on average, a rather aggressive and competitive lot... not to mention bigger. * SeiMurdon ducks under more than a few parents' legs to get to balls before they can. Ugh, he better not... * Farah is watching ol' Alan anyway, trying not to cheer for him. She has a reputation, after all. <@Ked> Their defensive line in particular seems completely unafraid to tackle, and while Spoon whistles plenty of fouls, they force the game back mostly into the students' end. Come on, team! We can still do it! They're getting tired! WOOOOOO! * Jaimie's grin has vanished into a look of fierce focus. She doesn't even react to Sei's cheering. <@Ked> There's no score at halftime, but the parents get their breakthrough goal just a minute into the second half and then two more quickly as they learn to take advantage of the student team's much higher female/male ratio. * Melissa winces as a frosh girl literally bounces off of Alan, who doesn't seem to even notice the tackle. FOOOOOUL! COME ON SPOON YOU MEANIE BLOW YOUR WHISTLE! Wow, that totally wasn't a dive at all. Hope she's okay... * SeiSho pulls out a fan. And fans. * SeiMurdon tries to roar fiercely, but it only sounds like a roller- coaster scream as he charges to just physically be in the way of some parent going for the ball when another student is closer! <@Ked> Sei sets an effective pick... but Spoon blows the whistle and the parents win, 3-0. ...aren't parents supposed to be nicer than this? * Jaimie jogs to a stop, leaning over with her hands on her knees and panting. She still looks fairly happy, though - must be a good loser. ...awwwwww. *looks crestfallen* My dad would have always let me win. Oh well, on to the second game - Staff versus Student White! * John jogs out to the field, surveying who's with him and who's against, while they gather. * Jaimie hops back into the stands to watch the second game beside her parents. The expected defeat. Go pops go... I bet he'll be bellyaching about his knees after this. <@Ked> The teams swap, and while White looks much like Green did, the staff are noticeably older and less brawny than the parents were. * SeiMurdon scrambles back up the bleachers, trying not to pout. He eyes his Dad to see if he's too upset with him for not trying hard enough to win. You did good Jaimie! Spoon cheated. * SeiSho gives his son an accepting smile. "You were outgunned, Murdon. No shame in that." I think I see him wobbling back to the lockers. Do they have an ice bath? Ya'll are just a stepping stone. Once we're done with you we're gonna roll over the parents, too! * Jaimie shakes her head tiredly. "Nah, they were just bigger than us. And scarier than us." She grins. * Catalina frowns. "Yeah." * SeiMurdon brightens immediately. "We'll do better next time!" Yeah, they do. He'll be fine, moms. That goes for you too, Neko! I'm not scary? * SeiSho chuckles. "I think that's something you'll just have to grow into." * Jaimie cracks up and can't make herself stop for a while. She just starts back up again. "You are the least-scary person I have ever met, Sei." Oh. ...I guess that's good? Or is it bad? He is, isn't he? ...though I suppose he has to be... * John turns back to the other students on his side. "We're younger, faster, and better. Let's kick some ass." * SeiMurdon shrugs and watches the game. * LadySpoon blows the whistle, and they do just that. Hrm... lesse how bad John gets his poor ego bruised here. * Jaimie blinks at her mother. "What do you mean, has to be?" Oh come on, Jaimes, I can do basic math. <@Ked> The second game isn't sport, it's ritual slaughter. The staff were selected - mostly - for brains rather than brawn, and a fair number of them are in their seventies. * John, while playing, seems to play a bit on his notoriety, sometimes just being a distraction or a feint, and pretty good about playing the team aspect. ... or not. Damn. <@Ked> The gym teacher steals the ball a few times, but can't beat the goalie. Otherwise, it's just one-sided, and Spoon decides to wave off the game on an improvised mercy rule when it's 10-0 at halftime. ...maybe next year I'll have to play. Sheesh. * SeiMurdon is torn between cheering for the students and feeling bad for the staff. * SeiMurdon leans in and whispers to his Dad, "Um, is it better if we go easy on the staff, or do our best to win?" He doesn't actually sound enthused about this second game. * John freezes as the games called, his focus expanding to include the real world again. "Herc. Darts, closing! You know the drill." * SeiMurdon looks up, involuntarily. He barely manages to keep his "oh, no..." to a whisper. Hmmm? You play to win the game. Show how good you are. * SeiMurdon nods. "Okay. Thanks, Dad. I just...maybe there won't be one." He points his fan subtly upwards. * Jaimie freezes and her head swivels up, the game totally forgotten. She opens her mouth, but manages to shut it again. So... was fun. I... I guess I could try next year. * John turns back to the victors. "You know the drill! Get a safe distance away! Orderly fashion, don't panic!" * Farah seems to have noticed what's up, and she's looking John's way as he takes the lead in things. * LadySpoon glances up as well, but continues chivvying the teams around. "They're not attacking yet, John." Yet. Let's get some space just in case. Oh, I noticed. Oh. Give the camera crews some time to adjust. *that last may be a joke, with the grin to go with it.