What made these two think they could carry a table? [open!]

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Now that the City was once again open for exploration Alex and Tavros agreed to  make thier way down to fetch from the city a table on which they could play card games and store video games.

Unfortunately, the desk-sized table was too big to fit into Tavros's captchalogue. Even more unfortunately, neither of the pair were particularly physically skilled. As a result, they were moving very slowly down the city streets, trying to awkwardly balance the long table between them, and failing miserably... repeatedly, even with the help of Alex's shadow tendrils. He just wasn't able to concentrate on enough of them to really make them very useful.

"Tavros, g-g-grab that l-le- argh!" He show one of his tendrils out to catch the side that was slipping, only to have another one of them dissipate. He stops, so that the pair could both rest and bask in their failure.

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[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

And the two legs on Tavros' end of the table weren't balancing too well on his footrests, either. He fumbles, trying to rescue the listing table. It's a close call, not the first they've had today. As they stop to rest again, he laughs and folds his arms on the table.

"We must, uh, look like idiots with this thing." Sometimes you can't help but laugh. They were supposed to be part of the big adventurous Outsiders proving their worth to the adults, and here they were barely able to move some furniture.

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex laughs and lets his head drop onto the table with a thud. "Y-you'd think we c-could manage this b-better." He looked up smiling at Tavros, "H-how many geeks does it t-take ta move a t-table?"

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

"More than two, uh, I guess. We won't be, um, busting any stereotypes today."

He takes advantage of the break to look around curiously. Human architecture was similar to what he was used to, but the materials they chose were so... dead. All kinds of stone and cement.

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex laughs, not really thinking anything odd of the city. It wasn't quite what he was used to- it lacked all the sky-scrapers- but it was still a forest of concrete and black-top. "Y-yeah. Oh! H-how many programmers does it t-take ta screw in a lightbulb?"

He tried lifting the table and walking backwards slowly again, though without the tendrils this time. He was too entertained by their !fail to summon them.

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

"Oh, uh... I give up. How many?"

Tavros rolls forward slowly, trying to match Alex' pace. At least he's finally got the balancing act down.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"The hell is this?"

Tavros: It's a large talking book being carried by a vapidly cheerful green-haired girl who just wandered up.

Alex: Oh god, it's Zetta.

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

"None!" He said with a smile, "Th-that's a hardware p-problem!"

Then Zetta announced his arrival, loudly, as usual. The distraction proved enough to halt their process again as Alex tripped over a stone, falling backwards onto the pavement. Fortunately, Alice was used to Alex's un-coordination and was able to hold on for the fall, though the arrival of Zetta sent her down Alex's sleeve once he stopped falling.

"O-oh god," he said softly, "Z-Zetta." Looked like 'his overlord' had decided to visit.

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Tavros was still laughing a little at the awful joke when a badass freakin' overlord decides to grace them with his presence. His laughter's cut short as Alex falls, but the guy seems to be okay, so he glances uncertainly at the book and girl.

"Uhh... hi. This, um, wasn't your table, was it?"

He's addressing the girl. Because seriously, even if it has a face, the thing she's carrying is clearly a book.

[shiratokai.livejournal.com]

Taking a walk to acquaint himself with the city, Shiki stumbles across the bizarre scene before him. While the entire scene seemed really odd, nothing really surprised Shiki anymore. Besides, none of them seemed like genuine threats (including the self-proclaimed "Most Badass Freakin' Overlord").

Shiki asks "Would you like some help with that?" as he offers his hand to the blond-haired kid on the pavement.

Zetta: Status screen crashes upon trying to look at Shiki's stats

Fixin' this here....

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"No, that's not my table," the book said. Yes, it is very definitely the book talking. "You guys are just sucking at moving it."

Zetta, paragon of diplomacy and tact.

He's going to be irritated when he checks Shiki's status screen. He just hasn't quite yet.

Re: Fixin' this here....

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex stands without the help of the other teen, shying from the contact. He tries to make up for what he was sure would be precieved as an insult with a nervous, awkward smile. "Y-y-yes, Z-Zeta, w-we're s-sucking at m-moving it," he turned to Shiki, "b-b-b-but s-some h-help w-wouldn't h-hurt, if i-it's not t-too much t-trouble?"

