Act 9
Act 9 DikiyobaWho can you trust when the thing starts possessing people?
Scene 1: Tech Support Forum
Scene 1: Tech Support Forum DikiyobaThe mages and Zorro are once more reviving Spiderwebbers. Toenail has been revived from cadmium, Schrodinger from argon, Shaun Waun from samarium, and BainIhrno from chromium. Schrodinger is examining the antimatter machine with great interest. Archmagus Micael summons some palladium. With it, Zorro revives FBM.
FBM: It's so good to be back!
*i enters with the equipment needed to repair the antimatter machine and begins working on it. Schrodinger joins him. Randomizer summons some curium, allowing Zorro to revive Wanderer.
Wanderer: Now I am free to wander some more!
Randomizer: Actually, that's not a good idea at the moment.
Wanderer: Oh.
Zeviz summons some americium and Zorro revives Drew.
Drew: It was no fun being trapped in the dark this whole time.
Zephyr Tempest summons some zirconium. Zorro revives Redstart.
Redstart: Finally! That took far too long.
*i: Okay, we've got it fixed up. Hand me some gallium.
Zeviz summons some gallium and hands it to *i. Everyone gathers around the antimatter machine to see whether it would work this time around. Even Alorael gets up to watch. *i drops the gallium into the machine and turns it on. Zorro manages to catch the single atom of antigallium and combines it with Galactic Core. Rakshasi is revived, though he looks slightly insubstantial.
Randomizer: Wow. I think that's finally everyone.
Zorro: Good!
Zorro begins to play Galactic Core. MagmaDragoon, Nick Ringer, Wonko the Sane, and Kingy enter.
MagmaDragoon: Thing by GoldenKing been possessed has the!
*i: What? How?
While MagmaDragoon tries to explain, Nick Ringer opens another bottle of beer.
Nick Ringer: i woldnt no i wuz unconsous
Kingy: You have beer? Why didn't you tell me?
Nick Ringer: u didnt ask
Nick Ringer and Kingy start to walk towards the General Forum.
Wonko the Sane: Wait, Kingy. You're supposed to help me with Alorael.
Alorael: It's Aloreal. And what are you going to help me with?
Kingy: Sorry, Wonko, but I'd rather go drink. You'll have to find someone else.
Kingy and Nick Ringer exit.
Infernal666hate: Eye thing eye well glow two thy Generated Foreman asp will.
Infernal666hate exits.
Wonko the Sane: Great. Who will help me?
FBM: I will. What are we doing?
Wonko the Sane checks to make sure that Alorael isn't listening, and then speaks in a low voice.
Wonko the Sane: We're going to force Alorael to drink skribbane to see if it returns him to normal.
Toenail: Sounds like fun. I'll help too.
Rakshasi: Sure. Count me in as well.
MagmaDragoon finishes with his out-of-order explanation. *i thinks for a moment.
*i: I'm not sending anyone out to try to deal with GoldenKing. There's enough of us here to bring him under control, should he show up.
*i moves so that he can easily watch the forum entrance while Schrodinger carefully starts to take the antimatter machine apart. Toenail, FBM, Wonko the Sane, and Rakshasi approach Alorael. Wonko the Sane places the bottle of skribbane in front of him. Alorael looks up.
Alorael: Yes?
Wonko the Sane: You've been working really hard to, um, help out pedestrians. And I, um, I think that's great. That's why I brought you this to drink. As a reward. Trust me, it's very refreshing.
Alorael looks skeptically at the bottle and then suspiciously at Wonko the Sane. He sniffs the bottle's contents and looks disgusted.
Alorael: No. You're trying to trick me into drinking skribbane.
Rakshasi: What kind of approach was that, Wonko?
Toenail: An ineffective one. Now we'll have to try another method.
Toenail reaches across and grabs the skribbane. Alorael stands up and backs away.
Alorael: I don't like where this is going.
Rakshasi: Get him!
Alorael: Get away from me, you lunatics!
Alorael ducks away from Rakshasi and runs across the forum. Everyone pauses to watch. Even *i is momentarily distracted. Zephyr Tempest laughs.
Zephyr Tempest: Now this is entertainment!
In the confusion, no one notices Stew Boy enter. He walks silently over to Archmagus Micael.
Archmagus Micael: Stew Boy! Where did you come... you... you look... odd...
At that moment, FBM trips while chasing after Alorael and crashes into the table where all the alchemical equipment is set up. Ephesos and Dikiyoba jump out of the way as the table begins to tip over. Stew Boy leans in close to Archmagus Micael.
Stew Boy: Jhgzsb!
Due to the noise of the table and equipment hitting the floor, no one hears him but Archmagus Micael. No one sees Archmagus Micael collapse, either, because everyone is watching Ephesos yell at FBM.
Ephesos: Watch where you're going!
FBM shrugs.
FBM: Sorry. It was an accident.
Ephesos: Yes, an accident that destroyed a lot of valuable equipment.