* * SeiMurdon sticks with his Dad in case he has anything else to say, but lets himself be chivied around when it comes time to do it. * LadySpoon sighs and looks longingly at the playing field. "Phooey. OKAY, NEW PLAN - SILVERDART EMERGENCY - PLEASE LEAVE THE STANDS IN AN ORDERLY FASHION!" * John doesn't provoke the issue by transforming yet. The more time they get, the better. What? A what? Jaimie? * SeiMurdon stands up and starts to lead his dad off, looking for a good spot to break off without drawing attention. "We should probably head back to the dorm, unless the teachers say otherwise, Otou-sama." * Tasiya pretends like the silverdart problem hasn't been crawling up her neck for the past ever. "Aw, no!" * Jaimie says quickly and tensely, "Darts've shown up, it looks like. We need to get out of here." She takes her mother's arm and tugs her towards the bottom of the stands. <@Ked> One silverdart swoops in with no warning and dives into the western end of the bleachers. Students and parents scatter, and the composite and metal structure starts shimmering silvery-green. * John has Herc send an advance notice to the Guard, as well. OFF THE STAND, NOW! Ooookay. NEVER MIND - PLEASE RUN IN TERROR! * SeiMurdon doesn't dive, but does his best to help his Dad! Shitshitshitshit mom MOVE. * Jaimie might still be tired from the soccer game, but it sure isn't showing as she leaps down the bleachers with her mother in tow. * John transforms on a hair trigger as it takes action. Luckily he's far enough away from people that the ensuing blast of wind doesn't almost knock anybody over. * SeiSho hobbles down the steps as another silverdart plunges into his end of the bleachers... which start glowing silvery-white. <@Ked> [break session] Session Close: Wed Jun 15 22:08:10 2011 Session Start: Wed Jun 29 18:54:43 2011 <@Ked> [session resume] <@Ked> Both ends of the stands rumble slightly under the fleeing families' feet, but so far aren't exactly threatening. * SeiMurdon does his best to help his father down the steps as fast as possible, his fan still tucked in its place in his waistband. * Farah is hustling to get her mother the fuck *away* from the bleachers and to where poor Alan is likely soaking his creaky body. Farah? What's happening? * LordWind isn't panicking, keeping his cool. He's watching the silverdarts, poised to do ... something. * SeiSho is moving with surprising rapidity, his longer legs leaving Murdon in his wake. Darts. Go to dad, stick with him. Things'll sort themselves out. * LadySpoon strides towards the bleachers, Spoon at high guard. * Jaimie keeps glancing between the darts and her footing, trying to keep track of them without falling down the bleachers and taking her mom with her. * Tasiya makes a beeline for her family and rushes them away, dragging Nanha by force if necessary. * Catalina is pulled along. She looks more angry than scared. * SeiMurdon is relieved to see his Dad making it, and stops himself from calling out potentially-incriminating lines about catching up later. Instead, he glances swiftly around and rushes to help anybody having difficulty. <@Ked> Nanha requires dragging - "UNICORNS!" - but her parents are managing that quite handily. * Jaimie glances back to make sure her father is making it okay, and forges onward when she sees him running nimbly along the tops of the benches. * Farah keeps her voice down. "... and I'll try to not do anything stupid, alright?" ...you get combat pay, right? Something like that! <@Ked> Another dart comes diving out of the sky, the fourth just seconds behind it, each aiming a different end of the already-glowing bleachers. * LordWind takes off as soon as the third one does! His wind barrier pops up just as soon as he clears the ground. * LordWind is on a direct intercept for the fourth one. "C'mon....!" * SeiMurdon eeps and dives off the bleachers, hopefully the last person to do so. He actually tucks and rolls pretty well for his landing before glancing about to see if anybody's still watching. * Farah smiles to her