"Log for Gents" By Botherer (https://pastebin.com/u/Botherer) URL: https://pastebin.com/qLWUKLBf Created on: Sunday 11th of September 2011 04:47:37 PM CDT Retrieved on: Sunday 1 of November 2020 03:10:15 PM UTC 01[15:07] After a disturbing day full of giant robot mechas, Dream smoke shenanigans, angry birds and the shop clerks who own them, magical ponies who take sandbuilding competitions way too seriously, and Vincent finding his body far more full than usual (in a surprisingly nonsexual way this time, too), the Peace Preservers were finally able to settle down in their big, flying spaceship for the night. They find themselves waking up the next morning with their ship having just about made it back to the Mansion. 06[15:09] * Leeroy wakes with a start [15:09] ugh... [15:10] freaking monsters... 06[15:13] * Lyonel stands at the controls, overlooking the map of the world. 06[15:13] * Estel sits by himself against the wall 01[15:15] The map shows the little forest clearing, with the red crosshair, not terribly far from the little spaceship icon. Any penguin who could do multiplication or division, or with a good enough eye, could tell that the ship would be arriving in maybe five minutes tops. 06[15:24] * Lyonel walks over to a window to look at the scenery. 01[15:26] It's a total sea of green out there. You can see bird Pokemon like Pidgey and Pidgeotto shooting out of the trees panickedly as the spaceship rockets by, along with a couple of purple monkeys sticking their heads out to look at it. 01[15:27] Before long, however, the ship eventually drops down into the dirt Colosseum, and the "Grow" button lights up. A button with bacon also lights up, too. 06[15:27] * Lyonel hits the "Grow" button, not giving a fuck about extras 03[15:29] * TheBMW is now known as Marianne 01[15:29] And not a single fuck was given as the green light starts zapping everybody to their normal size... Well, except for the people who were still sleeping, because FUCK that was painful light. 01[15:29] painfully bright light patterns* 06[15:30] * @Marianne suddenly jolts up from her seat. [15:30] <@Marianne> AAAH! [15:30] Rise and shine, we're here. [15:30] <@Marianne> ...Oh. Did I fall asleep? 06[15:30] * Lyonel heads out. 06[15:31] * @Marianne yawns as she gets up and follows Lyonel out. 06[15:31] * Leeroy gets put pf the ship yawning [15:31] guess I passed out too... 06[15:33] * Estel leaves the ship, staying well behind the others [15:33] <@Marianne> Well... guess we better check in with Darius, huh? [15:33] right 03[15:33] * Tnecniv is now known as Vincent 06[15:36] * Vincent is asleep in the ship like a man 06[15:38] * @Marianne walks off to find Darius in his mansion. 03[15:38] * Marianne sets mode: +o Botherer 03[15:38] * Marianne sets mode: -o Marianne 01[15:38] <@Botherer> When the group, minus Vincent, pops out of the spaceship, they don't find Darius terribly far away, boasting a mug of coffee in his big, poofy bathrobe thingy that the GM had poorly flavored the last time around. [15:39] Good morning! [15:40] or morning at any rate 01[15:40] <@Botherer> "Good morning to you all as well." He takes a sip of the coffee from his mug, which boasts a sadfaced Gengar and the arbitrarily placed caption 'I'm Not Evil - Just Misunderstood'. "I take it your return is accompanied by good news?" [15:41] Yes, I... the Sages in Tecmor are gone. 06[15:41] * Marianne looks pretty sad saying that. [15:42] But, there's more to it... they're planning to siege you. [15:42] Till we plugged the plug on it [15:42] and decapitated it in Lyonel's case [15:43] Hey, it was self-defense. [15:44] meh 01[15:44] <@Botherer> "They plan to lay siege? This is quite unnerving..." 06[15:44] * Marianne closes her eyes, focusing. 01[15:47] <@Botherer> "Did they give any specifications as to whether they intended to lay siege to the Midnight Citadel, or if they were intending to launch their assault here?" [15:47] Midnight Citadel...? [15:47] what's that? [15:47] Midnight Citadel? 02[15:48] * Vincent (JojoTheAwe@sux-56CAA3B1.dynamic.ip.windstream.net) Quit (Ping timeout) 01[15:50] <@Botherer> "Midnight Citadel is the city I preside over, in the northmost part of the region... It may not appear highly hospitable or welcoming, given its position up in the mountains... But it also provides natural defenses. If they intend currently to assault the Citadel, then their numbers must be quite sizable..." [15:50] It was a giant Nidoking robot [15:51] how's that for sizable? 