The Alien Wars 6: Fumoffu

Fumoffu April Fool's Special: A Foolish Heckling, Hey?

Session Time: Tue Aug 10 00:00:00 2021
* Sara has joined #Fumoffu
* DeathStar sets mode: +ooo Alicia Sara Seraphna
<DeathStar> 5
<DeathStar> 3
<DeathStar> 1
<DeathStar> -0-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-642.4.1
<DeathStar> Location: X's House
<DeathStar> *The group has met the next day, with Taiga now carrying Hans around, having taken to the pig it seems. Ren, it seems, is determined to scour the papers for something for the group to do
<Seraphna> **Si has put a monocle and top hat on Hans**
<DeathStar> *X eyes them, deadpanned*
<DeathStar> <X> What are you doing?
<Seraphna> **Jaime sips some tea**
* Jackieness has joined #Fumoffu
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Isn't he great?
<DeathStar> *Taiga holds up Hans*
<Seraphna> Si> He is our handsome mascot.
<DeathStar> <Ren> We're not making him our mascot! <Taiga> Why not?
<Seraphna> **Thena appears with a 10 foot sandwich**
<DeathStar> *Thena loses it in moments*
<Seraphna> Si> Now now Ren, share with your brother Hans.
<DeathStar> *Ren twitches*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Why is all the older generation here and none of my friends?
<Seraphna> Jaime> ...Older generation?
<Seraphna> Thena> I'm still little!
<DeathStar> *Ren waves her hand at Jaime due to her age*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hey, I'm not old!
<DeathStar> <Ren> You
<DeathStar> <Ren> You're no Kaori or Noire
<DeathStar> <Ren> You're both of the previous gen!
<Seraphna> **Jaime starts wrapping her up in Noire's tendrils**
<DeathStar> *Ren flails*
<Seraphna> Thena> Huff, I am young and innocent and now is time for Thena to shine.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm? Have I been summoned?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Oh my.
<DeathStar> *she seems to be tuning them out to play with her pig*
<Seraphna> Si> I think we found a sore spot on Jaime.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Fine, you're young, your holo-license is a lie!
<DeathStar> <Ren> You're my gen!
<Seraphna> Jaime> I mean, I literally can change my age at will.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Oh my. *she has Hans doing tricks*
<Seraphna> **Jaime holds her upside down with tendrils**
<Seraphna> Si> We're still young teenagers.
<DeathStar> *Ren huffs*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I do keep meaning to look into reversing that
<Seraphna> Si> It's fun though.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...do you mind?"
<Seraphna> **Jaime puffs her cheeks and lets Ren down** Plus aren't you a Mom too?
<DeathStar> *Ren adjusts her tails and sits down* I'm the rad, young mom
<Seraphna> Jaime> Our kids are practically the same age.
<DeathStar> <Ren> But you're the ol--- <Taiga> Reeen
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Really.. it seems I'm the only one here who still has her true youth."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Alright, alright, I'll stop teasing her
<DeathStar> *X eyes Noire*
<DeathStar> <X> Yeah, you completely act your age
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Ohohohoh~"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Besides, soon Noire will find a gal or guy, and Kaori and Hess will tie the knot and become one of us!
<DeathStar> *Ren makes it seem like they're a cult*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hmmph. You should not tease a goddess.
<DeathStar> *Ren eyes Jaime* Yeah. Uh huh. Goddess
<DeathStar> <Ren> If you're a Goddess, I declare Noire a Dark Goddess
<Seraphna> **Jaime eyes her, then floats her upside down**
<DeathStar> *Ren makes cursing sounds*
<Seraphna> Si> Yep, Mini-Erevis.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "mmmm... maybe that should be my career path... Dark Goddess."
<Seraphna> **Kaelan peeks out** You rang?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...poseur."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Ahem, officially appointed Dark Kitsune but your Momma.
<DeathStar> *Taiga props her head up*
<Seraphna> Si> Hans is adorable, should we try a superhero costume for his jetpack?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> You're telling me Kaelan managed to break out of whatever location she and her team have been missing - to flex in front of Noire?
<DeathStar> *Taiga shakes head and goes back to the pig*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Besides!" *moves to lounge on a sofa dramatically* "I have no interest in courtship or social jousting."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> My meta guest starring moment has passed. Also because it's super hard to do this. Byyyyye. **she slips into the shadows, taking a plate of cookies with her**
<DeathStar> <Ren> True. I guess I should begin the meeting - I don't think anyone else is coming
<Seraphna> Thena> Yep!