mother, then gives her a kiss on the cheek and zips off to get lost. No one can know her dirty secret, after all... <@Ked> There are still a fairish number of people around. The only privacy is probably directly UNDER the bleachers. The glowing, alien- magic-infested bleachers. * Melissa scurries. * Jaimie leaves her parents milling and runs underneath the bleachers in an unattended moment before her mother can try to grab her or anything like that. ... shit. * Farah is following after Jaimie as soon as she can, knowing good and well she's likely blown her cover at this rate. * SeiMurdon takes quick stock of the situation and tries to make it look like he's running around the bleachers from anybody else's perspective, ducking under the alien-magic things just in time to bump into Jaimie. "Oof! Sorry!" he says, recognizing her, before stepping back several yards. Practically ripping his fan out from his waistband, he foregoes his usual stately gesture and spins violently, raising the Tessen high as water sprays out to form the column and erupt... * LadySwarm runs back out after a flash of golden light and makes a beeline for Lady Spoon. * Farah ducks, rolls, and comes to a stop as a mass of lights and crystal quickly dissipates to reveal a proper Lady. Said Lady soon moves to join Spoon as well, cursing under her breath. <@Ked> John manages to put himself squarely into the path of the silverdart. It goes right through his shield and into his chest... where he starts feeling very very strange. Strange changes after a second to feeling like organs are rupturing and twisting apart - for a moment he thinks this hurts worse than being blown up... * LordCharybdis is very big, which makes it hard to fit under the bleachers. Water gushes about as his tentacles squirm between them; he's probably half-lifting them as he decides whether to try to hold them in place for the others or get out from under them to fight. His trident has accidentally speared one of the seats already. * LordWind eyes widen, and he curls up, rolling around wildly. .... shit. Wind! <@Ked> Wind glows silver for a moment, then brown... then the blowing action from his shield stops, he blacks out, and tumbles out of the air. * LadySwarm opens her mouth to yell, then runs to intercept Wind and try to catch him as he falls. * LordCharybdis hears people calling out Wind's name, and his struggles inside the bleachers stop for a moment. "What is it!?" his voice booms out, "What's happened to Lord Wind!?" * Tasiya keeps running with her family towards Indoors, not looking backwards. A damned Dart shot *into* him! * LordCharybdis suddenly contracts his tentacles in a fit of astonished anger, and the bleachers...*twist* and snap. He blasts through on his column of water, a fragment of metal bench spinning on the end of his trident below the fork. "WIND!" he calls, as if that would help him spot the other Lord. <@Ked> The unintercepted dart has plunged into the green-glowing end of the bleachers, which now begins to groan and creak, twisting into self- animated life. * LadySwarm is just clearing the edge of the bleachers as she sees Wind fall out of the sky, and in a moment of single-minded focus, she tears straight *through* the bleachers on her way to him. * SeiSho pauses as he reaches the tennis courts, leaning on his cane and panting a little, looking back at the incipient melee. And puts on sunglasses. * LadySpoon looks back and forth between the writhing seating and the falling Lord, unable to decide which is her priority. * LadySwarm manages to snatch Wind right before he hits the ground, trying not to hurt him. She shouts, "Lady Spoon! Where should I take him?" * LadyCrystal looks mostly helpless as all the bleachers-mangling takes place. As the bleachers twist, she sets herself for what's to come. "We got a fight incoming, boss." Help Wind! I'll hold down the bleachers! Just put him down somewhere that's not coming to life! * LordCharybdis squirms towards them, water flying up in tentacular shapes through the sessile and twisted wreckage to support his bulk as he surges towards them. * LadySwarm cradles Wind carefully and runs for a spot that looks like it'll be out of the action. She sets him down and sprints back to Lady Spoon's side. <@Ked> Underneath the green end, something explodes, more flame than boom. Don't just charge in alone, Queen-dammit! * LadySwarm snatches her rod out of thin air, poised on the balls of her feet and ready to explode into motion as soon as she gets a direction to do it in. <@Ked> The green bleachers twist, and fold, and extend, becoming relatively smaller and denser but also taller and gaining a vaguely humanoid shape. ... that is the weirdest damned thing. <@Ked> The