"Yeah well... *Hack, cough* You desereved it Joe... *Caf, caf* Fer making me choke on it..." Clay gasped between coughs, his face red, and his eyes watering. "Everyone else. *Hrm, hrm* I'm sorry... Guys..."
OOC: I appologize for being a bit out of touch. I just moved house.
IC: Melika looked towards the orb the others were looking at. She thought it was quite odd she hadn't taken notice of it before. She wondered if it might be magic as she saw no other reason for it to eminate light. "Rando, can you detect magic on this thing? I don't really want to get blown up." She picked up a long silver staff from a nearby pile of treasure and carefully wiped ithe blood off of it. Melika planned to use the staff to poke at the orb before she touched it herself. With the staff in hand she squated close to the orb and studied the floor around it, looking out for any possible trip wires or buttons that could set off a trap.
Penny frowned at Clay and Joe. "Nice going guys, you got my character sheet wet." She quickly swiped Wes' napkin from his lap to mop up the sprayed monster droplets. After surveying the damage and finding it not that bad, Penny stated, "Well, if she doesn't find any traps and poking it with the staff doesn't do anything, Melika will go ahead and try to pick up the orb."
Sarinah's hands flew up in pointless defence. The front of her shirt was now sopping wet. With her mouth open slightly in shock she looked at Clay completely bewildered. Whats more is she didnt have another top. Its not like she expected to get spat on. Worse still, she was wearing a white shirt. Now everyone knows what happens when white shirts get wet. Marvelous.
"Well Clay seeing as this is your fault, could you possibly get me a clean shirt of yours? I'll bring it back next time. Oh and Joe? Thanks I partially blame you too!"
Grabbing a napkin she tried her best to blot at her shirt without much success. "I hope no one minds waiting while I get changed?"
Face red with embarassment, Clay silently went in search of a shirt for the girl he liked, but had so mortally embarassed himself in front of just now, that he didn't have a prayer in hell of asking her out now. "I'm with stupid? No, uh, the black knight always triumphs? Er... No... Beware the Dragon... Damn it, don't I have any non-stupid shirts? Hey, my old hard rock orlando shirt!" He grabbed it and started back for the kitchen, calling out. "Okay, Penny, you pick up the orb and..." Only to be blinded by a burst of bright white light as he stepped into the kitchen.
*In Clay's absence*
Wes shook his head as he used his shirt to wipe his face dry of Clay's monster spit. "Heh, monster spit..." He quiped to himself. "Sorry, Penny-poo, I'm not THAT kind of wizard, detect magic is for lamers. Just swing it around to see if its magical, thats what all the cool kids are doing." He said as he instinctively began leaning closer and closer to the DM's seat, hoping to catch a glimps of what was to come. It was then that he spoted the glass orb Clay had hidden under his chair.
"Hey, guys, check this out!" He said as he reached out and grabbed the orb, lifting it up so everyone could see it, JUST as Penny declared Melika was picking up the orb in the game.
A burst of light washed through the kitchen, blinding the four of them for a minute.
"Okay, Penny, you pick up the orb and..." Clay blinked and rubbed at his eyes. "Hah hah, very funny guys, I spit monster all over you and you flash me with a camera... Nice..." He grumbled as he tossed the shirt at what he thought was Sarinah, only the shape seemed rather tall... And shiny.
*In the game world*
As Melika picked up the white orb, the party was engulfed in a flash of white light, and as it faded away, the party of adventurers were gone, in their places, four stunned 20 somethings.
Sarinah: Rubbing her eyes to rid them of the flash spots Sarinah grumbledabout appropriate use of cameras. Upon opening them however she came face to massacred eyeball with a gigantic black dragon head. Screaming she turned and fled behind a large golden urn and too huge breaths before sedared stick her head out from behind the urn. Yep. Still there. Great. But so was Penny, Joe and Wes...where was Clay?!
"What the hell is going on!?! Where is Clay and WHERE the HELL are WE???!!!"
Allyria: beyond being disoriented, some light woven cloth landed on her face. Dragging it off her she looked around at her surroundings. Odd things were everywhere and the room was so tiny! Standing she pushed her black hair behind her shoulders and looked at the male that had tossed cloth at her.
Raising an eyebrow she held it aloft. "What is the meaning of this?" She fairly growled at him. Striding over to him her armor loud in the confined space. "Where are we?" Allyria was not impressed.