<Jackieness> <Noire> "so start it already. Being dramatic is my thing, so do end this dramatic pause."
<DeathStar> *Ren lays out a huge amusement park map* So, since yesterday you all enjoyed doing things differently, I thought we'd go here. The catch is there might be a supernatural situation. People report about an attraction that comes and goes. Others claims it's a prank.
<Seraphna> **Jaime frowns** What attraction?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Stuff at the big top, the fun house mirrors, and the ride through a clown roller coaster that apparently appears
<Seraphna> Jaime> ...Clowns?
<DeathStar> <Ren> I haven't heard anything about clowns
<DeathStar> <Ren> Why?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "You just said clown roller coaster."
<DeathStar> *Taiga puts ear muffs on Hans*
<Seraphna> Jaime> The old guard has... horror stories tied to a clown.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Yes, just nothing about clowns themselves in regards to the supernatural
<Seraphna> **Si puts a scarf on Hans**
<DeathStar> <Ren> Just the rides
<Seraphna> Jaime> If it's... HIM, I'm so noping out of this.
<DeathStar> <Ren> I'm sure there will be clowns at the big top doing tricks though. If you all have clown fear you can avoid that one. I'll check it out
<Seraphna> Si> Never face clowns alone.
<Seraphna> Si> They travel in tiny cars to hide their numbers.
<DeathStar> *Ren eyes Si* Ah... okay?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Anyway, I got us a ton of tickets
<DeathStar> *Ren sets it down - more than what is present here. It looks like she hoped more people would show*
<Seraphna> Si> Surely we can leave some for those who might be late to the party.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Okay!
<DeathStar> *X has vanished - at the first mention of clowns*
<DeathStar> *Ren moves outside, bouncing* Lets go!
<DeathStar> *Taiga leaves Hans here - to protect him from the park*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *stands up, smooths out her pleated skirt, then follows Ren out*
<Seraphna> *Si leaves Hans a pile of snacks, to protect him**
<DeathStar> *Ren hops into a van she borrowed from somewhere and cranks it up*
<DeathStar> *Taiga sits in the back, relaxing*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *climbs into the van*
<Seraphna> **Si, Jaime and Thena get in**
<DeathStar> -ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM-
<DeathStar> *the van arrives at the park, where rides can be seen, the roller coasters being the highest, ferris wheels, and more, the big top standing out especially. Ren parks and gets out, handing them their all day tickets*
<Seraphna> **Thena takes hers, as does Thena, Thena and Thena**
<DeathStar> <Ren> Since it's April Fool's Day, they said expect a lot of pranks today as part of their service
<DeathStar> *Taiga eyes all the Thenas*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I swear they keep multiplying
<Seraphna> **They plot against Taiga together, whispering**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> .. right
<Seraphna> Si> Fuuu?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "mmmm... how... quaint."
<Seraphna> **And they aren't just talking about a video game**
<DeathStar> *As they get to the ticket booth, a jester like staff member is there to take their tickets* Welcome. Tickets. *he states in a bored tone, eyeing each of them, especially the Thenas*
<DeathStar> *Ren hands in her's and gets her hand stamped, moving inside. Taiga repeats*
<Seraphna> **The Thenas each give a ticket, Jaime hands hers over and so does Si**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *steps forward and hands her ticket over*
<DeathStar> *They each get a stamp, the Jester looking bored, occasionally giving a "grin" and doing a semi decent job at it*
<DeathStar> <Jester> Have a GREAT day.
<Seraphna> **One Thena gives him a free Thena CD**
<DeathStar> *Ren pulls up the park map for everyone* Alright, so we have rides of all sorts, or we could begin our investigation at locations like the big top or the fun house of mirrors
<DeathStar> *The Jester takes it, studying it*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "You want me to sya the House of Mirrors because you probably think I'm a narcissist, don't you?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> No?
<Jackieness> <Noire> *waves a hand* "First, food."