few stragglers left evacuating that end are dumped rudely to the ground, and it looks like there might be a few broken bones resulting from the fall. NO! * LadySwarm hisses through clenched teeth, tosses her rod again, and runs for the injured spectators to evacuate them the same way she did Wind. Come on, seat-monster! Leave them alone and face me! *still surging forward* * GreenGiant seems to notice LadySwarm approaching, and turns to face her, raising its arms. * LadySwarm spits out a curse word and glances aside at Chary. "If I lead it away, can you grab them?" * LadyCrystal grits her teeth. "Swarm, be careful!" She looks ready to pounce as well, glancing towards Spoon. ...you know, I think Wind actually prevented us from winding up with two bleacher-monsters. The idiot. * LadySwarm stops moving forward and starts circling the metal monster, trying to lure it away from the fallen spectators. OKAY! Let's get formed up, straight-on assault of that big metal fucker! * LordCharybdis responds a beat late, "YES'M!" as he's already trying to square off with it. He'll move if given directions where to. * LadySwarm doesn't respond out loud, but she snaps her rod out of the air again. The motes around it are whirling at tornado speeds. Yes, ma'am! * LadySpoon strides forward to join Lady Swarm, her posture indicating complete confidence that of *course* everyone fill fall in behind her. * LadyCrystal is a good little soldier, and falls in behind Spoon. * Tasiya waits for an opportune moment when the press of the crowd is particularly strong. She then slips her EI into her mother's jacket pocket and squeezes her hand before letting herself get "torn apart" from her family. She falls quickly to the outside of the crowd, then seems to catch a glimpse of Sei Sho and runs over to him, as if trying to help him. * SeiSho smiles faintly at the stratagem. Sir! Please, we need to get out of here! * LordCharybdis glances back, then at the creature before him. "Sh- should I back off, or stay here while you guys flank, Lady Spoon?" he calls, just a bit too loudly in that huge form of his. He's nervous about backing down in front of it, though his posture assumes a more defensive tone now that the civilians and Wind are out of danger. * GreenGiant finishes its bizarrely organic reconfiguration, definitely in the shape of a man now, lacking only a head. Of course, it's probably fifteen meters tall, and made of a tangle of metal bars and composite seating. The green glow intensifies. * SeiSho grins and allows the girl to drag him wherever she likes. I think you need to lead the charge - you're more its size. * LordCharybdis looks up at the thing that is enormous even compared to him, his datavisor glinting in the sun. All right! *after a moment to take it in* I'll try to hold its legs! <@Ked> Behind the Ladies clustering around the green monster, the silver light flickering in the other end of the bleachers is beginning to wane. * LadySwarm doesn't notice, focused as she is on the giant green thing in front of her. * LadySpoon picks up her pace, turning her stride into a determined charge and making a massive swing with The Spoon as she charges alongside Lord Charybdis. * Tasiya turns as if helping Sei Sr. along and shouts past him in a mimic of Murdon's voice. "Otou-sama! Help! I can't get out!" Oh my gosh! Sei! Um, not you sir, your son! * Tasiya spins Sei Sr. around and tugs him back towards the field...and the less-animate bleacher. * SeiSho looks oddly bemused. * GreenGiant turns to meet The Spoon with an arm, and the massive weapon rebounds off as the hit is just off-square. It hurts - everyone's ears with the awful clanging noise. At least it left a dent, though. * LordCharybdis oddly doesn't flinch much at the noise. * LadyCrystal does flinch, clenching her teeth. * LordCharybdis is shoved against it by his tiny tsunami as his tentacles slap into it and try to close the legs around it, but the creature just keeps walking, ripping the suction cups off its girders with an ear-splitting and stomach-churning sound of metal-on-rubbery- flesh. The squid-boy is left in its wake, trying to pull his water back around himself. "HEY! COME BACK AND FIGHT ME!" * LadySwarm sees what Charybdis is trying. She runs lightly forward and spins her rod not at all lightly to slam it into the thing's leg, trying to knock it down. It doesn't so much as stumble, but the rod crunches a deep dent into its leg. * LadyCrystal lunges ahead, and wastes no time in aiming for the dent Swarm just made with her own knee. The strike is textbook muay thai, and a normal person would likely be on their way to a clinic from such a precise strike. * GreenGiant has no head, much less a mouth, so it can hardly