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Post by Kat on Jan 27, 2005 6:26:05 GMT -5
Excellent! Hope this doesn't end too soon! ;D I'm having wayyyyyyy too much fun reading it!
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Post by Rider on Feb 22, 2005 18:11:17 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]I ish laaaaaaate![/glow]
Veritas Vitae Part Seven By: Rider
“Okay, time for Plan B.”
“Gav…”
“No, really, hear me out.”
“Want the ninjas to just take out the front guards?”
“They don’t seem like the type who would appreciate dinner and a movie!”
Ikkin smacked me with the flat of her sword. “That’s not what Crystal meant.”
“I know, but if the dude in bronze armor is the daisies-and-Italian-food type, then he and I might get along well.”
Ikkin rolled her eyes. “Jeran must feel betrayed.”
“I know.”
“So, about my plan,” Gav said, waving a hand in front of my face to get my attention. “We still have a fortress-like printing office to storm!”
“What’s your proposition?” Kiddo asked, flexing her wings to get them ready. “Say the word and the ninjas are there.”
“Spotlight hog.” NSQ stuck her tongue out at the fox-phoenix.
“I hesitate to put the situation in the hands of a bunch of drunkards.”
“We are not *hic* drunk!”
Kiddo shot NSQ a look of ice. Startled, the pirate lass staggered backward and fell into a pile of leaves. “I swear, offecercerererah…”
“You pirates are hopeless.”
“Taaaaank yooooo.”
“Okay, here’s the plan,” Gav interjected, shielding NSQ from Kiddo’s gaze while the pirates helped her to her feet. “The ninjas…”
“Yesss!” Crystal hissed, with a dangerous look in her eyes. “…will hang back here…”
“Nooo!” Crystal’s face dropped like a lead balloon.
“…until I give the signal…”
“Yesss!” The lights in her eyes lit up again.
“…to follow the pirates in…”
“No front-seat action?”
“…and kick any booty…”
“Ahead?”
“Behind.”
“Shoot.”
“Gav, honestly, who’s going to be following us from behind?” I asked, raising my eyebrows.
“Well…”
“Put her in the front, already. You’re not being very fair to the ninjas.”
“But…”
“Let them take the bullets.”
“Fine.”
“Yay!”
One of the guards turned towards us, “Are you guys gonna attack or not?”
We all made a mad charge towards the HQ. Arrows flew. Some were on fire. Cold fire. And all of the pirates and ninjas and bears and presidents ganged up on the Mockingbird…
*ahem* Never mind.
But the arrows were on fire. I ducked and smelled singed hair. Kat fell as her cloak burst into flames. Kiddo’s wing caught fire, and she crash-landed into the sea nearby. Ikkin’s shield was dented, and an arrow caught Gav’s hat and pinned it to a tree.
Two of the guards rushed towards us, yelling like barbarians. “Eulaliaaaaaa!” HTML screamed. That guard will never question the might of the Crusher again.
Crystal teleported behind the other guard and took him out with her katana. Turns out he’s not the Italian food type, and the katana was disappointed to hear it.
One of the guards ran into the cave, raising the alarm. Tomi popped in mysteriously, clonked the remaining guard with Lucy, made shifty eyes and darted out. JH grabbed Plushieowner’s pitchfork and babbled incoherently about a sea monster. Kiddo clambered out of the sea, pulling seaweed from her ears, and Kat pulled herself up from a stop, drop and roll
But we could finally enter the cavern.
Red lights flashed on the walls. No alarms sounded; alarms echo. People need eardrums, you know.
We entered a vast chamber of limestone. The red lights danced, casting peculiar shadows on the walls. With every flash, the shadows were a bit different than they had been before. Five dark tunnels branched out from the center.
A twig snapped.
A brilliant white light shone from the ceiling, blinding us. Elycien tripped over Luna’s feet. Sammy slammed into JH. Seduphe swung his arm around and stunned Eggz.
I blinked in confusion.
We were surrounded by ninjas.
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Post by Ikkin on Feb 22, 2005 19:02:37 GMT -5
Great work, Rider!
So, are our ninjas for us, or against us? *shifty eyes*
And I've got someone here who wants to say something to you...
Jeran: How could you? I thought you loved me! *Sob* *Acts like a baby*
*Five minutes later*
Okay, Jeran, you can stop now...
