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The best part was the little Andi making herself heard (or, well, felt) just at the right moments.

This Sue was, as expected, fairly idiotic - and calling in one extra crossovered continuum only for giving a reason for the wings is pointless indeed, especially since the Whoverse can justify almost anything on its own.

A winged Time Lord winds up in Middle-earth, and the Aviator and Zeb have to stop her.

Derik: *with a completely mostly straight face* 'Tis but a scratch. Stings a bit. Always look on the bright side of life. Get on with it!

Gall: Motherf****r! This was not supposed to happen! That guy totally bought the waterworks, I palmed the poison I already had into his cup when I poured the Bleepka, and that should've been that! I swear I only turned around for one second to put the bottle down. How could this happen?!

Mirrad: I am sad to learn that Decima is out of the games so soon. I suspect now that she only wanted me to watch her back while she took a shower and did not intend to make a lasting alliance at all, since she left soon after she had finished. However, I had a pleasant evening with Hop and Nickul, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with last year's champion. It is quite fortunate that she landed on top of me.

Elms: I am so lost. I should never have left Peregrin, even if he was boring. Hey, camera-bot, I don't suppose I could follow you to... I dunno, anywhere that isn't an empty corridor?

(( I don't know when Derik found Monty Python, but no one has ever had a better excuse to quote them excessively. ^_^

(( I swear, Mirrad looks likely to ally his way to the top at this rate. It's weird.

(( Also, seconding PC: hS, why would you use that?! Was this one of your ploys to force us to write interesting character moments? {; P ))

Tomash: "Well, Amris and I portaled straight into Sergio's camp and I got shot right then and there. Hurt like h***, but at least everything was over quickly. And I'm not really bitter, since that was a really justified revenge kill after ... that incident."

"However, I'm not letting Amris set the portal coordinates next time."

Peregrin: "I know Library would have rather I stopped talking so much, but I woke up today thinking I had an insight that might lead to a solution to Grod-Taunga. I eventually discovered my mistake, but it took several hours since I had nothing to write with."

Gremlin: Well, I didn't find Medical. Only a room filled with camo gear in which I passed out. I took some of it when I woke up this morning because I thought I might be able to use it in the Courtyard. But hey, guess what? Couldn't find that either, so now I look like an idiot. It's kind of annoying how holo-Headquarters doesn't play by the same rules as regular Headquarters. All my tactics for trying to get around don't work here.

The sound of cannons can be heard. Gremlin steps off camera to get a better look.

WHY IS GALL DEAD AGAIN ALREADY! G, DON'T YOU HAVE ANY F*****G SENSE OF SELF-PRESERVATION?!

James: I stepped away from the campsite during the night to look for supplies and fell down a flight of stairs that hadn't been there before. Thought I was a goner when that Pokemon came up on me. I was more than surprised when he patched me up rather than finish me off. Might kind act, right there.

Now then, the suicide pact…

He sighs.

It wasn't really supposed to go down like that. Little redhead comes up to me, bawling, saying that she was tired of this whole thing and wanted to go out but was too scared to do it on her own. She was not the most talented actress I ever met, so I didn't buy it. I was about to get down to brass tacks when it dawned on me: maybe I could play this out. So I make the agreement.

We get a bottle of Bleepka and some poison. She suggests having a non-deadly toast before offing ourselves. I agree, but when she turns away, I dose her drink. We toast, and bottoms up.

Turned out she managed to dose my glass too. Never saw her do it. I tip my hat to you, Gall. That was some damn fine sneak work.

Holo-Acacia: I have become very efficient at defensive action, even without my hatchet!

((OOC: I exchanged some messages with Nesh about why James and Gall might enter a suicide pact, and we decided on "they tried to trick each other with poison and failed." Also, quick question for hS: why would you leave that option in?!))

So, I finally have three players meaning we can actually get started. I've set up the roll20 forum, so I just need your emails to send the invites. For the record, the other player is former PPCer Lily Sinful. There is a possible fourth, but he is slightly unlikely, so I am fully willing to get started with out him.

