2003-04-12

<_Matt_> RPG…BEGIN!
<Kooshmeister> ((So, one section of town could potentially be horridly mutated! And what happened to Dr. V?))
<SypherSK> ((He said he was going somewhere to get a good view.))
<_Matt_> ((He walked off stage to observe his handiwork. But he’s still there if need be ))
<Kooshmeister> ((<Viper> Exit, ssstage left…))
<Hard_Drive> :: anyway, was looking out his window, to find his noisy ghetto gone abruptly quiet and devoid of anyone :: What happened? There’s usually a riot about now…
<LizStormcrow> ::is leading Bexa to the parts of the Bureau she knows from her brief time there::
<SypherSK> ::is trying to contact Prot and finding she’s still got him “on hold”::
<LizStormcrow> ((<LS> And this is the Doom Closet, and that’s the Throne of the Raccoon, and there’s the Possessed Coffeemaker, and over here with have the Tomb of the Unknown Donut.))
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<Hard_Drive> ((<Donut Tomb> :: is empty :: <Jase> did it resurrect??? <Furklaw> :: mouth full as he speaks :: Uh…yeah sure ))
<SypherSK> ((<Sypher> ::is getting sick of getting Prot’s message that she’s on a private line with Driver:: Honestly, it’s been days! How much can they have to say to one another?!))
<SypherSK> ((::DIES Furklaw::))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEAD::))
<SypherSK> ((<Furklaw> He’s in a better place, I’m sure.))
<Hard_Drive> :: leans his head back inside his crapshack, and turns around. Eyes go wide as he screeches like a girl :: <HD’s Computer> :: has plant vines jutting through it ::
<Bexa> ::is grinning as he scribbles:: Fascinating; I must work these behaviors into my novel!
<SypherSK> ((<Sypher> Okay, but don’t blame us if people don’t take your work seriously….))
<SypherSK> ((<Bexa> Oh, my novel is about this fellow who’s locked away in an institution. I’m working your agency’s behaviors in as part of the elaborate fantasy/hallucination he has.))
<Hard_Drive> NOOooooo! :: runs over to his little mainframe, opening up chassis’ only to have plant vines pour outward :: My mainframe! :: turns around :: My fridge!
<LizStormcrow> ((<Bexa> ::really sells the stories to the tabloids back home!:: <Tabloids> ::refuse to publish the stories on the grounds of being too unbelievable::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Tabloid> How can we publish this alongside such serious stories as ‘Elvis’ Alien Children’?!))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DIES!::))
<Hard_Drive> This is not happening… :: as one of his walls caves in, with numerous vines going through and around them ::
<Hard_Drive> ((<Viper> I am plantman! I shall foil you with foliage and ruin you with weeds! <SK Producers> Hrm…next <Viper> What??? I wassssss perfect :: coughs, spits :: Sorry, hairball <Producers> :: blink :: Do that again! <Viper> What? <Producers> That lisp! It’s perfect! you’re hired ))
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEAD!::))
<Hard_Drive> :: runs over to his surge coat, and disregards the arrays as he charges up to get out of there quick! ::
<Bexa> It would be speldid if I could see how the agents react in a crisis situation. A story needs tension.
<Arrays> :: go off as HD races into the nearest power outlet before it’s overun by the vines ::
<Dr_Viper> ::Standing on a hill that overlooks the city, hands on his hips (what hips?), watching…and waiting….like he ha sbeen for the past hour::
<Dr_Viper> *Finally erupts* What’sss taking ssso long?!
<Dr_Viper> I should hear ssscreamsss! Sssee buildingsss fall! Explosionssss!
<Dr_Viper> ::Snarls, balling his fists. Fungusface behind him blinks incredulously* I don’t underssstand! It shouldn’t be taking thisss long! You fool! Sssomehow, I KNOW thisss isss all your fault!
<Fungusface> O.o
<Water Works Kats> :: couldn’t reach City Hall, got put on hold by the Enforcers…so they go to the next in line, the MBI. ::
<Technician> :: dials the number::
<Dr_Viper> Come on….let’sss go! I want to get to the bottom of thisss!