Jeran: I'm fine! And none of you saw that!
*Rolls eyes* He's such an actor...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2005 20:21:12 GMT -5
I'm drunk XP Wheeee! Wonder what those ninjas are up to...
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Post by Elcie on Feb 22, 2005 21:24:45 GMT -5
This is fun! ;D Long multi-parted forum fics are too fun.
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Post by Bacon on Feb 22, 2005 23:07:25 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]I ish laaaaaaate![/glow]Seduphe swung her arm.... Ahem. This is the at least the THIRD time this has happened since I got here. I am a guy, you know. EDIT: Good story.
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Post by HTML Has Respawned on Feb 22, 2005 23:46:42 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,300]*goes insane* EULALIIIIAAAA!!! Never question the wrath of me or Crusher! EULALIIIIAAAA!!! (Haha, Redwall Tales rawk. ;D) Whee, at least I wasn't in the Bloodwrath...hey, that's an idea, let me chop their heads off and slice their heads in half maul them good while in the Bloodwrath. [/glow]
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Post by Eggz on Feb 22, 2005 23:57:37 GMT -5
Ahem. This is the at least the THIRD time this has happened since I got here. I am a guy, you know. EDIT: Good story. ROFL!! XDDDDD *smacks you in return* I can't wait for the next part ^^
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Post by Gav on Feb 23, 2005 1:52:06 GMT -5
ROFL ROFL ROFL!!!
Yay! Excellent, Rider. My poor hat... *makes a funeral for it*
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Post by Rider on Feb 23, 2005 8:38:34 GMT -5
Great work, Rider! So, are our ninjas for us, or against us? *shifty eyes* And I've got someone here who wants to say something to you... Jeran: How could you? I thought you loved me! *Sob* *Acts like a baby**Five minutes later* Okay, Jeran, you can stop now... Jeran: I'm fine! And none of you saw that! *Rolls eyes* He's such an actor... [glow=red,2,300]Our NTWF ninjas are for us. There are good ninjas and evil ninjas in the world, and you must accept that young grasshopper. *hugs Jeran* *Kasha comes over, holding a frying pan and a pitchfork* *Rider slowly backs away from the Lupe-knight*[/glow] Ahem. This is the at least the THIRD time this has happened since I got here. I am a guy, you know. EDIT: Good story. [glow=red,2,300]Crud, sorry. [/glow]
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Post by Fj0rd on Feb 23, 2005 20:26:32 GMT -5
We all made a mad charge towards the HQ. Arrows flew. Some were on fire. Cold fire. And all of the pirates and ninjas and bears and presidents ganged up on the Mockingbird… Ohgod... *laughs her head off* ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Ikkin on Feb 23, 2005 20:58:42 GMT -5
We all made a mad charge towards the HQ. Arrows flew. Some were on fire. Cold fire. And all of the pirates and ninjas and bears and presidents ganged up on the Mockingbird… *ahem* Never mind. *Has just read Rider's thread on the Off Topic board* Now I get it! ;D
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Post by Rachel on Feb 24, 2005 6:55:47 GMT -5
ROFL! Awesome story!
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Post by Rider on Feb 24, 2005 10:05:06 GMT -5
Veritas Vitae Part Eight
Being the moronic pirate that I am, the first words out of my mouth were, “Great, there are more of them.”
Like four-legged spiders, the ninjas crawled from ledges on the walls. The single bright light hanging from the ceiling cast the shadows into sharp relief, making these black-cloaked figures seem all the more sinister. The light reflected off knives and throwing stars. Their leader was a girl of about 25 with a massive freakin’ shuriken hanging from her belt. Vaguely reminded me of Cloud from Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy VII. Ery was thinking the same thing. He drew his Keyblade.
“Guys, get out of this chamber…” Kiddo said, signaling for Ery to put the Keyblade down. “You pirates will never be able to defeat a ninja without your cannons and muskets and ships.”
My tongue reacted before my brain. “You’re wrong!”
“Rider, I think she’s *hic* right.”
“NSQ, you’re sure drinking isn’t affecting your judgment?”