01[15:56] <@Botherer> "However, they might also be intending to assault this mansion... I imagine a creature of such size would have easily been capable of levelling it. And while it may not be the most impressive foothold, it still provides us with the jumping-off point to reach most of the Southern and Central territories..." [15:57] I'm guessing they were going to attack the Citadel [15:57] they were [15:57] well idoits [15:57] I doubt they knew you lived here [15:57] Well, RoboKing is gone, and so are the Tecmor Sages... so that slowed them down. Who else do you think would be involved? [15:58] Speaking of idiots, I'll just head over to that rock town thing if you won't mind. 06[15:58] * Lyonel begins waddling away. 01[16:01] <@Botherer> "Depending on where they're intending to strike first, the likely assailants will vary greatly." [16:02] pick me up a new red coat! [16:02] Well, who else would be likely to attack here? This Midnight Citadel sounds safe... 01[16:03] <@Botherer> "Should they intend to attack the mansion first, the most likely assailant would be Bruce, as he's within the closest proximity, a mere day's march from here in the Broken Mountains." [16:04] Bruce? Who's that? 01[16:04] <@Botherer> "Following that..." He pulls up a map, "There's Minerva and Sigfried, neither of whom are priorities at the moment due to their incompetence and reclusiveness." 06[16:05] * Marianne giggles slightly. [16:06] Yeah, Minerva didn't seem completely right... who else? [16:07] there was so much wrong with that city [16:07] I don't even know where to start 01[16:08] <@Botherer> "Bruce is the Sage of Willpower... He and the disciples that are raised beneath him condition themselves in the mountains, which are known to be far less hospitable and more uninhabitable than even Midnight Citadel. Their resolve, should they be given the upper hand, would be highly ferocious..." 06[16:08] * Leeroy clenches his fist [16:08] so they're the fighters? 01[16:09] <@Botherer> "I've visited on previous occasions, though it was quite some time ago... Many of them were conditioned in some form of Martial Artistry, yes..." [16:11] Well, I guess that's our next step then. Guess we better wait for Lyonel to finish... whatever he's doing. [16:11] hmmmmm 06[16:11] * Leeroy figures fighting a Martial Artist could be fun 03[16:12] * AtS (IceChat77@sux-24EE3B0F.elp.res.rr.com) has joined #PTAFallen 06[16:13] * Estel is paying attention but doesn't say anything [16:14] Well, I guess I'll go relax in the garden until everyone is ready. 06[16:15] * Marianne waves to everyone before doing just that. 01[16:15] <@Botherer> "After Bruce, the other prominent threats in the immediate area would be Antonio and Florence..." He points to the area past Tecmor, which seems to just be a sea of trees. [16:17] I need to talk to you Darius [16:17] in private 01[16:20] <@Botherer> "Though they're not quite as powerful as Bruce and his disciples are, if the assault is synchronized or lasts long enough for them to arrive as well, we'd almost certainly be overrun," he says before Leeroy drops his statement. "And very well, then... We'll take this into the spaceship since it seems everyone else has already removed themselves from it." 01[16:20] <@Botherer> Darius enters the spaceship. 06[16:22] * Leeroy follows Darius to talk for awhile 06[16:23] * Estel decides to relax under a tree 06[16:25] * Marianne stays out in the main garden of the mansion with her Pokemon, resting underneath Pecha's flower. 01[16:28] <@Botherer> Meanwhile, in Canyon City, land of the Not-So-Falling Rocks... An armor-plated penguin waddles on in, his intents known only to himself. 06[16:29] * Lyonel checks the canyon walls to see if he could jump them or scale them. 01[16:29] <@Botherer> The walls seem stable enough. Hell, they were stable enough that a twenty nine foot long sea serpent was able to collapse onto them without sending the whole city tumbling down. [16:30] Fuck it. 06[16:30] * Lyonel attempts to jump up the battlements. 01[16:31] <@Botherer> *SPROING* Lyonel launches himself into the air, and in a single bound has effortlessly ascended to the second tier. 06[16:32] * Lyonel does this until he has reached the museum again. 01[16:35] <@Botherer> Lyonel manages to scale his way up to the Museum effortlessly, including a cross-canyon leap if he was on the wrong side. Inside, he finds Minerva talking to the museum "guard"... And by "guard", clearly I mean the timid girl whose Quagsire got its shit rocked hard by Lyonel not too long ago. 06[16:36] * Lyonel waddles. "Ladies." 