The Sereni-Tree and the Madness of Arkham
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Sunday, November 6, 2005 04:18
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"Squarch?"
Translation:What in the hell is happening to all the clones and clones of the clones?
I AM FREAKING OUT!
"Squuuuuuuuuuuuuawwwwwwwwrrrrrkkkkkkkk"
*Opens the bottle with her razor sharp beak and swallows the remanider of the scotch contents*
"Squa*hic*wk, Sq*hic*uawk...
Translation: FYI your fellow crew are in peril. Not the warm and fuzzy peril of blown up planets kinda peril, more like everyones gonna be lost in some deep dark void forever kinda peril.
*Passes out underneath table relieved to not be among the dustables.*
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NOTE: Molly was too drunk to sign in under her own name.
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Safe dusts himself off.
"The way I see it, being as how there are no stairs and only Serenity can fly... this tower is a dead-end."
Safe looks at the newcomer. "Soul, is it? How, exactly, did you get up there anyhow? It's obvious you can't fly."
"There were stairs. I agree, this tower may be a dead-end... for us at least..." Soul trails off as he stares back up at the darkness. Concern flashes briefly across his face.
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Soul stands there, his arms crossed, staring up into the darkness of the tower. He knows that somewhere far up there is his friend, alone, and Soul can't help but to wish that there was something he could do. He turns to Serenity.
"I just want to say thank you. You saved my life up there."
She smiles softly. "You would have done the same."
Soul grins, finally. "Well, I'm not sure how much use I would have been, given that I have no pretty wings of my own."
Serenity opens her mouth to speak, but the tower suddenly shakes violently, throwing everyone to the ground. Soul looks up as the sound of a violent explosion reaches his ears, and his eyes widen in horror as a wall of flame races down the tower towards them.
"Quick!" Jazaf yells. "We can get out through the hole I cut in the...door..." His voice trails off.
Soul looks over at the wall to where the door was, but instead, all he can see is the wall. He leaps to his feet and spins around, but he can't find the door. There is nothing but flat, solid wall...and the flames are racing closer. Then he remembers PR saying something about wrist communicators, so Soul turns his on and begins to yell into it.
"Me, we could really use a portal right about now! We're about to be toast!"
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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Go back just a bit...
Quote:
Originally posted by Jazaf:
Did anyone think to carry some food?' Jazaf asks
Oh, I think I've got an apple somewhere!
*Serenity fishes through her pockets and pulls out what was once an apple, but what is now more like applesauce inside of a peel.*
Guess it didn't survive the fall too well.
Sorry.
Now back to your regularly scheduled peril, already in progress
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
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(With the Lee crew in the town of Bodie on Whitefall)
Just as he is concentrating on making a dimensional portal through which he could go save Ath, TheRealMe gets a priority beep on his com-link from Soul, requesting an emergency portal to escape some disaster.
TheRealMe switches his thought patterns, and forms a portal to wherever Soul is. A point of light appears in front of him, which expands to become a ring of fire around a dark void, perhaps as tall as a person. But this time, it is not a perfect circle. It is wobbling and inconstant, changing size and warping.
TheRealMe keys his com-link.
"Soul, that's the best I can do, and I can't hold it long. It was VERY difficult to break through the dimensional barrier to you! Where in hell are you?"
TheRealMe considers the events of the last few hours and thinks that "Hell" may not be far off.
And what about Ath?
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Static stands at the top of the tower grimly. For a moment, he contemplates hurling himself into the darkness and ending the cycle, but he decides to see how things will play out, instead.
The curtains before him remain closed, but behind them he can hear soft laughter. With a deep breath, he steps through.
On the other side of the curtains is a shimmering apparition of a figure in a hooded cloak. Laughter rolls softly from beneath the hood. Static's hands are a blur of motion and his revolvers thunder six times. The huge slugs pass harmlessly through the apparition and strike the wall behind.
"You don't honestly think I'd be standing around in my own trap, do you? I am just a figment of your imagination, Gunslinger."
Static grunts, "You are an astral projection, or perhaps even a product of technology. But I am no so whimsical in the brainpan that I'd imagine such as you."
The apparition laughs, "Don't lie to me, Gunslinger. Your imagination comes up with all sorts of lovely images all the time. You are constantly haunted with images of friends you failed to save, a woman who's love you failed to hold...darkness is no stranger to your thoughts."