<SypherSK> ::picks up the phone, hopes it’s not more bad news… poor him::
<CaseySK> ::sitting in the common room juggling little fireballs:: ::dismisses them when he realizes he might be smouldering the seat he’s sitting on and almost drops one:: Perhaps this isn’t the place…. ::innocent grin to noone at all…::
<Technician> This is Megakat City Water Works. The water supply has been contaminated, and sector 3-Z has been exposed! :: pant pant ::
<Dr_Viper> ((And, it was the dam, not the waterworks. Not the same thing….is it? Oh, well Lol))
<SypherSK> ::blinkblinks:: Contaminated with what?
<Dr_Viper> ((Or…wait…even if it started at the dam, they’d know eventually down at the waterworks ’cause the water comes through there. ::smacks himself::))
<Bexa> ::wanders back toward the office, studying Sy on the phone::
<Hard_Drive> ((Well, I’d assume that since the dam is responsible for both power and water supply, it’d be under the jurisdiction of the water works utility. And, that too ))
<LizStormcrow> ::goes into the common room:: Agent Lennox, hi!
<SypherSK> ((<Sy> Isn’t this an issue for the public health department? Not that I mind knowing… ::shoves away coffee he was about to drink::))
<CaseySK> ::looks over guiltily:: Ohh…Hi Liz. What’s up?
<Technician> I don’t know! But it’s registering as a level 10 on the toxicology scale! :: pant pant. Is about to collapse ::
<SypherSK> Okay, okay… Can you tell what area of the city you designate Sector 3-Z?
<LizStormcrow> Not a lot. I went back home for awhile, and my friend Bexa came back with me to study the MBI.
<Hard_Drive> ((<Tech> It’s got a Ph Level of 100000! <Sy> :: pours a glass of water, only to have the water eat thru the glass :: I see…))
<Dr_Viper> ::Heads back to the dam, grrr, is gonna find out why his marvelous wicked evil plan isn’t working!::
<SypherSK> ((::snorks!::))
<Dam> :: is filled with numerous employees running around ::
<Fungusface> ::hopes he’ll get to eat some bio-less waterworks employees!::
<CaseySK> To study the MBI? Why on earth would he…or she…wanna do that?
<Hard_Drive> ((<Jase> Because we’re cool :: smugly :: <Casey> :: collapses onto the floor laughing ::))
<SypherSK> ::is even now squinting at the map in Jason’s office, but it’s not laid out in the waterwork’s sectors::
<LizStormcrow> He’s reseaching for a book. Cymricke City is a little town, so he needed to study a real urban environment.
<Technician> We’ve already shut off the water going into that region, but a lot’s already gotten through! Who knows what’s happening down there!
<CaseySK> A writer eh…neat. ::shrugs:: I’ve never written anythingother than a few papers and some chemical equations…::chuckle::
<Dr_Viper> ::Pops kathole near the dam:: Hmm….none of the water in the pipesss below isss tainted…which meansss my mutagen didn’t get out of the resssevoir!
<SypherSK> Where is it? I mean, can you give me street names? A rough idea of the neighborhood?
<Hard_Drive> ((<Viper> d’oh! <Fungusface> :: pats Viper on the back in an “it’s okay” fashion :: <Viper> i don’t want your sssssympathy! :: shoves Fungus Face over the edge of the dam…the steep end :: ))
<Dr_Viper> ::Climbs out of the sewer and scales the ladder to the top of the dam::
<Fungusface> ::waits down below::
<SypherSK> ((::snorks!::))
<Random Worker> :: walking across the top of the dam, inspecting a few of the valves, and then sees someone getting to the top of the dam :: AHHHHHHHH!!!! :: screams like a moron :: It’s Dr. Viper! That evil mad scientist… guy…creature…thing….
<Dr_Viper> ::Idly dips a finger in the water, hmmming, then hears a scream and turns:: Huh?
<SypherSK> ::scrabbling around in Jason’s desk, finally digs out an old, old map with the sectors:: OKay… Nevermind. Got it! ::runs out to see what agents he can dig up::
<Technician> Oh thank you!