FBM: I said sorry.
FBM helps Ephesos and Dikiyoba to right the table and pick up the equipment. Wonko the Sane manages to tackle Alorael and pin him down.
Wonko the Sane: Quick, Toenail! Force him to drink the skribbane!
Alorael struggles to free himself.
Alorael: No! Skribbane is a terrible, awful thing. I don't want to get addicted!
Alorael closes his mouth tightly as Toenail approaches. Rakshasi pinches Alorael's nose so that he can't breathe. When Alorael finally opens his mouth, Toenail pours some skribbane in. Everyone watches as Alorael sputters and coughs. Stew Boy approaches Zeviz.
Stew Boy: Mnbgnj!
Zeviz: Wha...?
Zeviz tips over unconscious. However, Randomizer is standing close enough to hear and then see what happened. He hesitates only for a second.
Randomizer: Spray acid!
Stew Boy is drenched in a layer of strong acid. Everyone forgets Alorael and turns to look at Randomizer.
*i: What did you just do?!
Ephesos hurries forward to cast a cure spell, but Randomizer blocks his path.
Randomizer: He attacked Zeviz! I heard it!
*i: But only those possessed by the thing can knock others unconscious.
Randomizer: Then Stew Boy's been possessed by the thing!
Stew Boy collapses to the ground. The thing realizes that it is about to lose its host. The thing would have to find a new one. It would love to have everyone in the room as a host, but it wasn't that strong yet. It could only take one other host at the moment, and it would have to be one that was easy to subdue. Everyone present (and conscious) steps back in horror as the most undescribable and incomprehensible thing they have ever witnessed appears next to Stew Boy.
The thing: Wstdrfyghjnkm!
Everybody winces. The thing vanishes as suddenly as it had appeared. Stew Boy manages to lift his head a few inches off the ground.
Stew Boy: hlp... me...
Stew Boy coughs loudly.
Ephesos: Divine restoration!
Stew Boy is healed. He sits up as Ephesos casts another heal and cure spell on him for good measure.
*i: Stew Boy! What happened?
Stew Boy: teh thing it wuz... it wuz horibl
Stew Boy shudders and falls silent. Everyone else is silent as well, except for Alorael, who steps forward.
Alorael: What in the world just happened and why don't I have my sniper rifle?
FBM: It's so good to be back!
*i enters with the equipment needed to repair the antimatter machine and begins working on it. Schrodinger joins him. Randomizer summons some curium, allowing Zorro to revive Wanderer.
Wanderer: Now I am free to wander some more!
Randomizer: Actually, that's not a good idea at the moment.
Wanderer: Oh.
Zeviz summons some americium and Zorro revives Drew.
Drew: It was no fun being trapped in the dark this whole time.
Zephyr Tempest summons some zirconium. Zorro revives Redstart.
Redstart: Finally! That took far too long.
*i: Okay, we've got it fixed up. Hand me some gallium.
Zeviz summons some gallium and hands it to *i. Everyone gathers around the antimatter machine to see whether it would work this time around. Even Alorael gets up to watch. *i drops the gallium into the machine and turns it on. Zorro manages to catch the single atom of antigallium and combines it with Galactic Core. Rakshasi is revived, though he looks slightly insubstantial.
Randomizer: Wow. I think that's finally everyone.
Zorro: Good!
Zorro begins to play Galactic Core. MagmaDragoon, Nick Ringer, Wonko the Sane, and Kingy enter.
MagmaDragoon: Thing by GoldenKing been possessed has the!
*i: What? How?
While MagmaDragoon tries to explain, Nick Ringer opens another bottle of beer.
Nick Ringer: i woldnt no i wuz unconsous
Kingy: You have beer? Why didn't you tell me?
Nick Ringer: u didnt ask
Nick Ringer and Kingy start to walk towards the General Forum.
Wonko the Sane: Wait, Kingy. You're supposed to help me with Alorael.
Alorael: It's Aloreal. And what are you going to help me with?
Kingy: Sorry, Wonko, but I'd rather go drink. You'll have to find someone else.
Kingy and Nick Ringer exit.
Infernal666hate: Eye thing eye well glow two thy Generated Foreman asp will.
Infernal666hate exits.
Wonko the Sane: Great. Who will help me?
FBM: I will. What are we doing?
Wonko the Sane checks to make sure that Alorael isn't listening, and then speaks in a low voice.
Wonko the Sane: We're going to force Alorael to drink skribbane to see if it returns him to normal.
Toenail: Sounds like fun. I'll help too.
Rakshasi: Sure. Count me in as well.
MagmaDragoon finishes with his out-of-order explanation. *i thinks for a moment.
*i: I'm not sending anyone out to try to deal with GoldenKing. There's enough of us here to bring him under control, should he show up.
*i moves so that he can easily watch the forum entrance while Schrodinger carefully starts to take the antimatter machine apart. Toenail, FBM, Wonko the Sane, and Rakshasi approach Alorael. Wonko the Sane places the bottle of skribbane in front of him. Alorael looks up.