Clayton's vision slowly came back to normal as he looked up at the armor clad woman who was holding up the shirt he'd tossed at her, arching an eyebrow, and asking what the meaning of it was in a growling voice. Clayton stared for a moment as the unreality of what was happening slowly became all too real to him.
Then...
He screamed!
He screamed like a girl, and ran out of the kitchen, into the master bathroom and locked the door, ducking down to peek through the quarter inch gap in the frame to see if they were following him.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god..." He chanted as he felt the monsters he drank threatening to come back up, out of nervous anxiety. He looked around the bathroom for something, anything that he could use to protect himself against the strangers in his house.
"A tube of tooth paste, baby powder, a can of spray deoderant... Hmm, a napalm device? No, not enough time... Ah, a straight razor!" He snatched it and held it up defensively as he cowered in the corner, next to the toilet. "Wh-whoever you people are out there, you better leave, or I'll call the cops!" He shouted, hoping, but doubting the threat would work.
Something nagged at the back of his mind about them as he cowered in fear, but he couldn't think clearly enough at the moment to figure it out.
As Penny blinked away the residual light the huge flash had left in her eyes, she realized she was not where she had been a moment before. For one thing, she wasn't sitting in a chair. She was crouched over something. As her vision cleared she found herself looking at a glass orb on a stone floor. Slowly, she looked to her right, afraid of what she might find. As she had expected, the dragon's head lay next to her, but it still caught her off guard. "Gah!" she exclaimed in surprise. Putting her hand to her heart, Penny stood up and took a few deep breaths trying to calm herself. She looked around the room. It was just about the same as she had pictured it in the game. "This cannot be happening. This is not real. That flash was a car hitting the house and I am in a coma and dreaming this all..." Penny continued talking to herself, trying to rationalize what was happening while Sarinah shouted in the background. However, Sarinah asking "Where's Clay?" brought Penny to her senses. Looking around she saw that Clay was indeed missing. Continuing to work on her coma dream thesis Penny stated, "Ok, if this is my dream, that means you are all dream characters and I can control you. Here goes nothing." Penny shut her eyes and tried to will Wes to sweep her up in his arms and kiss her. She waited 5 seconds, then 10. Opening one eye Penny realized the rest of the group was looking at her like she was insane. Frowning, Penny pinched herself. "Ow." Yep, it hurt. She walked over and pinched Joe, just to make sure and when he gave a similar reaction Penny sighed, "Oh Crap."
Melika blinked away the light left in her eyes and found she was sitting at a table. Noticing the half eaten pizza slice in front of her, but no knowing what it was, Melika sniffed it and instantly recoiled. Seeing the human throw the cloth at Allyria and then scream and run away, Melika decided to follow him and get some answers. Coming to the closed door, Melika pressed her ear to it and heard the human skittering around and then yell.
"Wh-whoever you people are out there, you better leave, or I'll call the cops!"
Figuring cops were some kind of imp or something this human could conjure, Melika decided to try and reason with the seemingly frightened male. "Do not fear human. We are not here to harm you. We merely wish to know how and why you transported us here... and where exactly here is.”
IC: Joe: It was clear the orb was traped, why else would it be set to make that bright flash. Well we will have the drop on clay now... what is that smell?
I turned around and saw a dragon head and paused. Brain Tumor definitly a brain tumor. Suddenly I felt a pain in my side. Penny was pinching me.
Well if I am going to be in a brain tumor induced dream any how. I grabbed Penny by the waist and give her a kiss. Her lips were warm and tasted of peporni and staw berries. This might just be worth all the medicle bills.
IC: Rydia: My imedate thoughts were mages tower, illusion, and finaly bumbling wizard sceaming like a girl. "Not the best welcome by any means."
As Melika went about after our host I took a look around. Pauseing for abit at a black and green metal object. I looked at the writing in disbelief in disbelief. "Well they speak common around here at any rate. Allyria, what kind of monster do you supose this is?"
Wes stood where his character, Rando, had been only a moment ago. He blinked once, then twice and shrugged. "That was weird." He said, turning to stare at Penny along with all the others, like she was crasy. After all, she was standing on a heap of coins and jewels, puckering her lips, for no apparent reason. "Hey, there's a bunch of money all over the floor! And jewels, and... And... A DRAGON!!!" Wes started saying, excitedly collecting some of the goods up in his shirt. When he saw the dead dragon, he tossed all the treasure he had just collected up in the air and stumbled back, falling on his ass, skittering back several feet before bumping into Sarinah. He turned and hugged her leg, whispering and whimpering. "A dragon, a real fucking dragon... Oh god, oh god, oh god!"