<Dr_Viper> ::Growls at Random Worker:: What have you done?! You’ve ruined my plansss! Open thossse valvesss!
<Bexa> A crisis! I get to see them in action! ::follows Sy eagerly::
<Worker> :: panics, turns to run away, but trips on one of those valves. FWUMP. Falls on his face ::
<SypherSK> ::finds Casey:: Lennox! We have an emergency.
<Dr_Viper> ::Sighs:: Idiotsss…
<LizStormcrow> ::ears perk up:: What’s going on?
<Technician> :: then hears screaming, pokes his head out the window to look down at the dam, seeing a strange green figure next to a fallen worker :: Oh no…it can’t be! Not him!
<Dr_Viper> ::Walks over and seizes the worker by the scruff:: Tell me how to open the valvesss, or do I have dissspossse of you over the ssside and find out for mysssself?
<SypherSK> Seems something nasty’s gotten into the water supply and, for whatever reason, it’s fallen to us to get to the affected area and keep people from drinking it. ::can’t imagine how they’ll manage *that*::
<Dr_Viper> ::Holds the guy over the edge of the dam (steep side):: Talk!
<CaseySK> ::jumps up:: Emergency? Ick… Sounds…thrilling…
<Worker> No! Don’t throw me in the water! It’s got some kind of weird contaminent…GAH! :: held over the side ::
<Dr_Viper> I know about the contamination, you fool.
<SypherSK> ((<Sypher> Lennox, you’re going to have to perform a superfeline task and… uh… heat up real hot and boil all the water in the pipes off into steam. <Casey> ::stare::))
<Dr_Viper> I did it, mwahahaha!
<CaseySK> ((<casey> Can do captain… ::passes out from strain a little later::))
<SypherSK> Yeah. And, I’m open to any suggestions… on the way.
<Worker> :: crying :: I knew I shoulda joined the army….
<LizStormcrow> ((<LS> But I can do that! <Sy> No, we might need you for throwing fruit. <LS> They’ll never let me forget that . . .))
<Dr_Viper> ::Shakes him:: I’m trying to be reasssonable here….if you tell me what I want to know, I’ll let you live….ssso I cna make you into one of my living tessst tubesss, ehheheheheh.
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<Worker> :: screeches ::
<Dr_Viper> It’sss a better fate than ssssplattering on the cement! My arm isss getting tired…
<Technician> :: has since made his way down from the control room and onto the dam armed with a…flashlight :: You there! S-s-stop!
<Dr_Viper> ((<Worker> ::related to Agent Lamb, passes out:: X_X))
<SypherSK> ((<Worker> ::tells Viper every bad thing he’s ever done since he was three like the kid in Goonies:: <Viper> ::like the villains in Goonies, is mildly impressed, the guy might have promise as a mutant monster::))
<Hard_Drive> ((::dies::))
<LizStormcrow> ((::dead::))
<Dr_Viper> ::Turns to face the other waterworks employee:: Ah=ha!
<Technician> AH! :: seeing Viper’s face fully illuminated ::
<Dr_Viper> Hopefully you will more reasssonable than your companion here. ::Grabs with tail::
<SypherSK> ::so, grabs Casey and hauls him out to the MBI’s official vehicle:: C’mon!
<Technician> *urk* :: drops flashlight. Issa grabbed ::
<LizStormcrow> And I’m alone . . .
<SypherSK> ((<Technician> ::beats on Viper with flashlight while turning it on and off in the SOS pattern::))
<Dr_Viper> I tire of asssking ssso thisss will be the lassst time before I throw you both off thisss dam on opposssite ssssidesss….where are the controlsss to open the valvesss?!
<Bexa> ::comes racing in:: Stormcrow, hurry! We have to follow them and study how urban law enforcement deals with a crisis! ::pulls along::
<Technician> I-i-i-in the control room!
<LizStormcrow> Usually *I’m* the one who has the crazy ideas . . .