Alorael: Yes?
Wonko the Sane: You've been working really hard to, um, help out pedestrians. And I, um, I think that's great. That's why I brought you this to drink. As a reward. Trust me, it's very refreshing.
Alorael looks skeptically at the bottle and then suspiciously at Wonko the Sane. He sniffs the bottle's contents and looks disgusted.
Alorael: No. You're trying to trick me into drinking skribbane.
Rakshasi: What kind of approach was that, Wonko?
Toenail: An ineffective one. Now we'll have to try another method.
Toenail reaches across and grabs the skribbane. Alorael stands up and backs away.
Alorael: I don't like where this is going.
Rakshasi: Get him!
Alorael: Get away from me, you lunatics!
Alorael ducks away from Rakshasi and runs across the forum. Everyone pauses to watch. Even *i is momentarily distracted. Zephyr Tempest laughs.
Zephyr Tempest: Now this is entertainment!
In the confusion, no one notices Stew Boy enter. He walks silently over to Archmagus Micael.
Archmagus Micael: Stew Boy! Where did you come... you... you look... odd...
At that moment, FBM trips while chasing after Alorael and crashes into the table where all the alchemical equipment is set up. Ephesos and Dikiyoba jump out of the way as the table begins to tip over. Stew Boy leans in close to Archmagus Micael.
Stew Boy: Jhgzsb!
Due to the noise of the table and equipment hitting the floor, no one hears him but Archmagus Micael. No one sees Archmagus Micael collapse, either, because everyone is watching Ephesos yell at FBM.
Ephesos: Watch where you're going!
FBM shrugs.
FBM: Sorry. It was an accident.
Ephesos: Yes, an accident that destroyed a lot of valuable equipment.
FBM: I said sorry.
FBM helps Ephesos and Dikiyoba to right the table and pick up the equipment. Wonko the Sane manages to tackle Alorael and pin him down.
Wonko the Sane: Quick, Toenail! Force him to drink the skribbane!
Alorael struggles to free himself.
Alorael: No! Skribbane is a terrible, awful thing. I don't want to get addicted!
Alorael closes his mouth tightly as Toenail approaches. Rakshasi pinches Alorael's nose so that he can't breathe. When Alorael finally opens his mouth, Toenail pours some skribbane in. Everyone watches as Alorael sputters and coughs. Stew Boy approaches Zeviz.
Stew Boy: Mnbgnj!
Zeviz: Wha...?
Zeviz tips over unconscious. However, Randomizer is standing close enough to hear and then see what happened. He hesitates only for a second.
Randomizer: Spray acid!
Stew Boy is drenched in a layer of strong acid. Everyone forgets Alorael and turns to look at Randomizer.
*i: What did you just do?!
Ephesos hurries forward to cast a cure spell, but Randomizer blocks his path.
Randomizer: He attacked Zeviz! I heard it!
*i: But only those possessed by the thing can knock others unconscious.
Randomizer: Then Stew Boy's been possessed by the thing!
Stew Boy collapses to the ground. The thing realizes that it is about to lose its host. The thing would have to find a new one. It would love to have everyone in the room as a host, but it wasn't that strong yet. It could only take one other host at the moment, and it would have to be one that was easy to subdue. Everyone present (and conscious) steps back in horror as the most undescribable and incomprehensible thing they have ever witnessed appears next to Stew Boy.
The thing: Wstdrfyghjnkm!
Everybody winces. The thing vanishes as suddenly as it had appeared. Stew Boy manages to lift his head a few inches off the ground.
Stew Boy: hlp... me...
Stew Boy coughs loudly.
Ephesos: Divine restoration!
Stew Boy is healed. He sits up as Ephesos casts another heal and cure spell on him for good measure.
*i: Stew Boy! What happened?
Stew Boy: teh thing it wuz... it wuz horibl
Stew Boy shudders and falls silent. Everyone else is silent as well, except for Alorael, who steps forward.
Alorael: What in the world just happened and why don't I have my sniper rifle?
Scene 2: Geneforge Series
Scene 2: Geneforge Series DikiyobaGoldenKing stands boldly in the middle of the forum. Drakefyre, Sir David, Tyranicus, Nikki, Lord Grimm, and the Silent Assassin enter.
Tyranicus: Why am I not surprised to find him here in this forum?
Nikki: I don't know. Why?
Drakefyre starts to approach GoldenKing. GoldenKing starts to back away.
Drakefyre: Surrender now, GoldenKing, or you will be banned.
GoldenKing: Aknjbhvu!
Drakefyre halts for a moment, and then continues forward. GoldenKing scrambles away from him.
Nikki: Hey! Does anyone else smell that? It smells like... like...
Tyranicus: Vinegar. Drakefyre! He set up spawners!
Nikki: Spawners? What are those?