scream. Still, for a 17-meter tall mass of twisted metal and composite, it seems to find the wedge of crystal embedded just below its knee awfully uncomfortable. * GreenGiant flails its arms wildly, searching for balance, and finds it. ...unfortunately one of the wild swings intercepts Lady Spoon, who was leaping in with a flying Spoon strike, and she goes flying the opposite direction, faster than you're used to seeing Lord Wind fly. * LadyCrystal watches her go. "... ow?" EEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee.....! * LadySwarm's head snaps around, but Spoon is still conscious and not in the middle of the fight, so she just as quickly spins back around to face the metal giant. Spoon! * LordCharybdis is not, despite similarities, Lord Tick. * LordWind sits up, surprisingly slowly given the situation at hand. He awakes in time to track Lady Spoon going flying. Bwuh..? *blink* * LordCharybdis brings up the trident and balances it across one hand like a pool cue stick, and shoves it forward. "Trident SHOT!" The golden energy-beam lances out, but glances harmlessly off the side of the metal knee. "...DARN IT!" * LadySwarm is still beside the giant knee. She brings her rod around for another pass, whanging it into the dent. <@Ked> The dent gets much deeper - in a fleshy opponent, it would be through the bone by now, and the limb shattered and hanging off. This monster is merely hobbling. <@Ked> Lady Crystal spins and teeps in another Crystal Shot - this one slams into place but doesn't seem to have as much immediate effect. * LadyCrystal draws her knee back, still holding it up for a moment. "Tough bastard..." * GreenGiant wobbles, the caved-in leg actually starting to flex and warp under its mass. Still, it's standing and is able to bend over and grab at that little annoying thing with the big stick. NO! PUT SWARM *DOWN!* <@Ked> Swarm gets picked up - it hurts, being grabbed by very large hands of badly-shaped metal, but she gets the sense that it's not trying to crush her... yet. * Tasiya runs for cover with Sei Sho. Once she reaches it, she turns to him. "Please be careful, Lor--" She stops herself, gives him a quick, fierce hug instead, and turns away to hop into nothingness, back out again, and seemingly into nothing again! Sonova... put her down! * LadySwarm chokes back a scream and manages to yell down, "It's not trying to squish me! - I don't think - " * SeiSho is actively chuckling now. Ah, youth. She'll bug out. *grnh* Focus. *He looks around for anything to use as a weapon, to chuck or use* <@Ked> There's the soccer ball nearby. That's about it. * SeiSho examines the remaining bleachers, putting a hand to the faintly silver supports... then jerking it back, as if burned. * LordWind stands back, not having an in. He hovers. * LordCharybdis surges up on his water column, slamming hard into the thing's back and squirming up under its legs to cling to its pelvis. He squeezes tight to get its attention. "Let her go! You're not going to hurt anybody else!" * LordCharybdis's water splashes disconsolately around the thing's feet, churning the dirt to mud but otherwise not even being very deep. Let... her.. GO! * LadySwarm must still be suppressing the urge to scream, because her cry of "Hive Mind!" comes out much louder and tighter than usual. But a moment later, it's impossible to tell, as a flood of insects pours out of the metal monster's closed fist and flows down its side towards the ground. * GreenGiant twitches and shudders. Perhaps metal giants are ticklish? * LadyCrystal moves on, and aims at the beaten-up leg once more. Her knee's encrusted in much, much more crystal this time, and upon impact the fragments start to creep along the limb swiftly. Whether or not it'll even be able to hamper the monster is another matter entirely. <@Ked> The spike appears to go all the way through what's remaining of the shin, and as the giant writhes and flails, the leg entirely snaps off. It pitches over, landing on its dullish metal ass... and Lord Charybdis, as well as a few dozen of Lady Swarm. * LordCharybdis is ticklish, and giggles as Swarm's path carries her bugs across his tentacles where they wrap around the creature. OW--ooph! Shit! Sorry! * GreenGiant thrashes, slamming its fist into the fleshy weird thing that's grabbed its legs. OWph! owph! ouf! You've got it down! Pin it's arms! I--ow--will--ow--if I ca--ow!