Ton looked back... and saw Dark Ton, standing on top of Lavos, laughing evily. "Bwahahahah! Now I and Lavos shall rule the WORLD!" DT then jumped inside the Lavos Shell. "Oh no! Guys, I completely forgot about Dark Ton! We gotta go after him!" Ton then ran for the Lavos Crater.
(Guys, you can help if you want, but don't finish him off. I want to do that, OK?)
You'd think a sapient being would be bright enough to realize that last line there is a perfect way to make sure nobody wants to join your plotline. So if that was his goal, then well played. People do not like being ordered around when it's not absolutely necessary.
Pretty much the only ways to get people to accept being ordered around by you are (1) if you are paying them, or (2) if their life or livelihood is in jeopardy and you are the most competent person in the room.
Post #1022, by Traceh
At first Tracy was a bit overwhelmed; a little shy and reserved. All the sudden it wasnt just her and guru, but a bunch of new friends as well. She kept her mouth shut for a while, waiting for the right time to speak and make herself known.
I'm probably imagining things when I detect a tiny dash of forlornness in her comment that it's not just her and guru anymore. Actually I read this mostly as 'I want this plotline to continue but *I* don't want to be the one to decide what the hell we're doing.'The ride in the elevator was somewhat more uplifting.
Ho ho ho. I see what you did there.She had found that by studying the way people walk, stand, and talk, you can learn much about them.
Indeed you can, Traceh. Indeed you can. Though I don't know why this comment is thrown in at the particular place it is.She was glad when the elevator finally came to a stop and they could all get some fresh air.
Trying her best to seem friendly (bad first impresions are never fun) she made quiet conversation with them, being her noramly sarcastic yet friendly self. They walked down the hall of the hotel and stopped somewhere in the middle.
It is very, very hard to be both friendly and sarcastic at the same time. It's probably impossible, in fact. Sarcastic is not an endearing personality trait. It's a flaw you get away with if you're witty about it and/or good at life in other ways. It's a flaw you don't get away with otherwise, which is basically the life story of most of 4chan's population."Alright," began Juliana, "I'll take Tracy to my room so she can get freshned up, guruzeth can go with you guys and do the same. Letts all meet up back here in about an hour."
I think it's fascinating that Traceh deigns here that PSI322 is the one that bosses everyone around. And also, for that matter, that (in Traceh's mind) Juliana is singling out guruzeth specifically for such instructions. Remember that, AC-wise, Juliana and guruzeth have just met for the first time. It would make more sense if Juliana had said 'Chris can go with you guys and do the same.' It shows that the Juliana-guruzeth connection was already pretty strong in Traceh's mind."Right, we can decide what to do next then," said Poo.
Read: someone else please decide what to do next?
Post #1023, by Falcon24
(woo hoo, first AC post in a while :] )
As opposed to OOC posts. Also that was originally a colon-closeHTMLtag sign smiley, but I had to change it because (as you know very well if you've read Pikachu3164 posts) wordpress is retarded and can't render HTML open/close tags."Endless night..." Falcon found himself somewhere between Earth and the stars, a place few go. He seemed to be suspended, floating. "Lavos is way too powerful, I underestimated it...and now look at me, dead."
If being dead is the qualification for visiting this place, then Falcon24 is quite wrong; everyone goes there eventually.He was speaking to himself of course, for he was alone in this dark abyss. He did not have control over his own body, as if he was in a state of suspended animation. It was a lonely place, a place where one could do nothing but reflect. "...how did this all start?"
If that truly is what the afterlife is like, that would really suck. You would go bats--- insane from the loneliness after about two weeks, tops.He remembered it vividly. The moment he arrived on the island, a ball of fire descending on the tropical thicket below. He had come to party, as anyone would have done...yet when he got there, something had possessed him. It was as if someone knew of his arrival. The instant he set foot on the beach he was enslaved by an incomprehensible power.
Falcon24 is very good at making himself important. It is one of his most characteristic skills, actually, and it's a very useful one to have: one of the most crucial elements to becoming important is carrying yourself as though you already are. Falcon24 was always an expert at this.He recalled a haunting voice in his head, echoing through his thoughts. "Gather the sanctuary melodies, they will be essential in your future as well as ours..." is what it said. The Sound Sapper was a thing of pure evil, and he should have known that the moment it was delivered to him, it was no mere coincidence. Yet he understood now. The Randites saw him as a perfect avatar to summon their ruler. These same Randites were controlling his thoughts, directing him what to do.