A mob of cryoas suddenly swarm out and attack Drakefyre. GoldenKing runs for the exit and escapes. Drakefyre casts arcane blow on the cryoas, killing many of them.
Tyranicus: Hey! How come he can cast...
The Silent Assassin claps a hand over Tyranicus' mouth, cutting him off.
Sir David: |\|07 4|\|07|-|35 \/\/05|)
Drakefyre casts arcane blow again. A rogue cryoa slips past him and heads toward the others.
Nikki: What's that?
Tyranicus: It's a cryoa. And I still don't have a weapon. From now on, I'm using javelins. And I don't care how much they weigh!
Sir David runs forward and kills the cryoa. The Silent Assassin gestures until it is quite clear that Tyranicus and Nikki should stay behind while the others should help Drakefyre out. Sir David, Lord Grimm, and the Silent Assassin hurry forward. Drakefyre casts arcane blow on more cryoas.
Drakefyre: See if you can destroy the spawners. There are three of them.
Lord Grimm tosses a reaperdisk at one of the spawners. It dissolves into a puddle of goo.
Nikki: What are they doing?
Nikki starts to walk toward the others.
Tyranicus: No, wait. Don't walk a...
Tyrancius stops speaking abruptly.
Nikki: What was that?
Nikki turns back to find Tyranicus lying unconscious on the ground.
Nikki: Um...
Sir David wipes out one spawner with his flaming sword and the Silent Assassin kills the other with a large knife. Drakefyre casts arcane blow on the last of the cryoas. He looks around.
Drakefyre: That wasn't difficult. So what was the point of that? Just to stall us? But it took up a lot of his time as well.
Sir David: 273\/\/ 80`/
Drakefyre: We need to get back then.
Drakefyre turns.
Drakefyre: Nikki, Tyrani... oh no. I should have expected something like this to happen.
Nikki: Expected what to happen?
Tyranicus gets up.
Tyranicus: I'm okay.
Tyranicus: I'm okay.
Nikki: Why are you talking like that?
Drakefyre sighs.
Drakefyre: It doesn't matter at the moment.
Sir David: 3293(1411`/ 21|\|(3 |-|311 0|\|1`/ |=05637 4641|\|
Drakefyre, Sir David, Tyranicus, Lord Grimm, the Silent Assassin, and Nikki exit to the Avernum 4 Forum.
Tyranicus: Why am I not surprised to find him here in this forum?
Nikki: I don't know. Why?
Drakefyre starts to approach GoldenKing. GoldenKing starts to back away.
Drakefyre: Surrender now, GoldenKing, or you will be banned.
GoldenKing: Aknjbhvu!
Drakefyre halts for a moment, and then continues forward. GoldenKing scrambles away from him.
Nikki: Hey! Does anyone else smell that? It smells like... like...
Tyranicus: Vinegar. Drakefyre! He set up spawners!
Nikki: Spawners? What are those?
A mob of cryoas suddenly swarm out and attack Drakefyre. GoldenKing runs for the exit and escapes. Drakefyre casts arcane blow on the cryoas, killing many of them.
Tyranicus: Hey! How come he can cast...
The Silent Assassin claps a hand over Tyranicus' mouth, cutting him off.
Sir David: |\|07 4|\|07|-|35 \/\/05|)
Drakefyre casts arcane blow again. A rogue cryoa slips past him and heads toward the others.
Nikki: What's that?
Tyranicus: It's a cryoa. And I still don't have a weapon. From now on, I'm using javelins. And I don't care how much they weigh!
Sir David runs forward and kills the cryoa. The Silent Assassin gestures until it is quite clear that Tyranicus and Nikki should stay behind while the others should help Drakefyre out. Sir David, Lord Grimm, and the Silent Assassin hurry forward. Drakefyre casts arcane blow on more cryoas.
Drakefyre: See if you can destroy the spawners. There are three of them.
Lord Grimm tosses a reaperdisk at one of the spawners. It dissolves into a puddle of goo.
Nikki: What are they doing?
Nikki starts to walk toward the others.
Tyranicus: No, wait. Don't walk a...
Tyrancius stops speaking abruptly.
Nikki: What was that?
Nikki turns back to find Tyranicus lying unconscious on the ground.
Nikki: Um...
Sir David wipes out one spawner with his flaming sword and the Silent Assassin kills the other with a large knife. Drakefyre casts arcane blow on the last of the cryoas. He looks around.
Drakefyre: That wasn't difficult. So what was the point of that? Just to stall us? But it took up a lot of his time as well.
Sir David: 273\/\/ 80`/
Drakefyre: We need to get back then.
Drakefyre turns.
Drakefyre: Nikki, Tyrani... oh no. I should have expected something like this to happen.
Nikki: Expected what to happen?
Tyranicus gets up.
Tyranicus: I'm okay.
Tyranicus: I'm okay.
Nikki: Why are you talking like that?
Drakefyre sighs.
Drakefyre: It doesn't matter at the moment.