-can! * LadySpitterwing comes around the bleachers, rears back, and invisibly heaves a poisonous loogie at the stump of the creature's erstwhile "leg". * GreenGiant is hit. It's hard to tell if it made any difference, though... * SeiSho backs up as the remaining bleachers begin to curl up oddly. GOOD WORK! KEEP IT DOWN! * LordWind lands and approaches, and just shoves as much raw wind and force as he can at it, being too tired to do much else. * LadySpoon is running back towards the fight. She looks like she recently was embedded in the turf - crushed monoclover is tangled in her hair and clothing. * LordCharybdis writhes upwards, his tentacles stretching and pulsing with tubular muscle as his forward-slithering ones wrap up the skinny metal torso to tangle the arms. He pulls himself upwards, drawing the limbs all inwards, to where they cannot move. "GIVE IT UP, BLEACHER MONSTER!" * LadySwarm's remaining bugs bunch up a little ways away from the fallen monster and she reappears in human shape, looking not too much the worse for wear. * LadyCrystal smiles a little as Chary works his magic, but pulls her guard up, just in case the thing decides to get free. * GreenGiant is too big and too strong to be properly pinned down even by the new, bigger Charybdis, but it can't do much more than wrench back and forth in futile attempts to escape. * LordWind keeps up the pressure, shifting his position around to get a better view of the other bleacher at the same time. <@Ked> The far bleachers are... curling up. There really isn't any better way to put it, though there is an oddly geometric pattern forming in its transformation. * LadySpitterwing leaps up and tears a Distance Claw into the creature's chest area. * GreenGiant isn't screaming, really. It's just acting like it. * LadySpoon trots up and begins methodically pummeling the remaining leg. *WHAM* DON'T *WHAM* MESS *WHAM* WITH *WHAM* MY *WHAM* SCHOOL! * LordCharybdis almost feels sorry for it. "Stop struggling, and we'll stop hitting you! Just...can you even understand me?" * GreenGiant doesn't really have any way to respond. * LadyCrystal relaxes. "Doubt it does, but... why the human shape? It could at least get it right and make a head or something." She looks around, just now spotting the other set of bleachers. "The fuck is going on there?" * LordWind can't take much more, and Lady Spoon berserking on it is the last bit. He turns away, falls to his knees, and pukes up everything he's had for the day. C'mon, help me out here. *WHAM* Lady Spoon! Its--it's screaming! I can't hear anything. Or feel anything aside from the dart-tingle. Screaming? Really? * LordCharybdis loosens his grip on one of the hands. "Wiggle your fingers if you understand me! Please!" He presses his trident gently but firmly against the thing's...neck?...while he waits for a response... Look at it! It's in pain! .... mn. Is it? I just hear a monster *WHAM* dying. If it formed *WHAM* faster, we could have lost half the wealthiest families *WHAM* on Snowflake. * LordWind is done puking up food, and is now just dry heaving, lying on his side, curled up. * LadyCrystal is looking now, just a bit confused. "Wind, you're not gonna die on me, right?" Nnn-nnh. B-but it -didn't-. <@Ked> Charybdis doesn't seem to get any response - it's simply fighting back - or at least it was, as it eventually stops moving, and glowing, apparently from sheer blunt trauma. Ah. Very good. * LordCharybdis sighs and squeezes tighter as it doesn't respond and he has to help put it out of its misery, instead. His strength is...frightening. * LadySpitterwing goes over to the suspicious other forming things. Why does beating on them make the magic go away? * LadySpoon summons her EI, and calls for medical evacuation for Lord Wind. * LadyCrystal focuses back on the other mess of bleachers. "They look to need something to manifest through. Once it's busted up enough, the darts have either just left or faded." The monkey just kinda languished, right? * SeiSho steps onto the field. "If I beat you until you don't resemble your normal shape, I bet your magic would go away too." * LordCharybdis calls his water up out of the mud and back to himself, and tenderly releases the thing. "...but, I'm alive. It made sense with the animals, but...the bleachers? The freezer?" * LordWind finally stops, and lies on his back. He just looks tired. Extremely tired, like days of exhaustion (which isn't too far off) caught up with interest. * SeiSho shrugs. I wish I knew, but it can move things. And this time was... well, you saw it. No head, but it was a person-shaped thing. * LordCharybdis winces as he cuts his tentacles up on the metal a bit in letting go, but the cuts heal and fade. The Otome twins' music is already playing, and they ride over to Wind on Shimatama's back, cooing at the lord's bravery. * LordCharybdis nods. "What really happened to Lord Wind? I didn't see..." * LadySwarm is also looking a little weirded-out by Spoon's enthusiastic smashing, but the thing did almost crush her, so she doesn't say