<DeathStar> *Ren hugs on Noire* Ren thinks Noire is great
<DeathStar> *She nods and walks about the park, soon finding where they have a wide selection of park food - hotdogs, pretzels, drinks, cotton candy, etc.*
<Seraphna> **Thena bounces around, as do the other Thenas, each inspecting different things**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> If I eat this, my stomach will hate me
<Jackieness> <Noire> "It depends on what and how much you eat."
<Seraphna> Si> I could eat for almost THREE people!
<DeathStar> *Taiga jerks*
<DeathStar> *Ren gets herself cotton candy and something plain*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I once ate a planet." *milks that one still*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Do you still pass rocks and stuff?
<DeathStar> *Taiga gives Si her food, then eyes the map* Well, I think the ride will probably be the less tedious thing to do
<Jackieness> <Noire> "No, I don't."
<Seraphna> **Si eats, and as always, a shocking amount of meat for a rabbit**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *buys ne of those pretzels with the melted cheese that she likes*
<DeathStar> <Ren> One day Si will eat us all
<DeathStar> *Taiga, once she is satisfied they have their food, walks toward the clown ride. As they get over to the rides where it's suppose to be, they find a tunnel of love type ride* <Ren> Apparantly half-way through it becomes a clown ride for certain people. <Taiga> ... uh huh
<Seraphna> **Si take Taiga's hand**
<DeathStar> *as they talk, certain people see the park people trying to pull pranks on the customers - innocent pranks due to it being April Fools*
<Seraphna> **Most of the Thenas have abandoned the investigation to do pranks back**
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... what are they even doing?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Thena has declared Prank Wars.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Of course she did."
<DeathStar> *Taiga moves to get in the first boat going down the river* We'll go first
<DeathStar> *Taiga and Si set off*
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... Shame Charlotte didn't show up
<DeathStar> *Ren peers at Noire and Jaime* Anyone want to be my ride?
<Seraphna> **Jaime muses, then picks them both up and hops in** We're threesoming this one.
<DeathStar> *Ren jerks*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *just eyes jaime flatly*
<DeathStar> *Si and Taiga's boat vanishes around the corner as their boat begins to go ahead. Corny music begins to play for lovers and they are shown lovely dovey images*
<DeathStar> *as they continue, they oddly do not see Taiga and Si's boat ahead even though they began just a few, the lights dimming for the threesome.*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "..it mocks me."
<DeathStar> *Ren snuggles into Noire's arm*
<Seraphna> **Jaime peers around, and pinches Noire's butt**
<DeathStar> <Ren> No molesting Noire
<Seraphna> Jaime> If I wanted to do that I wouldn't play fair.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *just looks at Jaime*
<DeathStar> *the boat continues it's trip down the waterway, little angles floating overhead and a picture is taken of them*
<DeathStar> *As they arrive at the end, a woman is there, offering the picture for 10 credits*
<DeathStar> *Ren helps Noire out of the boat*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hmm... did we lose the old ladies?
<DeathStar> <Ren> I don't see Mom
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...they probably were taken by the clowns."
<DeathStar> *Ren jerks*
<DeathStar> <Woman> ...? *she tilts her head at Noire* P-Picture?
<Seraphna> Jaime> I guess we need to go through again, this time with actual affection.
<Seraphna> **Jaime takes the picture to eye it**
<DeathStar> *it shows Noire eyeing Jaime while Ren snugs into her*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *holds her hand up to the woman* "I'm their chaperone... somehow."
<DeathStar> <Woman> I understand. *she nods*
<DeathStar> *Ren steps outside*
<DeathStar> <Ren> So. It seems that we lost Taiga and Si
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm-hmmm."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I guess we need to find a way in too still. I can fix the affection issue if that's how this works, or we can try the mirror house.
<DeathStar> <Ren> And that woman doesn't seem like a mastermind to stuff them into a bag
<DeathStar> <Ren> Hmmm. I guess it's possible to divert their boat so it didn't reach the end?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Come on." *moves to walk around the exterior of the Love Tunnel*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Possible, unless it really is supernatural and they target certain things.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Hm, the supernatural is a pain
<DeathStar> *as they circle it, the building does look rather large, but it could be due to how much the water tunnels takes up, or it could be due to hidden tunnels*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Let's look for a back door..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Right.
<DeathStar> *Ren's eyes glows and she tries to track Taiga's scent around the building*
<DeathStar> *soon leading them to an employee's door*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...here."