Sir David: 3293(1411`/ 21|\|(3 |-|311 0|\|1`/ |=05637 4641|\|
Drakefyre, Sir David, Tyranicus, Lord Grimm, the Silent Assassin, and Nikki exit to the Avernum 4 Forum.
Scene 3: Run-down Message Board
Scene 3: Run-down Message Board DikiyobaThis forum has seen better days, which is saying something because it probably didn't look all that good to begin with. It looks like it was created from a shoddy program and that there was no planning involved in setting it up. Spam is lying everywhere and huge flamefests burn brightly. Kelandon and Marlenny enter.
Marlenny: Why are we here? We know that the rip just leads to the general Internet. We should go back to Spiderweb.
Kelandon: This place is close enough to the rip that it may pose a danger to Spiderweb. I guess not, though, since it appears to be abandoned.
Marlenny: Wait, Kel. It's not.
Marlenny points to a noob crossing the forum. It throws a piece of spam on the ground and then stops and stares at Kelandon and Marlenny.
Noob: hay wat r u doing hear
Marlenny: We're just passing through.
Noob: talk rite i cant understand u
Kelandon: We are talking properly. You're the one who is speaking incorrectly.
Noob: ur inselting me im caling a gaurdian
The noob runs off.
Marlenny: What do you think a guardian is?
Kelandon: I'm not sure.
The gaurdian enters. It turns out to be this board's name for a moderator.
Gaurdian: wats going on
The noob points at Kelandon.
Noob: he inselted me
Kelandon: I did not.
The gaurdian stares at Kelandon like he's a complete idiot.
Gaurdian: tihs is teh internet u dont hav 2 talk lik taht
Kelandon starts to retort angrily, but Marlenny elbows him in the ribs, cutting him off.
Marlenny: So, why are you called a guardian instead of a moderator?
Gaurdian: its cooler tihs way
Marlenny: And what is this place, anyway?
Gaurdian: a rely cool plase 2 lik hang out adn stuf
Marlenny: But this place is practically abandoned.
Gaurdian: yea theirs a stroy but teh adminostater can tel it betr tahn i
The gaurdian walks off. Kelandon sighs.
Kelandon: The "adminostater"?
Noob: lol yea pwnage!!!1 lol
The gaurdian reappears with the adminostater.
Gaurdian: tel tehm the stroy
Adminostater: k i started tihs fourm a long tim ago 2 hav fun adn many ppl came and ppl wer hapy adn ppl once cared abot speling and gramer and we evn used 2 thro ppl out bcus they coldnt spek rite adn then tihs... tihs think showd up...
Kelandon: Wait. "Think"? Do you mean "thing"?
Adminostater: yea watever tihs thinf showd up adn ppl started fiting and lots ov ppl left but teh rest ov us relized taht speling and gramer didnt mater and wev ben hear evr sense
Kelandon: Right. Well, we need to get going now.
Marlenny: Where are we going?
Kelandon: Back to Spiderweb. The thing is not going to do to Spiderweb what it did to this place.
The adminostater steps in front of Kelandon and Marlenny, blocking their exit.
Adminostater: no u hav 2 stay
Kelandon: I don't think so.
The gaurdian also steps into Kelandon and Marlenny's way.
Gaurdian: but we need mor ppl!!1
The noob, plus three others and a 1337 h4x0r, form a circle around Kelandon and Marlenny.
Kelandon: So, you're not going to let us out?
Adminostater: tahts rite
Kelandon: Then we'll have to fight our way out.
Kelandon lunges toward the adminostater and gaurdian. Marlenny trips a charging noob. The noob falls to the ground, tripping another noob in the process. Kelandon shoves the gaurdian into the adminostater. Marlenny ducks the 1337 h4x0r's axe. Kelandon and Marlenny run for the exit and escape. The adminostater and gaurdian stand up.
Gaurdian: they escapd
Adminostater: well bring tehm bak folow me
The adminostater, gaurdian, 1337 h4x0r, and four noobs exit.
Marlenny: Why are we here? We know that the rip just leads to the general Internet. We should go back to Spiderweb.
Kelandon: This place is close enough to the rip that it may pose a danger to Spiderweb. I guess not, though, since it appears to be abandoned.
Marlenny: Wait, Kel. It's not.
Marlenny points to a noob crossing the forum. It throws a piece of spam on the ground and then stops and stares at Kelandon and Marlenny.
Noob: hay wat r u doing hear
Marlenny: We're just passing through.
Noob: talk rite i cant understand u
Kelandon: We are talking properly. You're the one who is speaking incorrectly.
Noob: ur inselting me im caling a gaurdian
The noob runs off.
Marlenny: What do you think a guardian is?
Kelandon: I'm not sure.
The gaurdian enters. It turns out to be this board's name for a moderator.
Gaurdian: wats going on
The noob points at Kelandon.
Noob: he inselted me
Kelandon: I did not.
The gaurdian stares at Kelandon like he's a complete idiot.