anything. He was trying... something stupid, and the dart just ran right into him. * LadySpoon glances back to the other bleachers. The feeling of magic from them has entirely vanished, though they have transformed, completely rearranged into the frame of a huge metal soccer ball. What the... Did the 'darts just want to play? * LadySwarm blinks at the other bleachers in confusion, once she gets to looking around. * LadyCrystal finally gets what the other form is... and pales, just a bit. "The... hell." I was expecting me and it... to bounce. Mess it up. Guess I did still, but that was _so_ not worth it. Are--are you okay? ...he doesn't feel right - like his Earth Magic is depleted. * LadySpitterwing phews a sigh of relief, finds a place a little ways off, throws herself into it, and detransforms. I think so. I expect I've got a date with a mad scientist before I say for sure. Oh you know it. Uuuuuurrrghhh.... * LadyCrystal walks over to the ball-frame and pushes it lightly. She appears to be in thought, and suddenly seems a bit conflicted about what went down. * LordCharybdis offers a tentacle or two to Lord Wind for support. But! We need to get you back in time for the talent show! ...! But...the wounded! * LadySwarm remembers all the injured people lying around, and starts going to them one by one and seeing if she can make them more comfortable until emergency services arrive. <@Ked> The ball is waaaay too big to be rolled. * LordWind takes it, though he looks like he'd rather just sleep. "Guard got terrorist threats covered. We just cleaned up magical. We should be good for the show to go on. * LordCharybdis looks about. The tiny shrine maidens are letting Shimatama direct them as they use their glowy healing magics on one injured person after another. <@Ked> The first elements of the Guard are reaching the scene, and ambulances can be heard staging in from the Zone next door. ... I got a bad feeling we did the wrong thing here. I-- but they always fight us. What--what could we have done? * LadyCrystal lets the frame go. "I dunno. I wish I did. Shit." No. We did the right thing. We got in the way before it caused chaos and killed anybody here. * LordCharybdis sounds horribly guilt-ridden and helpless. There was no declaration, no threats. Just act, and act surely and quickly. * Tasiya stirs and coughs theatrically. I know, we're supposed to be direct and swift, but... shit. Shit! It just feels wrong. I mean... this. * LadyCrystal motions to the mega-ball before exhaling. "Too late now. Ngh." Yes. But it was the right thing at that moment. ...was it? * LadyCrystal just lifts her shoulders lightly, the wind out of her sails now. "Let's just go." * SeiSho looks over at the girl who dragged him back to the scene. * LordCharybdis looks to see what his Dad's doing. He thinks he's being subtle about it, but when you're three meters tall... * LadySwarm is ignoring the conversation she doesn't want to think about too much. By helping injured people, which is an unambiguously good thing to do. * LordCharybdis goes to help Tasiya. "Are you okay t--er, Miss?" he asks, trying to sound older, the way his transformed state appears to be. * LordWind goes over to the soccer ball, and taps it lightly. * Tasiya sits up slowly. "Oww...what happened? Murdon...is Murdon OK? Oh my gosh, is his dad okay?" * LadyCrystal finally seems to notice there are injuries, and goes to join Swarm in helping out. Anything to not think about the moment any longer. * LordCharybdis looks around. "I don't see him. Which one's his dad?" He tries hard not to look right at Sei Sho as he asks this. * SeiSho looks around, sees that there are spectators, and contains his chuckle. ...oh, and what exploded? More importantly, are YOU okay? We need to get you and your dad here to the other wounded so the medical people can help if you need it. My - my dad? Oh! Sei-san! *He's* not my *dad*! * LadySpoon strides over to where the bleachers once were - if there was a fire here, what burned? Explosion...? Just as that thing was forming... <@Ked> There's an undisturbed stand of fairy pads there. * LordWind pulls up footage of recent events on his EI, while walking to where Spoon is. Oh. My apologies, Miss. And Sir. If you're not hur-- -- explosion? Wasn't that just part of it forming up? Weird. * Tasiya gets up slowly and brushes herself off. She walks over to Sei Sr. "Sir? Are you OK?" Fucking darts. Need to find a better way to show up without trying to kill people... * SeiSho leans to whisper in her ear. "Very cute. But you're overdoing it." * Tasiya tries not to blush furiously at being called "cute" by Lord Darkmoon, and only partially succeeds. <@Ked> [end session] Session Close: Wed Jun 29 21:43:40 2011