<Dr_Viper> Ah, thank you. ::Sets them both down, then smacks them with his tail hard enough to render them unconscious::
<Hard_Drive> ((<Viper> Good :: throws them both over the side anyway :: ))
<Dr_Viper> Wasssn’t that easssy?
<Dr_Viper> ((Viper’s not gonna waste potential guinea pigs lol))
<Dr_Viper> ::Yells down:: Get up here! NNNNNOW!
<Technician> X_X
<Worker> X_x
<Fungusface> O.O ::Eep! Turns himself into green ooze and…crawls up::
<CaseySK> ::is hauled:: Woah…ok…I’m coming I’m coming…. ::thinks as he gets in to the car:: I’m not sure exactly how we can do that short of turning off all water to that area from the plant…right?
<Bexa> ::pulls Stormcrow back to the garage, and they get in Bexa’s car::
<Dr_Viper> ::Once Fungusface gets tot he top, leaves him on guard duty while he heads to the control room,::
<SypherSK> Apparently, they already did, but there’s some in the lines… ::sends the car squealing out of the garage, not really because he’s moving that fast but because it’s a piece of junk::
<Control Room> :: has several displaced office chairs and a MASSIVE board filled with what seems like thousands of buttons ::
<Bexa> ::drives back down, trying to see where the agents drive out::
<Dr_Viper> ((<Fungusface> ::Finds unconscious guard; puts on guard’s unform, takes guard’s rifle, and starts twirling it around and showing off::))
<Hard_Drive> ((::dies!::))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEAD::))
<Dr_Viper> ((<Viper> ::Ashamed watching the spectacle::))
<CaseySK> Ummm…. I guess I might try evaporating it…but it’s all in pipes where we can’t get to it right? Can’t we make a general announcement or something?
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Viper> Stop that! <Fungusface> ::salutes, clonking himself in the head with the rifle::))
<Hard_Drive> ((Now, there’s an interesting visual))
<Dr_Viper> ::In the control room, finds the valve controls, mwahahaha!::
<Valve Controls> :: are computerized and work in a “yes” or “no” response system ;) ::
<Dr_Viper> Hmm, thisss looksss eassy….
<SypherSK> Hmm… The city has air raid sirens, but nothing like a PA system… ::pulls out a cell phone, that Jason left behind in his office, mwahaahaaaa… he’s going to kill Sy when the bill comes:: Here. See if you can get information and get the number to Kats Eye News.
<Dr_Viper> ((<Inside Megakat City> ::Went outta business ’cause everybody always goes to/watches Kat’s Eye News::))
<CaseySK> ::dials the 411 number to get the News:: Yes? Can I have the number for the Kat’s Eye News? ::waits impatiently as he is put on hold.::
<CaseySK> ((::dies::))
<Dr_Viper> ::And in case it’s not a voice-activated system (don’t see why it would be), types ‘Yes’::
<SypherSK> ((<Viper> ::has unknowingly staged his diabolic plot the same day in which a disgruntled phone company worker has scrambled all the lines::))
<LizStormcrow> ::as they follow:: Bexa, I know you’re eager to watch, but we really should have told the agents first. ::to herself:: Why am *I* suddenly the responsible one?
<Valves> ::Open. Yeah, baby, yeah!::
<Bexa> You followed them before, didn’t you? Besides, we won’t interfere; we’ll just watch from a distance.
<LizStormcrow> Famous last words.
<SypherSK> ((<Sypher> ::being eaten by mutant plants:: Interfere! Interfere!))
<Dr_Viper> YESSSS! ::Laughs insanely as the monitor indicates that the water is now flowing freely through the pipes and into the city:: At LASSSSST!
<CaseySK> Thank you! ::presses the button so the phone automatically dials it for him:: Hello? Yes? This is Agent Lennox from the MBI…I need to talk to someone to make a Public Service Announcement immediately! It’s an emergency!! ::rolls eyes:: I’m on hold again…….
<Dr_Viper> ::Walks back outside to stand beside Fungusface on top of the dam, watching the waterfall start up again in addition to the water flowing through the pipes:: Excellent!