(Since the event feed seems to imply that Sergio and Nikki were sticking together...)

Sergio: "So, yeah. I have no idea if Tomash attacked our camp to try to take us down before we could get him, or he found us here only by chance... but that's what happens when you touch our daughter."
Nikki: "Well, you actually did all by yourself. By the time I had set up my Device, you had already swiss-cheesed him."
Sergio: "What were you expecting me to do, really? Anyways, the ball of bloodthirst is out too, which is a good thing. That guy gave me the creeps."
Nikki: "Yeah. Tagging along with Holo-Acacia was a good thing, since she got him. I wonder who Acacia Byrd is - if the producers decided to put an hologram of her in, she must've been someone famous."
Sergio: "One thing is sure, her archery is top notch."
Nikki: "Also, I'd like to thank Corolla and Keiko for the water - yes, we know you're behind it. It was very appreciated. Especially after Sergio here nearly fried himself with that elevator."
Sergio: "Well, I tried to knock it out of commission to give our opponents one less way into our camp, but I guess that would've been a job better suited to our Corolla..."

Password is Tolouse. No reason; it was just the first thing that came to mind.

~Neshomeh

But I'd be happy to have a look if you're still looking for volunteers. Dunno how much help I'd be, but it's hard to go wrong with another person to look things over.

I believe you have my email, but if not, username should be clickable.

Sorry I'm so late welcoming you back, but better late than never, aye?

Anyway, take this Steampunk lightsaber as a welcome back gift. Hope you enjoy your stay here now that you're back, and I look forward to seeing those agents you've got cooking.

(And Segrio taking out Tomash... *applause for the RNG*)

Zeb: "I know, I know, I'm not helping my chances by leaving other tributes alive, but maybe if they see how nice and helpful I can be, they'll want to team up! Now that Falc and I got separated and everything..."

Charlotte: "I miss being able to run fast. This is boring. And how'm I supposed to know if my partner's doing alright while I'm stuck here killing other people? Do I at least get a phone call? Or do I have to talk to a lawyer first?"

Matthew (On the phone, obviously upset): Levvvy why did you kill the Pokemon equivalent of Angelion...

I really need to stop sending in these hatchets...

Levy (Also upset): I don't Knoooow, I thought she would end up like the Black Knight in Monty Python

Ajax: ...How the heck was I able to burn MT, I'm not in my Awoken form.

Also that Falchion guy is pretty cool... though we did fail a spot check soooo...

Nickul: D&D is fun, hitting my head against a wall is not. I'M AN INTELLECTUAL GDI.

From a hidden holo-deck, high in the mountains of New Caledonia… the PPC's ONLY TV station broadcast live to your console… this… is NTV.

Welcome back. When last we met, everyone and their Pokemon had just finished swearing bloody vengeance against Agent Tomash for killing Keiko. Well, Tomash is dead, and you will be glad to know that his killer was…

If you're waiting for a drumroll, you're not getting one.

… Sergio. Yes, the grieving father has slain his daughter's murderer. Justice has been wrought in blood.

Seriously, isn't this a bit dramatic?

You're the one who's been complaining about me being too light-hearted. Anyway: at the same time, our very own holographic Acacia took on the AI Amris, and left it broken on the floor.

A promising start to the night.

It would have been, but it was more like the end. Only one other tribute died in the night, actually - Makes-Things, who got set on fire by Agent Ajax. Everyone else was either resting or talking.

Is that how we're describing Nurse Elms' advances towards Peregrin?

Maybe. But it's certainly the best way to describe the Pythonesque quote sessions going on all across HQ, and the D&D game that broke out in the Really Very Tiny Auditorium.

Not everyone had a good time of things overnight, quite apart from the dying. Both Gremlin and Library were too tired to do anything, and given that Gremlin is recovering from that broken rib, I don't think that bodes well.

Maybe she could talk to Zeb or Marina; they seem to be experts at tending to injuries.

Our reigning champion, meanwhile, seemed to be having trouble sleeping - not a problem that afflicted Decima and the Librarian, who slept right through Charlotte making off with their supplies!