Rando:
Rando stood where his creator, Wesley, had been only a moment ago. He blinked once, then twice and shrugged. "That was weird." He said, turning to follow after Melika, leaving the others behind to explore. After all, she was about to confront... Someone...
Clayton:
"I don't know how you got here! This is my house! Wh-where are my friends?!" Clay called out, his voice cracking as he huddled in the nook between the wall and his toilet.
Allyria: Wandering over to Rydia, she cocked her head and looked at the strange....thing Rydia was pointing at. "Well I dont think it is a monster....it isn't breathing or trying to attack us..." Allyria prodded it with her sword. "And you know what else? Im sick of that noise! Melika shut him up or I will kick the door in and drag him out by his ankles!"
Sarinah: Standing mute now, in total shock, Sarinah passed glassy eyes over the gang. Joe was kissing Penny....huh I thought Penny had the hots for Wes, she thought absently. Only to feel Wes cling to her leg and start whimpering. Without conscious thought Sarina reached a hand down and stroked it over his head like she would a child to calm him down.
So there she was, standing in a dragon's lair...correction, dead dragons lair, a sopping white t-shirt and low riding form fitting jeans that she would swear were getting tighter....and tighter...nope nope that was just the panic attack coming on. Disengaging Wes's hands from her leg she dropped to her ass next to him. "Wes....Wes! stop it...I would swear we have swapped places with our characters but...but...thats not possible!....is it?"
Recovering from the shock of being suddenly grabbed and kissed, Penny just gave Joe a blank and almost sad look. "Now I'm even more confused." She trod over to sit next to Sarinah and Wes. Picking up one of the coins, Penny studied it. On one side it had a kind of castle stamped on it and the other side was an older man's face with the word 'Arseyus' under it. Had she heard that name before? Or read it perhaps? Yep, it was the name Clayton had made up for the King. She threw the coin away, disgusted.
"Wes....Wes! stop it...I would swear we have swapped places with our characters but...but...thats not possible!....is it?"
The question wasn't directed to Penny, but she answered it nonetheless. "I think we have swapped places. If this was a dream people wouldn't be so..." She looked at Joe. "Unpredictable." She patted the floor next to her and motioned for Joe to sit. “I think we need to decide what to do now and how to get back to our world." Exasperated, Penny tried to make light of the situation. "At least the Dragon is already dead." Penny peered up at the ceiling, wondering how they would even get out of the room, let alone the world.
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Melika turned to Rando. "I'm not getting anywhere with him. He's panicking, and I have little patience for panicky humans. Maybe I can pick the lock and you can put him to sleep. Then we can restrain him and get some answers."
IC: I felt it was best not to anger the brain tumor and so I sat next to penny in hopes this dream was going some where fun.
IC: Rydia: "I didn't say it looked like a monster, but it is clearly labeled on the side as a monster." I could see Allyria was annoyed and to be honest I was becoming that way too. Fortunetly I had the perfect plan for times like this.
"Afreed not wee lassie, I deunt kneew that spell. Besides, the only spell I have left in me is alter self." Rando said brusquely as he leaned against the wall, shrugging his shoulders and showing his empty hands.
Then Rydia suggested offering sex, to which Rando's eyes went wide and cheeks turned pink. "Not likely... Hey, you in there, why don't ye say all's good, an come out before one o our lassies comes in and gives ye a good spankin, eh lad?"
Clayton:
"Thats the worst scottish accent I think I have ever heard..." Clay muttered to himself, forgetting his fear for a moment while the faux-scotsman was talking. "Bad scottish accents... Wes's Scotty impersonation... AHAH!!!" Clay suddenly flung the door to the bathroom open and pointed at the gnome without a hint of fear. "I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!!! YOU! YOU'RE WES'S CHARACTER, Rando Shmook!" And at that, Clay went cross eyed and passed out, falling flat on his back.
IC: I heard a loud thump from the other room. Turning around I shouted "Don't mount him so hard! It'll make you seem slutty!" I returned to examining the metal object which had further writings on it.