<SypherSK> ::sighs heavily, tries to drive and read the map at the same time:: Blast it! This thing is so old… ::pauses, noting vine-like tendrils waving above the skyline in the distance:: I… think I know where to go…
<Dr_Viper> Now then…I’ll dessstroy the controlsss ssso no one can ssstop the flow.
<Fungusface> ::Nods, rattling noises eminating::
<Dr_Viper> ::Waltzes back into the control room, grabs a chair, and smacks the holy crap out of anything that even LOOKS like an important piece of machinery in the place, including the coffee maker::
<CaseySK> ::looks up where Sy is looking:: ::smacks forehead:: ::back on phone:: Yes! This is an emergency… What? How can I identify myself? This is Agent Lennox from the MBI… Authorization? Look…people are in danger…Just air a message for me… ::Sighs:: Back on hold…………………again.
<Dr_Viper> ::Back on the dam again, he giggles, rubbing his hands together, and then….dances?::
<SypherSK> Great….
<Technician> :: walks into the room :: AHHHHH! The coffee maker! :: then looks again :: The controls!
<Dr_Viper> ::Stops in mid-twist:: Wait…
<SypherSK> ((<Casey> Wait… They say they have a more important emergency. Some guy at the waterworks says he was assaulted and then forced to watch Dr. Viper dance the Macarena.))
<Dr_Viper> ::Looks at Fungusface:: How could I be ssso ssstupid?!
<CaseySK> What should I say Sy? What will get them to air a message?
<Fungusface> ::Blinks, shrugs::
<LizStormcrow> ((::dies!::))
<Dr_Viper> ((LOL))
<Technician> I must press the emergency button! :: looks for it, and sees it on the far far wall. Hasn’t been smashed because you smash it to set it off ::
<Dr_Viper> Quickly! Come on! ::Scurries back down the ladder::
<CaseySK> ((<sy> Air a message? Why? Do they need a backrub?))
<Dr_Viper> We have to get to Megakat Biochemical Labsss!
<SypherSK> Tell them there’s a really big story over in the old Katswen neighborhood and they’ll be sorry if Inside MegaKat gets there first.
<Fungusface> ::jumps off the dam…splats on the concrete, then remorphs into his original shape::
<Technician> :: hits the button, which sets off an alarm. :: Why isn’t the dam shutting off? :: then remembers the smashed controls :: Oh yeah…
<Tainted Water> ::Floooooows into the city, as Viper hops back down into the sewer::
<Matt> ((<Viper> :: rides the tainted water on a surfboard :: Cowabunga!))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!::))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DIES!::))
<Matt> ((::snorking, remembers a fic that said Viper was a distant cousin of the Ninja Turtles ::))
<Dr_Viper> Wait… ::Pops back up and holds up a hand as Fungusface tries to follow:: You ssstay here! Make sure everything proceedsss at it isss now! If sssomething happensss, come get me!
<Fungusface> Blagaragagahasnooga-boogalooga!
<Dr_Viper> Fine, fine!
<T-Bone> ::mun has decided to risk two characters, is flying back from a run through the canyon… probably without Razor for whatever reason unless someone wants to be Razor::
<Dr_Viper> Jussst don’t ssscrew up, or I’ll be getting myssself a NEW assssissstant! ::The monster whines::
<Dr_Viper> ((I’m already two guys lol No way jose))
<CaseySK> Yes? Thank you… There’s a HUGE story over in the old Katswen neighborhood! Just wanted to allert you guys so you can get the scoop! You don’t want Inside MegaKat to get it first! Very dangerous situation…right! ::smacks his forehead at the lameness of his speech:: Ok…thanks…bye!
<SypherSK> Hey, whatever works.
<SypherSK> So, how are you at torching mutant shrubbery? ::to Casey as it looms closer::
<Matt> ((:: issa back :: And, Razor sounds good to me…))
<Fungusface> ::And, in a scenario that only previously existed OOC, gets a guard’s discarded laser rifle and, hefting it in its lumpy tentacles, starts to pace back and forth in front of the dam, grunting to the rythym of ‘Hut, two, three, four’::
<CaseySK> ::growls a bit:: Viper? I’m up for tortur…I mean torching anything of his!