“And you’re sure stupidity isn’t affecting yours?” Gav grabbed my wrist and led me towards the southernmost door. The head ninja met Kiddo’s eyes. Zylaa and Elycien carved a path through the enemy ninjas. One of the ninjas swung from a rope on the ceiling, swooping down to our party like a blackened bird of prey. A brilliant blue-white flame shot from Kat’s wand, blasting the ninja from his rope and slamming him into the wall. Poor boy’ll be feeling that in the morning.
Stal was taking two ninjas at once. Crystal’s throwing stars flashed like streaks of lightning. TC, for all his chimpy-ness, was holding his own pretty well. Eri and Ken stood back-to-back, movements coordinated perfectly.
“The Spyders…” Linny reasoned, “They let the Vitae people know that we have ninjas. So they hire ninjas of their own to take out our ninjas.”
“This won’t be the worst they have.” Ery said, opening the door to a pitch-black hallway. “With the money they make, they could have hired any peril to come and take us out.”
“At 5 neopoints per paper?” Kat asked incredulously.
“Their half-lies are popular. Like reality TV. Everything looks different through the lens of a camera. Self-justified right.”
“Wise words, Ikkin,” Gav said.
By now, the chamber with the battle in it was far behind us. The door was closed, and I could still hear Crystal’s battle cries as she defended it. Landen gulped. I patted her on the head. “They’re ninjas. They’re sly, resourceful, tricky little landlubbers”
I could hear the creaking of metal and the bleeping of machines in the next room. I wasn’t even sure if we were going the right way. But I dreaded turning back, afraid of what we might find in the ninja room.
The next chamber was filled with robots. Some were sweeping the floor, some were flying in circles near the ceiling, and some were pouring pink lemonade. All were emitting sparks. Their movements were jerky, lacking the fluidity of human motion. One of the flying machines crashed into the wall. Flames shot everywhere. We jumped back involuntarily.
“What’s the purpose of a room like this?” Ery asked, cautiously stepping in. “Looks like one big mistake.”
“It probably is,” Seduphe said, “Unless robo-maids are supposed to have cannons strapped to their backs.”
HTML nodded. “Looks like someone took some robot servants and tried to reprogram them and make them warriors. Very hastily.”
“Man, are they desperate to defeat us?” I asked, kicking a robo-maid. Her broom swung around in an arc. I ducked. “Haha, you missed!” The broom came back around. “Oooooooh, pretty birdies…”
“Someone want to save our pirate Cap’n from herself?” Gav asked. “And get LOTF in here?”
Menu > Abilities > Mug > Robo Maid.
You stole a Broom!
Robo-maid is defeated!
Familiar victory music plays!
Tidus does that cool twirly thing with his sword!
By the time we were through plowing through the room, we had more brooms in our inventory than we knew what to do with. LOTF insisted that Mixing them with Bomb Cores would turn them into devastating weapons. Somehow, I doubted it. Besides, it takes forever to get that boy into Overdrive.
“I think that’s the last of them.” Ery said, using Gravira to bring a flying machine down and thwacking it with his Keyblade. Munny flew everywhere.
I sifted through the munny. “Man, no HP balls? That girl with the broom did a number on me.”
“Take a Potion and cork it. I hear people coming.”
Everyone scattered like rabbits. Thankfully, there were plenty of hiding spots behind broken machines and in cupboards. Four women in servants’ uniforms came into the room, dragging an opaque plastic box big enough for about four machines. Ugly things, the uniforms. Like someone took plum purple and attempted to make it neon without getting rid of the plum-like qualities. And the poor girls had to wear skirts. “You thinking what I’m thinking?” I asked HTML, who was hiding behind the same machine as I was.
“Way ahead of you.”
The women were already panicking, wondering who might have ruined their machines. They approached the nearest one, the one that we were behind.
Crusher struck before the woman had a chance to react. She was out like a light.
My shield took another one around the jaw, then between the eyes. Kat, seeing what we were doing, took a third on with a stunning spell, and Neonick took the fourth with a paw.
“We do the classic, ‘stash them in a closet and steal their uniforms.’ Of course.”
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2005 10:41:05 GMT -5
ARTHUR: Ikkin: Ohh. BEDEVERE: HTML: Oh. Um, l-- look, i-- i-- if we built this large wooden badger-- [clank] [twong] ARTHUR: Ikkin: Run away! KNIGHTS: NTWFers: Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Yeah. Monty Python pwns j00. I <3 MONTY PYTHON!! ;D
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