"My friends died because it was their time," Static responds stoically, "and her love didn't 'hold' because it was a false love. Were it true, it would've stood against all things. Now toy with me no further. You cannot anger me. You must either kill me or stand aside so I can find my true tower. This false tower cannot hold me."
"Oh, but it can." The Shade taunts, "It is sealed...and by now, your friends below are all dead...frightened to death by the illusions I throw at them. There is no way for you to climb down...so you shall starve to death...a nice, slow, undignified death for you. Unless you'll do me the pleasure of letting me watch you paint the walls with your own brains from your own guns."
Static nods soberly, "So that is your game? I shall pleasure you by dying the way you wish me to die? I think not."
Without another word, Static backs out of the room. The shade moves forward in protest.
"Wait...what are you doing? No...don't!!!!"
Static smiles and salutes as he steps backwards from the edge and falls into the darkness without a sound.
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**jake7 and Needleseye are standing outside the bar, trying to figure out what to do next when suddenly Rat comes crashing through the holographic window and flies right by, barely missing them**
Rat: AAAAAAH
**Rat lands with an uncomfortable thud then gets up and dusts himself off. He mumbles to himself:**
And those could have been my kind of people!
**He turns and goes back into the bar. jake7 and Needleseye just look at each other and shrug.**
Well, Needleseye, got any ideas what we should be prepared for next??
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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
TheRealMe switches his thought patterns, and forms a portal to wherever Soul is. A point of light appears in front of him, which expands to become a ring of fire around a dark void, perhaps as tall as a person. But this time, it is not a perfect circle. It is wobbling and inconstant, changing size and warping.
TheRealMe keys his com-link.
"Soul, that's the best I can do, and I can't hold it long. It was VERY difficult to break through the dimensional barrier to you! Where in hell are you?"
"We're at the bottom of a very big tower, and there's all measure of unpleasantness comin' towards us in the form of a very big fireball." Soul looks warily at the portal, and then around at his friends. They all nod at him in reluctant agreement He keys the comm again. "Me, you better go save Ath. The portal doesn't look too good from this end. Besides, at least with Ath, you've got a better chance of getting him out." He releases the button and watches as the portal disappears. "We might as well be in hell," he says, squeezing his eyes shut moments before the fireball engulfs them all and--
Nothing. Soul opens one eye to see that his friends are still there, and all in one piece. Slowly they all stand and open their eyes.
"What in the hell was that?" Jazaf asks.
PR closes his eyes. "An illusion...something more..." Then his eyes snap open and he looks up into the blackness of the tower. "Static! He's...not playing by the rules."
"What the hell does that mean?" Safe asks.
"He's falling."
"Mai, we need some light!" Serenity yells as she collapses to the floor. As the room brightens, Serenity grins weakly. "I can't do it again. Sorry."
Soul tries to grin at Serenity. "Hey, you still saved my life."
Soul runs to the center of the room and stares upward as Mai's light penetrates the gloom. He can hear the whistle of something falling through the air, and he can just make out a shape careening towards him. Without a second thought, Soul pulls out an arrow and selects an arrowhead that he thought he would never have to use. He notches the arrow, points the bow skyward, and lets the projectile fly, praying that for once, his aim is true.
"What was that?" Jack asks.
"A phoenix," Soul replies.
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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(Lee Crew in the town of Bodie on Whitefall)
The strain of maintaining the dimensional portal to Soul is too great, and it collapses. TheRealMe curses under his breath, heaves a heavy sigh, and works on another with which to save Ath.
"Sorry, Noskills, we are sort of in the middle of something here. We would welcome your help, if you could offer any. And you say you had a hole in your ship?"
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Safe looks up in alarm. Which passes to puzzlement. He reaches out a grabs Serenity's arm just as she's about to jump through the portal.
"Hold up a minute, somethin's not right."
Soul eyes Safe with curiosity. Most the rest, with panic.
Jack, "Safe..?". The portal collapses. "Umm...Safe???"
Soul, "Well?"
Safe, "No heat."
The rest look up. All cringe expectantly. Safe closes his eyes. The flames race closer. "PR, I could use some of your special kinda help. I need calm...just trust me ok?"
PR looks at Safe unsure but closes his eyes and concentrates. Lissa's wild eyed look calms, as do the others.
The flames wash over the group leaving them untouched.
PR's eyes pop open "There is another!!"
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