We still do not have a clue what the hell the Randites are or what the hell they really want.Who, or what, were the Randites? It became clear to Falcon that the Randites did not control Lavos, rather, he controlled them. They acted merely as his emissaries. For millions of years they had lived on the Earth, watching the planet's creatures and technology progress. When the time was right they set their plans into motion. They awaited the arrival of the chosen ones.
You have to remember that the Gathering happened before very many people had played Chrono Cross. Chrono Cross pulled off the amazing achievement of providing an even more stupid explanation for the events of Chrono Trigger than these Gathering writers did.Yet still, who were they? To be able to live so long, and also be the minions of Lavos. Falcon's brain made the connection. It only made sense that they must be beings of other races enslaved by Lavos. In every time and space there are one or two pure beings who become corrupt by the foul touch of Lavos. Much like Queen Zeal. They live forever as a part of Lavos, his eternal slave, aiding him in his quest to feed on planets.
Well, unless somebody, possibly including their own child, comes along and murders them. That puts a kink in the 'live forever' plan.If that unknown power hadn't brought him back on the true path, he would have become one of them. He feared that Poo may also have been enslaved by Lavos, yet has not yet awakened .
I wonder whether he threw that in with Poo's permission. Probably.The Sound Sapper...it affected all it came into contact with. Falcon recalled the incident in Pink Cloud cave when he happened upon pogopunk. pogo had touched the decrepite stone, and afterwards Falcon felt as if he had gained something, yet he knew not what. As Falcon hovered motionless in that Dark Abyss, he pondered what it could be.
Of course! pogo and he were linked in some way. Then he wasn't truly dead! As long as pogo was alive, Falcon only had one foot in the grave. He still could sense things, he could sense where pogo was and what he was thinking. Falcon attempted to reach out to pogo and call him.
"pogo! It's Falcon! Where are you? I need your help!"
I gather this is supposed to be understood as retcon to be chronologically placed before pogopunk's most recent post. It's a long-winded introduction to why Falcon24 is returning from the dead (and possibly as a Good Guy), and yeah, it doesn't advance the plot much. But you have to admit it's extremely well written by our standards.
Post #1024, by murkkie
(so confused)
Long form of the above: I am lazy and I do not want to read the eight jillion words that have been written in the past week. Can someone just reach out and pull me into their plotline and quickly summarize what's going on so I can participate and feel loved?
Post #1025, by PSI322
Juliana led Tracy down the hallway to her hotel room, where she stopped to fumble for her keys in her pocket. After locating them, she unlocked the door and showed Tracy inside.
"Here, why don't you go into the bathroom and get out of those wet clothes while I look for some clean, dry ones for you to put on?" Juliana suggested in a calm voice. Tracy, still feeling the tiniest bit shy, nodded and went inside. "You can leave them in the bathtub for now, I guess, since they're soaked," Juliana called. After sifting through a few drawers, she located a clean pair of shorts and a shirt, fairly similar to the clothes she was wearing, herself, at the moment.
I'm really curious why there are various clothes that fit Traceh sitting around in the hotel room. Actually, you know what? Forget I said that. One of the rules I live by is 'beware asking questions to which you will regret learning the answers'. I do note for the record that PSI322 described neither the shorts nor the shirt as 'cute'.Opening the bathroom door a crack, Juliana dropped the clothes on the countertop while Tracy was in the shower. "There you go," she said, shutting the door once more.
A short while later, Tracy emerged from the bathroom, freshened up and clothed in something dry for a change. "Thanks, Juliana," she said with a smile.
"No problem, Tracy," Juliana said as she rose from her seat on the bed. "Now, let's go down to the lobby to meet the guys.
You can almost hear the excitement in her voice there, right?We can get acquainted a little on the way down. The Starmen.Net girls have to stick together, you know?" They both laughed as they exited the room and proceeded towards the elevators...
This post in summary: Friends Being Friends.
PSI322 was very big on the concept of Starmen.Net Girls Sticking Together. Back in 1999 she, Umi and someone named A.L. Holby were pretty much the only three females active on the forums; PSI322 and A.L. Holby (who both were and are made of awesome) were made moderators by guruzeth pretty close to concurrently, and at PSI322's suggestion guruzeth made Umi a moderator (I think when the Beyond EarthBound forum was inaugurated). PSI322 declared the three of them the Mod Squad and made a big deal out of it. Girl Power was very much her thing.