<DeathStar> *Ren pulls on the door, trying to rip it open*
<DeathStar> *soon throwing it off the hinges*
<Seraphna> **Jaime approves**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...subtle." *steps inside*
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... I rarely put all my strength into things. *she admits as she steps into the darkness. It seems to be some sort of camera room of the love tunnel. No employee is here right now but from here one can use the cameras to watch all the tunnels and flip between them, and a door leading back into the tunnels incase something happens*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *goes over to the camera controls and checks to see if she cna find video for the time that the pair dispapeared*
<DeathStar> *As Noire checks, she indeed finds it. Taiga and Si making out, not noticing their boat being diverted into a side tunnel with a clown like face, no doubt meaning to be scary if one was paying attention, and eating them, the tunnel then resealing as other three come up*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Grr
<Jackieness> <Noire> *points to the side door* "Let's go."
<DeathStar> *Ren nods and takes a deep breath, stepping back out into the love tunnels*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *heads through the service door after Ren*
<Seraphna> **Jaime follows**
<DeathStar> *Ren skips along, people on the boats eyeing the group*
<DeathStar> *Ren brightens* Oh, Charlotte has entered the parkk
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Oh?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> Thena is probably already pranking her.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Feel her in the bond
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...baka."
<DeathStar> -BRIEF SHIFT-
<DeathStar> *Charlotte arrives in the park, feeling Ren's ping through the bond in the tunnel of love ride*
<DeathStar> *The Jester giving her the stamp to get in*
<DeathStar> <Jester> Have a good day
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Thanks. You too." *heads in, hurrying over once in*
<DeathStar> *She'd find, since it's April Fools day, the staff doing harmless pranks on people*
<DeathStar> *as Charlotte reaches the tunnel of love, there is a present with "open me" on the ground*
<Alicia> * Charlotte considers opening it, but wants to find Ren first. Plus, it's probably a prank.
<DeathStar> *Charlotte wins. Darn, As she enters into the tunnels, we turn back to the other three*
<DeathStar> -RETURN SHIFT-
<DeathStar> *Ren eyes the spot*
<DeathStar> <Ren> So how do we get this open?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm..." *looks around*
<Seraphna> Jaime> I could blast it.
<DeathStar> *Ren jerks*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks at jaime* "... ... ...no."
<DeathStar> *if one studies, they can see where the tunnel edges are* <Ren> You're the TK queen, can't you like force the hinges to pop?
<Seraphna> **Jaime muses, but first checks if the entrance is stone**
<DeathStar> *nope, it seems to be made of sturdy materials used to make the rest of the building that won't get too rotted by the water, though there is a bit of degrade anyway*
<DeathStar> *someone begins to approach them*
<DeathStar> <Ren> That's Charlotte.
<Seraphna> **Jaime starts to pull it up with her TK**
<Seraphna> Jaime> Mmm, woulda have been easier to just turn it to mud but this is fine too.
<DeathStar> *after a bit of tries, as Charlotte arrives, Jaime manages to pop open the passage, revealing a clown face*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *tries to walk through the opened tunnel*
<DeathStar> *the tunnel looking much more damp and unused*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "There's a bit of a theme here, isn't there?"
<DeathStar> *Ren makes a face and walks along the edges, the side paths here looking more slick and gross due to it not being maintained for employees* <Ren> It seems so
<Jackieness> <Noire> "This was likely converted to a Tunnel of Love from an original clown theme."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Charming
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "The new future kids were going to come help, but they left the moment they heard clowns were involved. I hope that's not an omen."
<Seraphna> Jaime> So we're dealing with a ghost ride?
<DeathStar> <Ren> It feels pretty solid to me
<DeathStar> *as they move along, suddenly a clown falls down, the mechanism sparking a bit as it jerks about* Ho ho ho hahahaha he he he
<DeathStar> *it flashing and jerking about then rises back up*
<DeathStar> *Ren flails and almost falls into the water*
<Seraphna> **Jaime reflexively blasts it with hyperspace**
<DeathStar> *it sparks now*
<DeathStar> *smoking*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *just gives Jaime a judegmental glance*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What is it with progenitors and clowns?"
<DeathStar> *Ren manages to regain her balance and continues onward; laughs can be heard from speakers and a puppet shakes out from the wall to scare them, right by Ren's face*
<DeathStar> <Ren> I think Noire is right!