I bet Falchion and VJ would've been glad for a share in those.

They'll just have to hope a sponsor sends them something.

Yes, speaking of which…?

I've checked, and there's nothing in the rulebook that says you can't send a plasma cannon into the arena. Though there… probably should be.

What's the point? We haven't been able to restrict the flow of hatchets.

Yes, viewers, as day dawn- er, started, we discovered the hatchet problem is worse than we'd thought: Agent Levy had gotten hold of one, and used it to kill Agent Gabrielle. The Hatchet Sponsor sent another one in to Hieronymus, but we were able to get it away in time. I'm still not entirely convinced Androia's and Kyaris' explosion stash is legit, either.

Luckily, the day wasn't as quiet as the night - certainly not for Marina and Library, who couldn't get Whitney and Peregrin to shut up! But we also saw a number of fights: holo-Acacia and Nikki drove off Charlotte and Apollo in the very same camp where Tomash and Amris died during the night.

Was Nikki there overnight? I didn't see.

Difficult to determine; we'll have to ask in the interviews. We also saw Zeb take down William, but leave him alive.

Actually, escaping death was quite a theme today. Sergio managed not to kill himself when he tried to rewire the elevators. Mia ran into Ajax and Falchion, who didn't attack her; Champion Lola dropped right on top of Mirrad, but they ended up allied!

That was certainly a luckier portal than Decima's, which threw her into that lava pit! A nasty way to go. And, speaking of nasty ways to go…

Oh, yes.

If 'escaping death' was one of today's themes, 'depression' was the other. We saw Nickul banging his head on the wall; the Librarian wandering in search of company; Michael's soul-searching. And, of course, James and Gall.

I still don't get that. Why would you make a suicide pact, and then honour it? Do… do they not know what the game is about?

I don't know, Notte. We'll have to ask them in the interview.

Which is coming right up?

Which is coming right up, after the break.

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GORE! BLOOD! GUTS! And worst of all: LAUNDRY!

We've all been there: heading out for a relaxing evening at Rudi's, you discover that your favourite shirt is spattered with the urple remains of the Suvian you just killed. Water won't rinse it off - rubber gloves dissolve when you touch it - bleach just makes things worse.

Enter BL+ELLO, the only washing powder guaranteed to separate Suvian colours into their component parts! Watch those wilver splotches fall away in white and silver streams! Bled simply drains away once it's blue and red again! And as for glose, the scent of those roses is almost as beautiful as the gold!

Warning: does not work on dark black, meen, antiblue, or other non-combinatorial Suvian colours.

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Transcript on the doc. I have to say, I'm pleased someone relevant took out Tomash - makes for nice storytelling. ^_^

31 to go.

hS

Okay... so I've recently discovered a wonderful world of unreleased Disney songs. And my only question is... whyyy?! Why would Disney decide to not use such fantastic pieces?! Just take a look at these four, which are absolutely superb:


1) "Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim", from Aladdin. Originally, Aladdin was supposed to have three friends with him (I'm gonna let you guess what their names were ;D), and this was their introduction. A vaudeville-like number, which sounds oh so good! Luckily, it was implemented in the Broadway musical version, and Kassim ultimately was named Aladdin's father in the third film.

2) "High Adventure", also from Aladdin. Because Aladdin's three friends were removed from the film, naturally this song was also scrapped. I assume this happens right after the Genie gets unleashed from the lamp. Either that, or after something happens to Jasmine. Nonetheless, it's a great song. Again, thank the musical version for bringing it back.

3) "I'm Odd", from Alice in Wonderland. It was supposed to be sung by the Cheshire Cat, about...well...how odd he is. It was later replaced by the Cat singing the beginning of "Twas Brilling" poem, because Disney didn't want to put the Jabberwocky himself so at least he wanted to nod to the poem. Oh well, in my opinion this song fits the Cheshire Cat much better.