Gaurdian: tihs is teh internet u dont hav 2 talk lik taht
Kelandon starts to retort angrily, but Marlenny elbows him in the ribs, cutting him off.
Marlenny: So, why are you called a guardian instead of a moderator?
Gaurdian: its cooler tihs way
Marlenny: And what is this place, anyway?
Gaurdian: a rely cool plase 2 lik hang out adn stuf
Marlenny: But this place is practically abandoned.
Gaurdian: yea theirs a stroy but teh adminostater can tel it betr tahn i
The gaurdian walks off. Kelandon sighs.
Kelandon: The "adminostater"?
Noob: lol yea pwnage!!!1 lol
The gaurdian reappears with the adminostater.
Gaurdian: tel tehm the stroy
Adminostater: k i started tihs fourm a long tim ago 2 hav fun adn many ppl came and ppl wer hapy adn ppl once cared abot speling and gramer and we evn used 2 thro ppl out bcus they coldnt spek rite adn then tihs... tihs think showd up...
Kelandon: Wait. "Think"? Do you mean "thing"?
Adminostater: yea watever tihs thinf showd up adn ppl started fiting and lots ov ppl left but teh rest ov us relized taht speling and gramer didnt mater and wev ben hear evr sense
Kelandon: Right. Well, we need to get going now.
Marlenny: Where are we going?
Kelandon: Back to Spiderweb. The thing is not going to do to Spiderweb what it did to this place.
The adminostater steps in front of Kelandon and Marlenny, blocking their exit.
Adminostater: no u hav 2 stay
Kelandon: I don't think so.
The gaurdian also steps into Kelandon and Marlenny's way.
Gaurdian: but we need mor ppl!!1
The noob, plus three others and a 1337 h4x0r, form a circle around Kelandon and Marlenny.
Kelandon: So, you're not going to let us out?
Adminostater: tahts rite
Kelandon: Then we'll have to fight our way out.
Kelandon lunges toward the adminostater and gaurdian. Marlenny trips a charging noob. The noob falls to the ground, tripping another noob in the process. Kelandon shoves the gaurdian into the adminostater. Marlenny ducks the 1337 h4x0r's axe. Kelandon and Marlenny run for the exit and escape. The adminostater and gaurdian stand up.
Gaurdian: they escapd
Adminostater: well bring tehm bak folow me
The adminostater, gaurdian, 1337 h4x0r, and four noobs exit.
Scene 4: Avernum 4 Forum
Scene 4: Avernum 4 Forum DikiyobaDrakefyre, Lord Grimm, the Silent Assassin, Sir David, Nikki, and Tyranicus enter.
Tyranicus: Do you think GoldenKing ran straight through, or is he hiding somewhere to ambush us?
Tyranicus: Do you think GoldenKing ran straight through, or is he hiding somewhere to ambush us?
Nikki: Hey, why is it so dark in here?
Tyranicus: Because it's the Avernum 4 Forum.
Tyranicus: Because it's the Avernum 4 Forum.
Nikki: What's Avernum 4?
Tyranicus: Never mind.
Tyranicus: Never mind.
Drakefyre: I think he ran straight through, but stick together and stay alert in case he didn't.
The six of them move quickly and silently through the forum. Suddenly, the Silent Assassin points down a side tunnel. There is a faint glow coming from it.
Drakefyre: That's probably GoldenKing. The glow is from the canisters he has used. Now be quiet and follow me.
Drakefyre leads the way down the tunnel. The moment GoldenKing sees them, he takes off. Drakefyre chases after him. The other five can't run quite as quickly and are soon left behind.
Sir David: \/\/|-|353 453 \/\/3?
Tyranicus looks around.
Tyranicus: Dang it. We're lost.
Tyranicus: Dang it. We're lost.
Nikki: Where are we, again?
Tyranicus: Do you think GoldenKing ran straight through, or is he hiding somewhere to ambush us?
Tyranicus: Do you think GoldenKing ran straight through, or is he hiding somewhere to ambush us?
Nikki: Hey, why is it so dark in here?
Tyranicus: Because it's the Avernum 4 Forum.
Tyranicus: Because it's the Avernum 4 Forum.
Nikki: What's Avernum 4?
Tyranicus: Never mind.
Tyranicus: Never mind.
Drakefyre: I think he ran straight through, but stick together and stay alert in case he didn't.
The six of them move quickly and silently through the forum. Suddenly, the Silent Assassin points down a side tunnel. There is a faint glow coming from it.
Drakefyre: That's probably GoldenKing. The glow is from the canisters he has used. Now be quiet and follow me.
Drakefyre leads the way down the tunnel. The moment GoldenKing sees them, he takes off. Drakefyre chases after him. The other five can't run quite as quickly and are soon left behind.
Sir David: \/\/|-|353 453 \/\/3?
Tyranicus looks around.
Tyranicus: Dang it. We're lost.
Tyranicus: Dang it. We're lost.
Nikki: Where are we, again?