01[16:38] <@Botherer> The timid guard audibly "Eep!"s when Lyonel appears, then hides herself behind a magazine titled "Rock Fashion". 01[16:39] <@Botherer> Minerva, however, pops her head back up and looks at the penguin intrigued. "Oh, it's you again... That penguin who sold us those replacement orbs..." [16:40] Myes. Did they pass the quality control? 01[16:40] <@Botherer> She motions her hand over towards the display cases. "They proved to be a perfect fit." 01[16:41] <@Botherer> There's still two holes missing, though. [16:41] So, what's been happening these last few days? 01[16:43] <@Botherer> "Digging... Lots and lots of digging." She motions to the fossils on display, which are much more plentiful than before. One can only wonder how she managed to fit all of the new ones in the display case. [16:44] I've heard they found a rarer fossil, merely minutes ago. It might be something you'd want to check out. 01[16:46] <@Botherer> "If you would be so kind as to escort me..." She extends her hand out to the penguin. [16:47] Er, unfortunately, they wouldn't want me anywhere near them. Said I was a bit too large for the site they found it in. 01[16:48] <@Botherer> "Then directions would at least be useful... You do want to be useful, right?" [16:49] Well, of course. It's down about where the others found you last time. 01[16:51] <@Botherer> "Very well, then... I expect to be returning with the fossil in hand... If not carried in by the bird..." [16:51] Awesome. 01[16:53] <@Botherer> Minerva then waltzes out. The timid guard peeks out from beneath the magazine as she leaves, then quickly retreats. 06[16:54] * Lyonel looks at the guard. "So, you gonna stop me again, or...?" 01[16:55] <@Botherer> "Umm... No, sir... Not at all." Clearly she learned from last time. 06[16:57] * Lyonel knocks on the table before going over to the orbs. "Tell them The Tropius took the orbs." 01[16:58] <@Botherer> Another "Eeep!", this one just a bit louder, is heard from the girl as she hides beneath the table. 06[16:59] * Lyonel gets ready to swipe some balls. 01[17:02] <@Botherer> They set up the same old "stuck into a rock" thing as before. Wait, is that crazy glue in there?!? 01[17:04] <@Botherer> The crazy glue is quite durable... What kind of bonding agent did they even use in there?!? Lyonel wore himself out a fair bit in the process, and his flippers are a little bit cracked and jagged now. 01[17:05] <@Botherer> But he's now got more balls in his hands than he knows what to do with all of them. 06[17:05] * Lyonel packs the orbs away and walks out. "Y'know, I almost feel sorry for your job." 01[17:09] <@Botherer> The timid girl peeks back out from beneath the desk. "... What are you sorry for?" [17:10] Two break-ins where you've been unable to do anything? [17:10] That has got to hurt in the carreer. 01[17:12] <@Botherer> She just slinks back under the table. 06[17:12] * Lyonel jumps down the battlements and hurries on back. 01[17:14] <@Botherer> Lyonel returns to the mansion, and it doesn't look much different from when it was first left'd. 06[17:15] * Lyonel walks back. "Hey guys!" 06[17:18] * Estel looks up briefly [17:18] Hello. 06[17:21] * Lyonel walks up to Estel. "Tell me, what do you desire the most in a Pokemon, performance wise?" 06[17:21] * Estel thinks for a moment [17:23] To be able to kill things quickly, or at least remove the problem quickly. 06[17:27] * Lyonel searches around in his leaf-bag thing and plops a blue sphere on the ground in front of Estel. "Gon' love this, then." [17:29] You went back for these? [17:30] Why not? Not like they needed them. [17:30] True. 06[17:30] * Estel picks up the blue orb 01[17:34] <@Botherer> When Estel picks up the orb, he can feel a powerful rush of wind blowing about within it. It bursts out from the orb and spirals about and around him. 03[17:36] * Vincent (JojoTheAwe@sux-AF64EC2E.dynamic.ip.windstream.net) has joined #PTAFallen 01[17:37] <@Botherer> Vincent is currently sleeping on the ground. Darius and Leeroy had picked him up and thrown him out of the spaceship for privacy. 06[17:37] * Vincent is not even in the ship? I never left you bastard 06[17:39] * Lyonel waddles over to the ship. "Welp, if you need an orb exchange, just holler." 06[17:39] * Estel blinks and then puts the orb down 06[17:41] * Vincent wakes up. "What the he;;!?" [17:43] What is!?" 06[17:43] * Estel ignores him and continues resting against the tree 06[17:43] * Vincent sighs