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Untidy, but sitll operational. Curious, isn't it?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> But the question is who, or what, is still running this?
<Seraphna> Jaime> What is it with Earthlings and tolerating such demons?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "You forget who you're talking to."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And here the Progenitor's seem to think they have the mettle to rule the galaxy when they are frightened by some grease paint and a foam rubber nose."
<Seraphna> Jaime> You don't know the extent of evil the clowns can be.
<DeathStar> *As they reach the end, they find a boat, perhaps Taiga and Si's. There's another exit that likely goes right back to the normal tunnel, perhaps that is how the rumors of the clown tunnel begins, but for some reason Taiga and Si's boat has stopped and is empty. A large clown machine hovers over them, half of it exposed with wires and whatnot, repeating hey hey hey*
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... missing
<DeathStar> *Taiga gets a good jump to leap into their empty boat*
<DeathStar> *Ren
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Wait, what?" *follows Ren over*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Taiga and Si were brought into this tunnel.
<Seraphna> Jaime> X does. That's why she didn't come.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Yes, we saw that on the ccamera footage. We need to find where they want after they entered this tunnel."
<DeathStar> *The massive clown continues it's hey hey hey*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Oh would someone shut that thing up
<Seraphna> **Jaime slowly raises her hand for a blast**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Maybe that's what the clowns do, keep repeating the same phrase until it gets annoying."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Jaime, restraint."
<Seraphna> Jaime> She asked though?
<DeathStar> <Clown> Do it, I dare you~. *it tells Jaime* Can't take a joke.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm..." *eyes the cables on the clown and where they might lead*
<Seraphna> **jaime frowns and dark tendrils stuff it's mouth**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh great, it's not even a repeating recording."
<DeathStar> *it's head sparks off and it's final heeeeeey goes off*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmmm..."
<DeathStar> *While following the cables, Noire would see they lead to a backroom*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Wait, so someone was listening/talking to us just then?
<Seraphna> Thena> Could be anyone!
<DeathStar> *Ren jerks*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Might be an AI."
<DeathStar> *nearly going int othe water again*
<Seraphna> **Thena ponders, acting like she was there the whole time**
<DeathStar> *Ren hops over behind behind the clown now that Noire has found it and opens the door; it looks like an employee room much like the one in the main area*
<Seraphna> Jaime> A Ghost Clown employee room.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And this is why I'm the leader,"
<DeathStar> *as well as an exit door*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Wait, there was no other doors
<Jackieness> <Noire> *wlaks over to check the exit*
<DeathStar> *Noire finds herself exiting below ground*
<DeathStar> *Ren peers about* What in the hell
<DeathStar> *it seems to be a series of tunnels for the employees*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Service tunnels now."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "So, maybe there's some kind of secret door? Or maybe they just left."
<Seraphna> Thena> Yes, whatever could be down here** She looks around with a magnifying lens**
<DeathStar> <Ren> I'm guessing they took Mom and Si through here
<DeathStar> <Ren> But where
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Remember when we found the murder shrine in the employee tunnels at the last haunted amusement park we investigated?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Lovely
<Seraphna> Thena> Yep! Thena bought the park and turned it into Thena Land.
<DeathStar> <Ren> ...
<DeathStar> *Ren takes Charlotte's hand and moves forward.*
<Alicia> * Charlotte looks over the walls as she goes
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...baaaaaaka." *walks into the tunnel*
<DeathStar> *as they go along, this part of the underground service tunnels look barely used, but soon they begin to hear people in the tunnels as they continue and sure enough, they encounter people moving about in them. Down the tunnels there are outfits being stored and employees are resting about* <Employee> Man there's so many people due to our holiday special
<DeathStar> *they seem to be sipping their drinks, hiding down there to get away from people. Charlotte would notice there is a map on the walls now*
<DeathStar> *showing where the exits to various attractions are for the emplyoees*
<Alicia> * Charlotte looks it over, and takes a picture with her datapad for future reference.
<DeathStar> *Charlotte gains Underground Map*
<DeathStar> *it seems they are near the Fun House Mirrors; and still some distance from the Circus Top stuff*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Huh... so this went right to the park's undeground?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Do you think they're down here still or up top?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Links to the attractions, so likely taken to one of the other allegedly haunted attractions."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "We're going to feel like fools if they're at the top."