4) "Snuff Out the Light", from Emperor's New Groove. Originally, this song was made for the working title of the story, Kingdom of the Sun, which was a Mesoamerican re-telling of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. It featured a selfish emperor, which finds a peasant that looks exactly like him, and they switch places. Meanwhile, an evil witch wants to find a way to stay young forever, so she decides to cover the Sun with the help of evil spirits. Ultimately, it changed into the story we know, about the emperor transformed into a llama, and this song was scrapped since it had no relation to the plot. And it's a real shame, because this is a Disney Villain Song, which 8/10 times is the best one in the whole movie. Just tell me you don't jam to the music and the voice of late Eartha Kitt when listening to this?


So, what about you guys? Ever found a song you wish was featured in a film?

What counts as a full reference? Tell you what, I'll scribble down whatever I see and you can tell me what counts. :D

-Chapter titles. Particularly apt since the kindergarten counts as a prequel.

-Your opening paragraph feels like a reference to something, but I don't know what.

-Manga, Cap, Balista, and Antares are all references. ^_^

-I'm going to assume Bonsai (as in Mallorn) isn't.

-The Eye of Argon is, though.

-Flying saucer landing rigs sound like Men in Black.

-The Doctor and his companions mention frequently how much running is involved. Specifically his clone daughter Jenny, I think.

-Dumbo is a weird movie. Seriously weird. It has noooo plot.

-The Inquisition is after you.

-Ice ages are a reference to a known climate phenomenon... ;)

-You apparently got drunk on Pacific Rim references.

-I assume the test card is from something specific. You also seem to be blaming Mary Sues or the Mysterious Somebody - not sure which is better.

-The miniature giant space hamsters are of course a reference to the giant space hamster die from the unofficial gnomes expansion to TSR's classic dice collecting game Dragon Dice.

-At least three of the agent captions are references to things I don't recognise. 'Stumbled into a badfic' doesn't seem to be. And the final one references Queen Victoria's famous (and inaccurate) catchphrase.

I think that's all I caught. If there's anything in the pictures, I missed it. But Dawn's skirt is absolutely amazing.

Oh no, wait!

-You referenced the PPC!

hS

Peregrin: "Muggle-Use wands are very useful weapons."

Tomash: "I'm ... not sure why I did that. I'd stumbled into Keiko, Nickul, and Michael, and I thought they were going for me. So I grabbed Keiko to cover my retreat, but that wasn't working, and somehow that whole mess was the first idea I had. Nickul probably hates me now."

"Wait, what? She was Nikki and Sergio's daughter? I'm so, so dead."

I really did think it was just a Legend of Zelda fanfi...il it turned into lord of the rings. I'm not even sure how the triforce would end up effecting the rings of power.

And I can't wait to show off the agents too. To be honset figuring out how the PPC and the Continuums are gonna effect them is the hardest and yet the funniest part.

Decima: Very important to control the water supply. Absolutely why we've taken over the showers. Yessir. No other reason for that.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go secure a strategic conditioner supply.

Derik: *leaning up against a wall, staring at his stump* I finally slip away from my "team" only to run into this apparition in sweatpants. I thought I could overpower her, even without a weapon, but... *shakes head* ... Scorch it, woman, you could at least have had the courtesy to finish me off!

Gall: Oh yeah, one down, thirty-odd to go!

Mirrad: I was hesitant to team up with one of my patients, since it clearly constitutes a conflict of interests, but she insisted that I must help her survive, or else she would become a permanent fixture in my office. *makes a helpless gesture* We did not intend to pick up William, too, but I think he will be a useful ally and perhaps someone that Decima can talk to about magic systems other than her own. It could be good for her.

Elms:
♪ I love to go a-wandering
♪ along the mountain track,
♪ And as I go, I love to sing,
♪ my knapsack on my back.

♪ Val-der-ee! Val-der-ah!
♪ Val-der-ah! Val-der-ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah,
♪ Val-der-ee... ♪

My mum doesn't remember anything about plays.
Aside from that: how many shoutouts did you spot, hS? I'm curious.

The story in question is this (since I think it's good enough to link to).

Dunno why I got the two of you crossed. That c in the middle?

hS