"I'm going to take a look around and see if there is a way out of this place." Penny announced. She stood up and began her search along the room's walls, trying to locate a door or another way to get out. She knew they couldn't go out the way their characters had come in. Penny had always hated trying to climb the rope in Physical Education at school, and that had only been about 15 feet. The well looked to be about a hundred. After searching for a while Penny noticed a small wooden door in the wall. Cautiously, she tried the handle. It opened and she peered around to see what was behind it. It seemed to lead to a cave. She couldn't tell much else and silently cursed, thinking Melika's low light vision would have come in very handy. Penny Carefully closed the door again and decided to return to tell the others what she had found and see if they had any ideas about what to do. She certainly didn't want to stay with a dead dragon forever. He'd probably start to smell.
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Melika glared at Rydia. "He fell over without me even touching him. Not that I ever would touch him. I don't think he's bathed recently." She said wrinkling her nose. Removing the blade the human had been carrying, Melika decided to take a look around at the human's belongings. Usually she had to knock someone out before being able to steal their stuff, but this human had done it for her. She stepped into the tiled room the human had been in. It had a mirror, a basin with strange metal bits sticking out of it, another basin that was much lower and full of water (she assumed this one was for dwarves and halflings) and a large basin that looked a bit like a trough, but the room was too small to hold any pack animals. She looked over the strange powders and creams she found all around. "Maybe he's an alchemist or a wizard after all." Melika couldn't make sense of much of the labeling on the bottles, but one seemed easy enough. It was labeled 'AXE'. She took it out to Rydia and Allyria. "Maybe you're supposed to use this axe to kill the monster?"
Allyria: Sighing with extreme annoyance she strode over to where the strange warlock had passed out. Grabbing him by one ankle she dragged him into the large room where they had found themselves and tossed him onto the soft looking seat in the corner.
Pulling her hand back she struck him, open handed across the face. Hard. "Wake up you bumbling excuse for a magick user!"
Sarinah: She wanted to cry. She really really did. This was ridiculous. Maybe she was on something? Nah. No one at the play party would have done that to her. Chewing her lower lip she watched Penny wander around looking for a way out. Purposefully keeping her gaze from staying glued to the dragon carcass she looked around at all the jewels and gold.
Something red and shiny caught her eye. Crawling over the hills and mounds of gold and jewels she came to a solid wooden chest that looked to be just filled with gold. Reaching her hand in and sifting through the gold she tried to get to the red light emanating from within, only to discover it was coming from the lid. Running her fingetips over the smooth inner side of the lid she found a lip near the front catch. Pushing on it a section slid back on the top of the lid to show a blood red ruby shaped like a tear drop hanging from a solid white gold chain. Bedazzled by the pretty Sarinah lifted it out of its resting place. It was warm to her touch and seemed to glow with its own inner fire. It was absolutely beautiful.
SHe placed the chain over her head and slid the ruby under her shirt to nestle between her breasts before crawling back to the others.
"Mount em? Whe would I want to do that? Oh, ye meant Mel... I dnae think she'd... Fit em..." Rando pondered as he was left in the hall. Once he realized he was alone, he went in and started pocketing all sorts of ungeunts and ointments. "Preperation Ach... Tooth paste? Hmm... Must be a necromancer to have such ingredients. I augh te tell the party soon as I loot th place. Deoderant, hmm, handy. And... Oh fer the love o Pelor! Baby powder?!"
Rando came running out of the bathroom holding up the offending container. "Everyone LOOK! This ere scum e's a NECROMANCER!!!" Just as he announced his suspicion, Allyria slapped the young man... HARD, and he woke with fear in his eyes, his mouth welling up with blood. "Peas *Gag* Don'th urt *Choke* Me?!" He pleaded, holding his hands over his face, sobbing and choking on his own blood.
Wes:
After a good freak out, Wes started to think reasonably again. "If we're in Clay's game world... Then I wonder if..." Wes stood up and went over to a spot bare of treasure. He knelt down and stuffed a hand in his pocket, where he kept a spare set of dice. "I am going to detect for secret doors!" He declared as he palmed a d20 and shook it. He knew everone would be looking at him like he was an idiot, but he didn't care, it was worth a try. He rolled and got a seventeen. "Hmm, not bad..." He said as he took the die and put it back in his pocket, then proceeded to look around the room.
IC: Joe: A strange logic was employed by Wes, I can only hope it worked and if it did not at least I didn't like an idiot around my brain tumor. Still it was a bit odd penny wasn't into me even in my dreams, that was extremely strange.
ic: Rydia: I looked at the bottle with a strange awe, how could any one powder a baby. I had the urge to punch him a good one across the face, but I was worried he had placed a geas or quest on us.
"Don't hurt him just yet, we need to understand whats going on here. After that we can make him pay for each baby he has powdered!"