<DeathStar> *The employees begin to move off, leaving the boxes of costumes behind*
<Seraphna> **A topside Thena peers around for the two**
<DeathStar> <Ren> Well the hall of mirrors was the one of the other two locations
<DeathStar> *Ren nods to Charlotte, letting her lead the way*
<Alicia> * Charlotte heads that way
<Jackieness> <Noire> *heads that wayb as well*
<DeathStar> *They arrive at the area; it seems to get up to the hall of mirrors, unlike the tunnel of clowns, one has to climb up a ladder*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *starts climbing the ladder*
<Alicia> * Charlotte goes up the ladder, thinking of a song
<Seraphna> **Thena follows, as does Thena**
<DeathStar> *they pop into the employee area, and once again it's abandoned. It doesn't have fancy cameras, but it seems they're here perhaps if something happens to someone inside.* <Ren> Rumor has it that if you go inside, you see odd reflections once in. *she eyes the controls to see if it can be done, but doesn't*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Maybe though there is a hidden control room
<DeathStar> *they can step into the mirrors from the employee booth*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Strange that it seems unusued."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Alright, here goes nothing. *she steps out into the mirrors*
<Alicia> * Charlotte heads in too
<DeathStar> *Char and Ren's reflections show funny versions of them all short*
<DeathStar> <Ren> I feel tinier than ever
<Alicia> * Charlotte hugs Ren. "I feel like Taiga wouldn't like it here."
<Jackieness> <Noire> *steps into the mirrors, but tries going another way*
<DeathStar> *Ren hugs back* Oh yeah, she would hate it
<DeathStar> *Noire would find a mirror that makes her super tall*
<Seraphna> **Thena looks at one that makes her super tall** She might like this one.
<Seraphna> **Jaime peers around**
<DeathStar> *Ren and Charlotte circle along, going away from Noire/Thena, beginning to get lost in the maze as they eye the shapes. Jaime can pick who she wants to follow*
<DeathStar> <Ren> *bumps into a mirror* Ow
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And she stands astride the world as a giant... ohohohhooo."
<DeathStar> *Charlotte would briefly see in the hall of mirrors what looks like Taiga*
<DeathStar> *Noire's next mirror makes her wide*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Now that's impressive. I thought I saw Taiga."
<DeathStar> *Ren's ears perk up and she shouts out* We have a Taiga sighting
<DeathStar> *Jaime as she looks around see Bimbo*
<DeathStar> *in a mirror, right in front of her*
<Seraphna> **Thena being shorter, eyes Noire's mirror** This one makes my boobs bigger**
<DeathStar> <Bimbo> Hey...
<Seraphna> **Jaime backs up a bit**
<DeathStar> <Bimbo> HEY...
<DeathStar> *Bimbo reaches forward*
<DeathStar> <Bimbo> Heeeeey
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hay's for horses.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Hah! At least my bosom is bountiful in the physical sense!"
<DeathStar> *As Jaime backs up far enough, Bimbo seems to vanish from sight*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Nice one Noire!"
<Seraphna> Jaime> Nope nope nope nope nooe. **calls Lenneth** Can we destroy a theme park from orbit?
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> .... no
<Seraphna> Jaime> There's a clown.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> You'd have to talk to EarthGov anyway, the PAX is not anywhere near your location
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "There are a lot of clowns here."
<DeathStar> *As Noire moves about, she'd get a brief glance of Si in a mirror
<Seraphna> Jaime> But they usually don't like blowing themselves up.
<DeathStar> <Ren> I've only seen the mechanical one
<DeathStar> *Lenneth just hangs up, sighing*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Jesters count as clowns too, right? Usually funnier though."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Wait till I tell Momma about this.
<DeathStar> *Ren bumps into a mirror* Owwwww
<Jackieness> <Noire> *stops and glances at the Si mirror*
<Seraphna> Thena> It's a bunny?
<DeathStar> *it looks like Si is tied up, but somehow she slides out of sight*
<DeathStar> *she is also wearing a party hat*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I suspect there are passages behind some of the mirrors."
