Zanzibar Aftermath and a Sereni-Tree Christmas and a Happy New Year
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Saturday, January 27, 2007 03:39
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This is Thread 54 of the adventures of the Sereni-Tree!
For “The Guide to the Clubhouse / Treehouse / Sereni-Tree Threads”, telling our story and providing links to all such threads:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=11877
Early in this next link is the very long post containing “TheRealMe’s Guide to the Sereni-Tree, V6”. This post is a description of the ship and crew, the latter of which is out of date.
http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=20521
The latest, updated crew list is early in this thread:
http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=22611
Following is a summary of our previous thread, located at:
http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=25193
The Sereni-Tree has come to the planet Zanzibar, colonized long ago by new age mystics, fantasy role-players, and Renaissance Faire enthusiasts. Our Heroes have gotten involved in a war between the heroic Knights of the Octagonal Order and the Immortals, a small band of unkillable magicians of terrible power who have conquered the planet.
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On the planet Zanzibar:
War has come to the Keep of the Octagonal Order. The Immortal Karg the Bloody led his armies of mutant monsters against the brave defenders, which included the Knights of the Octagon and some of Our Heroes from the Sereni-Tree (Wisp, Scorpion Regent, his robot Snarky, Deuce / Bride2, and Jazaf). Much fighting and heroism was had defending the walls of the keep.
Our own Jazaf has been revealed as both a Knight of the Octagonal Order (as Sir Jazaf) AND an Immortal (as Jazaf the Grey, the Metal Beast). He’s been fighting on the side of the Knights, luckily for us.
After his lab was destroyed by the misguided Sir Fesai, Wisp injects Sir Lucretia with a serum to give her super-powerful magical abilities. It works well. Too well. Luc seems to lose control of herself and transforms into a monster while spouting phrases normally associated with megalomaniac super-villians bent on conquering the world. Her increase in power is sort of handy, however. This is because, late in the great battle, the human / dragon / demon cross-breed Special Project of the Immortals has arrived. The Special Project Is out of anyone’s control and has been burninating people from both sides. The siege is largely over by this time, and the remaining monstrous troops scatter.
TheRealMe and Jake7 have been using Jadehand’s soul jar detectors and have found the soul jar of the Immortal Alatariel the monster-breeder. They have recently returned to the Octagonal Order’s keep with an offer to help find more soul jars.
Chickenman Number13 has arrived at the Octagonal Keep on a flying mount loaded down with magical items while the fight between the Great Project of the Immortals and the Luc-monster continues.
LightMeDark was last seen in a simple farm cottage meeting a cranky old man and his family. As we well know, such cranky old men are often much more than they appear! Or maybe not.
Ash / XanderLHarris came down to Zanzibar, but we have sort of lost track of her.
Between cleverness on part of the Knights, the overwhelming power of Sir Luc, and their own bickering and treachery, all of the Immortals aside from Jazaf and Alatariel have been constrained by Wards Major and placed inside Magnus’ Impenetrable Cage in the Immortal’s Castle. However, Alatariel lost her mind during her struggle against the Immortal Empress Arinda of the Silver Eyes. Jazaf has placed the Castle of Immortals (and the Key of Magnus’ Impenetrable Cage) in the care of his new butler, Chickenman Number 6, and is seeking a way to return Alatariel to normal.
By the time the siege of the Octagonal Keep is winding down and the battle between the Luc-monster and the Special Project really gets going, the eight Knights of the Octagonal Order are suffering some vacancies in their ranks. Sir Fesai has been frozen solid and broken into pieces; Sir Wil has had a tower dropped on him; Sir Devan has been turned to stone, fell from a great height, and THEN had a tower
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And now it's time for the Christmas Party?
Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
Bride8
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Sure! Party away!
I was just hoping to resolve ALL Zanzibarbarian stuff on the previous thread to give us a clean slate, but that was not to be.
As is our tradition, after three perilous threads, we can expect some calm resting and party threads.
TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree
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*party party party*
Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
Bride8
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*even more partying*
Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
Bride8
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*and still more partying*
Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
Bride8
http://callmeserenity.livejournal.com/
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“Insignificant gnat!” Sir Luc swats 13 out of the air. “You think Magnus’s trinkets will help you defeat me?!?” Sir Luc taps into the magic again in attempt to heal the damage inflicted by 13, but instead of healing, the wounds seal over with metal the silver veins of which speed up in the consumption of her body.
Panicing again, she looks towards the Keep. She moves to take a step, but finds her legs fused to the ground.
She reaches her arm out imploringly towards the Kepp. “Wisp, Kei, heelppp meeeee…” Her voice trails off in an electronic squeal as her body is totally engulfed.
A light snow starts to fall.
13 dances triumphantly around the battle ground. “I did it! Me!”
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Merry Christmas all!
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After the peril seems to be over, Sir Morgana orders that the statue of Luc be sealed away in the vault of the techno-heretics. After that, she leads the rescue efforts for anyone trapped in the falling towers. Meanwhile, Sir Elaine and Sir Kei lead troops about the battlefield, eliminating what few monsters are still fighting and leading medical teams to tend to the wounded.
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*Grey smiles too himself as he hops out of a mecha in one of the auxillary landing bays. It pays to know a ship inside and out. Including how to gain access to landing bays remotely. He runs his hand along the wall of the corridor as he walks, making his way wherever his feet might take him.*
Seems a lot has happened since I left...she seems to be holding up rather well, at least.
*Starts humming "No Place Like Home for the Holidays" to himself as he wanders about.*
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Chief Engineer - USS SereniTREE
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Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
After the peril seems to be over, Sir Morgana orders that the statue of Luc be sealed away in the vault of the techno-heretics. After that, she leads the rescue efforts for anyone trapped in the falling towers. Meanwhile, Sir Elaine and Sir Kei lead troops about the battlefield, eliminating what few monsters are still fighting and leading medical teams to tend to the wounded.
SR finally breaks off a extended and very heated liplock with Seryn.
"The battle is won, love. There are still some people trapped in the fallen towers so I'm going to help a bit more. I promise to be back to the ship soon." SR notices a individual skulking away, "What this?" he says and lizard quick he whirls his sling above his head and lets fly. The stone strikes a glancing blow to the man's head and he falls senseless.
"Isn't that a bit unnecessary?" asks Seryn.
"Not if it is who I think it is," SR replies as he walks over to the stunned man. To Seryns disapointment SR rolls the man onto his back and starts to search him.
"So who is he?" she asks with a air of weary disinterest.
"Sir Morris MacKeirn, he was chancellor to Emperess Arinda, now just a fallen knight on the run." replies SR as he finds and pockets a small pouch. "Right! all is good and well now."
Scorpion Regent
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