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Tavros glances at Alex, then Zetta. There's the stutter again, worse than ever, and he can feel his own anxiety rising as he tries to figure out what sort of threat the book poses. Is it some sort of spellbook, maybe? Or something more powerful locked in that form? Or maybe it's a mouthpiece for the girl.

Maybe asking isn't the wisest thing he could do.

"Yeah..." he finally ventures, "I guess we, uh, kind of suck at this."

But, he reassures himself, they're better at it than a book would be.

[shiratokai.livejournal.com]

"No problem. I would be glad to be of some help."

Shiki prepares to grab one of the legs on Alex's side.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Tohno Shiki."

((new thread, shit was getting all squinchy on my phone's screen XD))

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Tavros glances at the debris before running it over. Not that he meant to, but he's not the one steering right now.

"You know, uh, you're not so bad, as far as evil overlords go."

Let our monster grow!

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Really? How many have you met?" Zetta asked, curiously.

He did know of at least one other Overlord on the ship -- Baal.

((I think a bit of MS Paint Adventure's style is effecting me.))

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Nanashi would have been upset to hear that she wasn't on the list, but Nanashi is not within ear shot. Alex is, however, and he looks to Tavros, "I-I've only m-met Zetta, b-but y-you r-really aren't that b-bad Zetta. Y-you even g-gave me some h-helpful a-advice."

He forgot to say 'Overlord Zetta'.

((how so))

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Tavros hasn't met Ba'al yet, sadly. He shrugs. "Just one, sort of, I guess. And one who'd, um, like to be, but I don't think he counts."

Odds are the genocidal royal (http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004308) he's thinking of doesn't count either, but devoting your life to the destruction of all land dwwellers sounds like Overlord behavior to Tavros.

"Anyway, um, Alex is kind of right. You're not, all that bad, I don't think."

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"H-hey! I'm a demon Overlord! Evil is actually in my job description! You guys just -- aren't worth being evil to! I'll use you FOR my evil ends."

So far, no one on the ship has been worth being evil to except Ba'al (and even then, Zetta was cheerfully laboring under one of his many, many misapprehensions to reach that conclusion). Luckily for Zetta, he's as good as anyone can be at self-delusion.

"Besides, we're past the question of good and evil," he added, failing to notice himself contradicting himself. "We've all got the same goal here."

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex chuckled. He was so bad at being evil. It was endearing. "W-well, sh-shall we g-get going then?"

[shiratokai.livejournal.com]

"Sounds good, lead the way."

Looking back toward Zetta, "Truth be told, I have met some people on my world who seem more evil than you, but we could always discuss that after we get this table where it needs to go."

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

"Ze-- Overlord Zetta's right, though," Tavros replies, "I don't think there should be any, uh, us-and-them, at all, among the people on the ship. Not with... the Ohm out there."

Nearly everyone Tavros knew on Alternia was more evil than the Overlord, now that he thinks about it. He's nice enough to keep that thought to himself, though.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Good thinking, Tavros. The Overlord addressed Shiki, instead. "If I wasn't evil, I couldn't survive as an Overlord. A more malicious demon would have risen up and cast me down long ago. But -- ha ha ha! I AM an Overlord! The most badass freakin' Overlord in the cosmos! There's no one who can live up to my standards -- human, demon, or miscellaneous!"

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

"I-I thought th-that they w-were all afraid o-of your massive mana, n-not how evil you a-are, O-Overlord Zetta." Alex began leading the way to his room, careful this time to look for any broken stones in the street.

[shiratokai.livejournal.com]

"In that case, I am glad you are not releasing malice. I have no idea what I would do if that were the case."

Shiki lets himself get guided through the city by Alex. All the while, he makes sure to keep the table level so he is not a hindrance to anyone.

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

And Tavros holds up his end of the table. This arrangement is kind of interesting, he guesses. He's not used to not being in total control of the wheelchair. He wouldn't have normally been okay with it.

As Shiki speaks, he glances up.

"Why, uhh, is that? Does malice, hurt you, or something?"