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The Wrath of Neutro
LAST WEEK, ON THE ADVENTURES OF PERCIVAL PHOENIX: The situation had gone from bad to worse. The rescue team now knew what had become of their colleagues, true --
Sakura has been kidnapped! Anwei and Zouichi are convinced they're villainous henchmen!
Lash thinks she's A MAD SCIENTIST!
...
*in the audience, a man bursts into flames and runs off, screaming*
AND NOW, THE CONTINUATION.
Sakura has been kidnapped! Anwei and Zouichi are convinced they're villainous henchmen!
Lash thinks she's A MAD SCIENTIST!
...
*in the audience, a man bursts into flames and runs off, screaming*
AND NOW, THE CONTINUATION.
Re: THE BLOOD QUEEN COMES CLEAN (Anwei, part of the rescue team)
Think wrong, she clings to that. It was mind control, it was something outside of her, it wasn't - she wasn't -
She is still shaking, all over, and the warmth of his arm over her shoulders is the only thing that seems real. Her eyes are out of sync, darting around the temple and reassuring herself that all of it - withered skeletons, hieroglyphic-slashed walls, bloodied floor, torches that realistically must have taken hours to light and put into position - all of it was different. Alien. Not of the Empire. She wasn't caught.
"Howard is here?" That didn't seem much like him, but then there was - "Sakura. Lash. They - they're changed too, aren't they. And oh my God," she raised one hand and clapped it to her face, "I've said the most horrible things about Nu-, about Zouichi! And thought them too!"
Both her eyes lock on Chase's face. "Where are they?!"
Re: THE BLOOD QUEEN COMES CLEAN (Anwei, part of the rescue team)
"Howard is here, I think they went after Z. Jaime is here too... the two of us were who was around when Howard found out something was wrong." He doesn't respond to the bit about bad thoughts... he's fine working with Z, and can appreciate ability... he just doesn't like him personally.
"As for Lash, she's somewhere in this complex. Soon as we collect you, if Beetle hasn't found her first, we're gonna go track her down and give her a spanking next, and rescue Sakura... and if we're really lucky, Percival will get shot and die dramatically somewhere in the process."
Re: THE BLOOD QUEEN COMES CLEAN (Anwei, part of the rescue team)
"Percival Phoenix. The preening - no. I," she blinks again, "I don't know who he is. But he might be a real person too, trapped in this. I can see," she lets her head loll back, staring up at the ceiling, "I can see why Stacy sent us to destroy this - whatever this is. Can you imagine what would happen if it was used on the ship? If that crew all started finding their evil sides?"
On the other hand, maybe people like Lord Zetta would find their good sides. But the potential trade-off probably isn't worth it.
She is still feeling distinctly trembly about the stomach, but she thinks she can move. She looks at the golden bra lying on the steps of the altar like two bronzed scoops of ice cream, then at her own considerably smaller chest (where the shards of papyrus were still defending her dignity). Then she looks at Chase.
And she laughs. "And - and - thank you for removing the mind control bra," she wheezes, cracking up. Her laugh has more than a hint of hysteria to it, but it is mostly just a laugh.
Re: THE BLOOD QUEEN COMES CLEAN (Anwei, part of the rescue team)
"As for escaping... to this point, just following the plot, cause I was pretty sure without that, we wouldn't be allowed to get to the bottom of all this $#!&. Now... I'm done with mazes."
He hefts Truck Stop again and moves to the wall, taking a swing, sashing prop stone wall out of the way to make for a much more direct route.
"C'mon, we got some @$$ to kick still so we can get everyone home. You want a gun?"
Re: THE BLOOD QUEEN COMES CLEAN (Anwei, part of the rescue team)
"Wait, I need to do one thing." She gets down on one knee and looks around the base of the altar, where a narrow crack oozes vile fumes. "Hoooooo, Hoo-Hoo. Come out, little Hoo-Hoo," she croons.
After a few seconds, the tiny golden asp pokes its nose into sight. The nose trembles; the snake had been terrified by the entire business of shouting and spitting and being tossed about. Carefully, Anwei took the snake up behind the head - it was not much longer than her hand - and carried it to a narrow crack in the wall, where beetles and spiders gave promise of much feastings to come. She puts the snake down and it slithers out of sight.
"Goodbye, Hor-Ankh," she whispers, and knuckles at her eyes. Then she turns back to Chase, and those eyes light with righteous fury.
"If you've got a gun I can handle, I'll take it. If not, I'll just use my hands. I'm going to &*!@ those &$*-/ until their &$%#( %$`@! bleed out of their (*&##." She smiles. "And their mothers, too, if they have any."
Re: THE BLOOD QUEEN COMES CLEAN (Anwei, part of the rescue team)
"We don't even know who those $%*@#$%&(@ are, but we'll figure it out. I like the way you're thinking." he replies, pausing long enough to tear down one of the fake Egyptian tapestries. "By the bye, put this on, will probably work better than what you're wearing now." he replies, offering her an easy option to make up for the lack of the boulder holder.
Re: THE BLOOD QUEEN COMES CLEAN (Anwei, part of the rescue team)
"It may not even be a #$%&(@. Could be automated equipment. Hopefully not bulletproof." She takes the tapestry - it shreds under her fingers into strips which just happen to be perfect for covering herself - and ends up slinging it around her neck, tucking the trailing ends into her girdle. As soon as her chest is covered the papyrus scraps all fall off and blow away.
"Are we chasing Lash, or meeting somewhere else? Because," she frowns, "no, I remember how to get to the Death Fortress. And - I think we should get there soon. Doctor Lady Deathtru-, I mean Lash, is building something that's almost done. She believes it will reach orbit. Where Stacy is."
Re: THE BLOOD QUEEN COMES CLEAN (Anwei, part of the rescue team)