<DeathStar> <Voice> You know, they say mirrors are reflections of the soul~. I wonder what your mirrors will say
<DeathStar> <Voice> Look into them if you dare~
<DeathStar> *his voice is a comedic like tone, almost clownish*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "A reasonable assumption." *tries to look behind a mirror, to see if they can be moved*
<DeathStar> *Ren peers into a mirror and sees something and jerks, rubbing her face*
<Seraphna> Jaime> **starts to growl a little**
<DeathStar> *the funhouse mirrors seem to be fused together to make a maze; Charlotte would have to break them to really get a look behind*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Can I smash these things yet?
<DeathStar> *Jaime would see a clown hand wiggling her to move closer to a mirror*
<Seraphna> **Jaime tosses a stone clown hand at the mirror**
<DeathStar> <Bimbo> Thanks for the hand~. *as she cracks the mirror*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Damnit a pun battle.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Lets break them. Noire probably won't mind
<DeathStar> <Ren> Much
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I'd say bad luck, but I think we're already in for some."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Smashing idea. I can really barrel through such a plan.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmph." *looks into another mirror*
<DeathStar> *Noire would see a Dark, powerful version of herself - giving into her dark nature that she sometimes does*
<DeathStar> *Ren's claws sharpen and she smashes the mirror that seemed to freak her out*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What's wrong?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> *simply goes into her ojou laugh*
<DeathStar> *revealing behind it what looks like a passage* <Ren> Uh, nothing. Heh.
<DeathStar> *Ren steps through*
<DeathStar> <Ren> I've found something the mirrors were blocking off
<Alicia> * Charlotte looks over Ren, taking a short look into one of the mirrors before following.
<Alicia> * then taking
<DeathStar> *The Bimbo clown makes a snort laugh*
<Seraphna> **Jaime moves over to follow, Thena and Thena sitting on Charlotte's shoulders in Chibi Form**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "We found the passageway." *tries to seem unspooked by what she saw, but hurrying into the passage*
<DeathStar> <Bimbo> You are a barrell of laaaaaughs
<Jackieness> <Noire> "So much for my vnaity." *heads for Charlotte's voice*
<DeathStar> *The passage, once they are all united, leads to an employee work room and they find Taiga and Si tied up* <Taiga> Everyone! Why when I get that clown!
<DeathStar> *Taiga wiggles to get free*
<Seraphna> Si> Not that I mind being tied up with Taiga.
<DeathStar> *Taiga deadpans*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "So are we finished with this scavenger hunt?"
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I hope so."
<DeathStar> *As Noire says that, there is movement behind them. Ren turns and a clown that looks like Bimbo is there, looming behind them*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> That damn clown!
<Seraphna> Jaime> SEE!? You all didn't believe me.
<Seraphna> **Jaime takes a picture of him and sends it to Lenneth**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Most clowns aren't kidnappers."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm?" *turns around*
<Seraphna> Jaime> That's what they want you to think.
<DeathStar> *it moves toward Jaime specifically*
<DeathStar> <Bimbo> Hey hey~
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Go... away..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> This feels a bit off to me. *she whispers to Noire*
<Seraphna> **Jaime forms glowing rock blades** And don't come back some other day.
<DeathStar> *Bimbo is now upon Jaime*
<DeathStar> *about to do clown things*
<DeathStar> *Ren helps Taiga and Si up*
<Seraphna> **Jaime slices at him, moving back**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Note that he only jumped on the ones he freaks out?"
<Seraphna> **Thena tilts her head and a second Thena taps Bimbo on the head, sitting on his shoulder** Hey! Hey listen!
<DeathStar> *Jaime slices Bimbo, who blows up and confetti shoots everywhere as the clown burns rapidly*
<DeathStar> *Thena is sent flying as Bimbo blows*
<Seraphna> **Thean goes flying**
<DeathStar> *Ren and Taiga jerk*
<Seraphna> Jaime> ...Freak.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Weird...
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What's with this unfunny clown, anyway?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I never heard of it going like this. ... oh well. *she eyes the firey confetti going on until the firealarm goes off and water comes down*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Lets get out of here
<Seraphna> Jaime> I'll teleport us. This is a NOPE moment.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...how annoying...I'm wearign a white top!"
<Seraphna> **Thena takes pictures of Noire**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Ah, how terrible." *tries to take pictures while no-one's looking*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Fine, teleport us outside
<DeathStar> <Ren> We'll have to answer questions
<Seraphna> **Jaime does so**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "And tell people about the creepy kidnapper clown."