Scene 5: Tech Support Forum
Scene 5: Tech Support Forum Dikiyoba*i has the Tech Support Forum under quarantine while there is still the possibility of the thing being present. Schrodinger is guarding the General Forum exit while Ephesos is guarding the Announcement Forum exit. *i is attempting to learn as much about the thing as possible from Stew Boy, but it is difficult. Stew Boy can't remember much and he doesn't want to talk about what he can remember. To cap it off, Stew Boy's spelling and grammar is so bad he can barely be understood.
*i: How did the thing manage to possess you?
Stew Boy: i... i dont no goldnking wuz posesed adn he mad me pas out
*i: Do you remember anything after that?
Stew Boy: no not rely
Meanwhile, Zephyr Tempest is gleefully describing to Alorael all the un-Aloraelan activities he had engaged in while under the influence of the skribban.
Zephyr Tempest: ...and you actually said that pedestrians deserved protection.
Alorael: I don't believe you.
Zephyr Tempest: No, really. You even wrote a letter about it.
Zephyr Tempest waves the letter in Alorael's face.
Zephyr Tempest: And you signed it "Aloreal." See?
Alorael: Give me that!
Alorael snatches the letter and rips it up. Zephyr Tempest grins.
Zephyr Tempest: Do you want to hear about what happened to your sniper rifle?
Alorael: Not from you!
Alorael looks around.
Alorael: Where is my skribbane?
Zephyr Tempest: Ooh! I'll expl... ow!
Wonko the Sane stomps on Zephyr Tempest's foot.
Wonko the Sane: No, I'll explain.
MagmaDragoon: As explain I'll well.
Wonko the Sane and MagmaDragoon quickly describe to Alorael the thing and the havoc it is causing on the message board.
Wonko the Sane: ...now the thing is able to possess people...
MagmaDragoon: And Boy like GoldenKing Stew.
Wonko the Sane: ...and can use them to attack other people.
MagmaDragoon: Archmagus and like Micael Zeviz.
MagmaDragoon points at Zeviz and Archmagus Micael. A moment later, Zeviz and Archmagus Micael wake up.
Zeviz: What happened?
Archmagus Micael: wat no fiar y isnt their anything rong with u?
Zeviz: Well, I zuppoze that... ah. That'z what the thing did.
Archmagus Micael: tahts not fiar look how badly i spek
Drew: At least the thing didn't possess you.
Archmagus Micael thinks for a moment.
Archmagus Micael: ur rite but its stil not fiar!!1
*i finishes questioning Stew Boy.
*i: Okay, that's all. Unless you can think of anything else?
Stew Boy: no tahts all wiat... theirs one mor thing the giftcs
*i: What about the GIFTCs?
Stew Boy: wen we met them they siad taht hunting down teh thing wuznt teh way 2 dfeet it
*i: Clearly. So how did the GIFTCs say we should defeat the thing?
Stew Boy: they didnt
*i: That doesn't help us any.
Stew Boy: u could cal teh other group in
*i: Now, how could I do that without sending another group out?
Stew Boy: o yea
*i sighs.
*i: Okay, everyone, roll call.
Shaun Waun: Why?
*i: So that I can make sure that the thing hasn't possessed anyone else. Stew Boy?
Stew Boy: hear
*i: Niemand?
Niemand: Here.
*i: Smoo?
Smoo: Here.
*i: Zeviz?
Zeviz: Prezent.
*i: Wonko the Sane?
Wonko the Sane: Here.
*i: FBM?
FBM: Here.
*i: Shaun Waun?
Shaun Waun: Here.
*i: Ephesos?
Ephesos: Right here.
*i: Dikiyoba?
Dikiyoba: Diaoueoyiueaa is here.
*i: Rakshasi?
Rakshasi: Here.
*i: BainIhrno?
BainIhrno: Here.
*i: Drew?
Drew: Present.
*i: Zephyr Tempest?
Zephyr Tempest: Here.
*i: Schrodinger?
Schrodinger: Here.
*i: Wanderer?
Wanderer: Here.
*i: Zorro?
Zorro doesn't even bother to look up from his game.
Zorro: Quit distracting me!
*i: Toenail?
Toenail: Here.
*i: Alorael?
Alorael: Here.
*i: MagmaDragoon?
MagmaDragoon: Am here I.
*i: Redstart?
Redstart: Here.
*i: Archmagus Micael?
Archmagus Micael: hear
*i: Randomizer?
GoldenKing bursts into the forum with Drakefyre right behind him. Everyone scatters to get out of their way.
Drakefyre: *i! Stop him!
Before *i can do anything, Randomizer hits him with a spray acid spell.
Randomizer: Hgytrjdh!
Everyone momentarily freezes, allowing GoldenKing and Randomizer to escape into the General Forum. Ephesos casts a curing and a healing spell on *i, though *i wasn't much affected by Randomizer's spell. Drakefyre and *i chase after Randomizer and GoldenKing. Alorael and Schrodinger follow. Wanderer thinks for a moment.