<Seraphna> Si> Fuuu. I'm wet.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I think there was no kidnapper clown and this was all just an elaborate prank."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I defeated him.
<DeathStar> *employees and whatnot are already arriving to help deal with the situation*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> You think this was a prank by the park?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> It seems rather dangerous
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh, right. There is no clown now."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "No...someone we know."
<Seraphna> Jaime> He's gone now.
<DeathStar> *Ren is talking to the park employees and telling them what happened; turning to the group* You all can go home. *she tosses Noire the van keys*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> .. did Bimbo like ... do stuff to her as a child?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I don't remember that
<DeathStar> *Taiga eyes Jaime's crazed reaction*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Turkeys.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Turkeys?"
<Seraphna> **Jaime shivers**
<DeathStar> *Taiga leads Jaime to the entrance* Lets ... go
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Sometimes I don't understand progenitors... or is this Xanatos' side?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Erevis I think has shown hatred
<Jackieness> <Noire> *goes to the van*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> But not like this
<DeathStar> *As they go to exit, the Jester from the beginning smiles at them as they go* Oh? Leaving already. That's too bad.
<DeathStar> <Jester> We really enjoyed having you today.
<DeathStar> *he hands the group coupons for another visit*
<Seraphna> Thena> Thank you Mr. Jester Man.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Have a nice day!"
<DeathStar> <Jester> You too.
<DeathStar> *Taiga nods to the JEster and moves to get in the van*
<Alicia> * Charlotte heads into the van
<Seraphna> **Jaime is led and Thena touches her, musing**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *climbs into the driver seat and starts up the van*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> New rule, no more amusement parks unless Noire picks them
<Seraphna> Thena> Jaime has a lot of bottled up issues due to her mental freeze.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I wonder how they did the mirror thing."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> It feels like whoever it was all about pranks and showing things. I have no idea what kind of person would be into that
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'll research it. But it definitely didn't feel like Bimbo's MO. Even if they tried to make us think that at the end
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... as I said... I suspect someone we know." *starts driving them bck to X's place*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Clearly the clown gag was just because someone had to overreact to it."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Yes. *muses* They probably knew people on the team had clown phobia
<Seraphna> Jaime> Nope he's dead now.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I'd say that's harsh, but he did kidnap Taiga and Si."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'll go through everyone in the amusement park and see if I can find out if any of the employees might match our perp
<DeathStar> <Taiga> But I doubt they'll act again any time soon.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Think they were acting together?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Who?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Our perp and the clown."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I really don't think a clown was part of that unless the perp was dressed as a clown. The only clowns were in the tunnel of love and trying to make us think it was Bimbo
<Jackieness> <Noire> "there was no clown. It was clearly a fake out."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I mainly only saw Jesters. There might have been clowns in the clown show but we never got near it
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "... good point."
<Seraphna> Si> Mmm...
<Seraphna> Thena> I wonder what Ren saw.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ... hm. Those mirrors were meant to show something each of you didn't like? Well, she worked for Cran for a time
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Maybe it was related to that
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...mmm." *seems uncharacteristically quiet there*
<Seraphna> Thena> What does Char Char think?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Oh? Soemthign you don't like? I wonder why I did to merit such an exciting vision then?"
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What could it show you that you wouldn't like about yourself?"
<Seraphna> Thena> Ohhh, being like Cran?
<DeathStar> *As they arrive at X's, Taiga hops out of the van and stretches, rubbing her bad hand*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I'm not going to try to guess what Ren saw. She'll tell me if she wants to share."
<DeathStar> *X eyes them all for signs of clown disease*
<DeathStar> <X> ... You pass. Cookies and tea are inside
<Jackieness> <Noire> *steps out and locks the team van up*
<Seraphna> **Jaime, who seems to now be 15 since getting into the van, hops out and heads inside**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...did I miss something?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> *pauses as she passes X* "...the clown asked for you by your name." *then continues in*
<DeathStar> <X> Shit
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What's your history with this clown? Or is it just our perp slipping up?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> I destroyed him.
<DeathStar> <X> *leads Charlotte in and begins to tell her about the history of Clowns*
<DeathStar> -END-
* DeathStar changes topic to 'Season 2 | Tuesdays once or twice a month | TBA | Session 33: TBA | Phase 6'
* Jackieness has quit IRC
Session Time: Wed Aug 11 00:00:00 2021