Wanderer: I think I'll wander after them and see what happens.
Wanderer exits. Ephesos hesitates.
Ephesos: Bah. Someone is going to get hurt, I can already tell.
Ephesos exits.
*i: How did the thing manage to possess you?
Stew Boy: i... i dont no goldnking wuz posesed adn he mad me pas out
*i: Do you remember anything after that?
Stew Boy: no not rely
Meanwhile, Zephyr Tempest is gleefully describing to Alorael all the un-Aloraelan activities he had engaged in while under the influence of the skribban.
Zephyr Tempest: ...and you actually said that pedestrians deserved protection.
Alorael: I don't believe you.
Zephyr Tempest: No, really. You even wrote a letter about it.
Zephyr Tempest waves the letter in Alorael's face.
Zephyr Tempest: And you signed it "Aloreal." See?
Alorael: Give me that!
Alorael snatches the letter and rips it up. Zephyr Tempest grins.
Zephyr Tempest: Do you want to hear about what happened to your sniper rifle?
Alorael: Not from you!
Alorael looks around.
Alorael: Where is my skribbane?
Zephyr Tempest: Ooh! I'll expl... ow!
Wonko the Sane stomps on Zephyr Tempest's foot.
Wonko the Sane: No, I'll explain.
MagmaDragoon: As explain I'll well.
Wonko the Sane and MagmaDragoon quickly describe to Alorael the thing and the havoc it is causing on the message board.
Wonko the Sane: ...now the thing is able to possess people...
MagmaDragoon: And Boy like GoldenKing Stew.
Wonko the Sane: ...and can use them to attack other people.
MagmaDragoon: Archmagus and like Micael Zeviz.
MagmaDragoon points at Zeviz and Archmagus Micael. A moment later, Zeviz and Archmagus Micael wake up.
Zeviz: What happened?
Archmagus Micael: wat no fiar y isnt their anything rong with u?
Zeviz: Well, I zuppoze that... ah. That'z what the thing did.
Archmagus Micael: tahts not fiar look how badly i spek
Drew: At least the thing didn't possess you.
Archmagus Micael thinks for a moment.
Archmagus Micael: ur rite but its stil not fiar!!1
*i finishes questioning Stew Boy.
*i: Okay, that's all. Unless you can think of anything else?
Stew Boy: no tahts all wiat... theirs one mor thing the giftcs
*i: What about the GIFTCs?
Stew Boy: wen we met them they siad taht hunting down teh thing wuznt teh way 2 dfeet it
*i: Clearly. So how did the GIFTCs say we should defeat the thing?
Stew Boy: they didnt
*i: That doesn't help us any.
Stew Boy: u could cal teh other group in
*i: Now, how could I do that without sending another group out?
Stew Boy: o yea
*i sighs.
*i: Okay, everyone, roll call.
Shaun Waun: Why?
*i: So that I can make sure that the thing hasn't possessed anyone else. Stew Boy?
Stew Boy: hear
*i: Niemand?
Niemand: Here.
*i: Smoo?
Smoo: Here.
*i: Zeviz?
Zeviz: Prezent.
*i: Wonko the Sane?
Wonko the Sane: Here.
*i: FBM?
FBM: Here.
*i: Shaun Waun?
Shaun Waun: Here.
*i: Ephesos?
Ephesos: Right here.
*i: Dikiyoba?
Dikiyoba: Diaoueoyiueaa is here.
*i: Rakshasi?
Rakshasi: Here.
*i: BainIhrno?
BainIhrno: Here.
*i: Drew?
Drew: Present.
*i: Zephyr Tempest?
Zephyr Tempest: Here.
*i: Schrodinger?
Schrodinger: Here.
*i: Wanderer?
Wanderer: Here.
*i: Zorro?
Zorro doesn't even bother to look up from his game.
Zorro: Quit distracting me!
*i: Toenail?
Toenail: Here.
*i: Alorael?
Alorael: Here.
*i: MagmaDragoon?
MagmaDragoon: Am here I.
*i: Redstart?
Redstart: Here.
*i: Archmagus Micael?
Archmagus Micael: hear
*i: Randomizer?
GoldenKing bursts into the forum with Drakefyre right behind him. Everyone scatters to get out of their way.
Drakefyre: *i! Stop him!
Before *i can do anything, Randomizer hits him with a spray acid spell.
Randomizer: Hgytrjdh!
Everyone momentarily freezes, allowing GoldenKing and Randomizer to escape into the General Forum. Ephesos casts a curing and a healing spell on *i, though *i wasn't much affected by Randomizer's spell. Drakefyre and *i chase after Randomizer and GoldenKing. Alorael and Schrodinger follow. Wanderer thinks for a moment.
Wanderer: I think I'll wander after them and see what happens.
Wanderer exits. Ephesos hesitates.
Ephesos: Bah. Someone is going to get hurt, I can already tell.
Ephesos exits.