<T-Bone> ::swoops low to take the jet skimming just above the surface of the lake behind the dam::
<CaseySK> ::doesn’t wanna heat up now cause he doesn’t wanna set the car on fire::
<CaseySK> ((go Matt!! woo!!))
<SypherSK> ::chuckles:: I think there’ll be plenty to torch.
<Fungusface> Rrrr? ::Looks up at the sound of the jet::
<Fungusface> ::Hates being Viper’s only henchman…er, henchthing sometimes. Has so much weight on his tiny little pseudo-shoulders::
<T-Bone> ::smiling to himself and just enjoying the flight, goes to pull as they approach the dam::
<Razor_SK> :: looking through one of his scopes :: Hrm…I don’t see anything unusual going on down there. At least nothing to warrant an alarm…
<Fungusface> ::Shrugs, resumes pacing and grunting in tune::
<LizStormcrow> I just hope we aren’t doing to much fighting.
<Razor_SK> ((:: snorks at that :: <Fungus Face> :: cracks under the pressure…by disolving into goo ::))
<T-Bone> ::squints down below, sees Fungusface out in front of the dam?::
<SypherSK> ((<T-Bone> Ewww… Somethin’ nasty’s growin’ on the dam… ))
<Fungusface> ::So anyway is just pacing, ‘marching’ to and fro with that gun he can’t even use because the trigger is too tiny for his big freaking tentacles::
<Razor_SK> ((<Razor> :: is actually just sitting back playing video games :: <T-Bone> Razor! Stop messin’ around and give me some readings! <Razor> Windstorm attack, 6000 HP! er, I mean, infared scopes show nothing ))
<T-Bone> What’s that thing by the dam?
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD:: <T-Bone> ::just gets scared when Razor mistakes his real missile controls for his game controls::))
<Razor_SK> :: zooms in :: If I’m not mistaken, it’s an old friend of mine…
<Fungusface> ((<T-Bone> Man…acid flashback…I’m seein’ giant shrooms, man..))
<Bexa> I’ll let you do the fighting, my sorceress. I’m a writer, not a fighter.
<SypherSK> ((::DIES:: <Razor> You always see stuff like that when you’re hungry…))
<Razor_SK> ((::snorks::<Razor> Raging Wind! :: presses button :: <Turbokat> :: wings fall off ::))
<Fungusface> ((::DIES::))
<LizStormcrow> ::elbows him::
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<T-Bone> Ahhh… Ought we have a talk with your “old friend”?
<Fungusface> ::Now, bored, starts twirling the rifle, hefting it from one tentacle to the other in-between::
<SypherSK> ::skids to a stop, finding the road suddenly blocked by giant vines:: I think it’s time to start burning….
<CaseySK> ((::sodead::))
<CaseySK> I’d love to!
<SypherSK> ::gets out, checking his blaster::
<CaseySK> ::jumps outta the car and begins the warming up process::
<Fungusface> ((So they at the dam yet?))
<LizStormcrow> ((<Bexa> ::paints his face like a mime:: Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time, so much to know! <LS> O_o)
<SypherSK> ((Yeah. Flying over. Spied the fungus.))
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD Bexa::))
<Fungusface> ::Is oblivious to the jet.::
<Razor_SK> Yeah, but let’s give him a greeting card first :: bringing down his targeting visor ::
<LizStormcrow> ((::loves “Yellow Submarine”))
<Razor_SK> ((::can’t resist :: <Razor> There’s a fungus among us))
<Fungusface> ::Laughs, yes, actually laughs, or makes some noises like laughter, sounding like Scooby-Doo as he continues his fancy riflework, then happens to look up and sees the Turbokat again::
<Fungusface> Rah?
<CaseySK> ::starts forming a sizeable fireball:: I think this might give them something to think about…
<SypherSK> ::blasts at anything that tries to slither their way while Casey “warms up”::
<Razor_SK> :: locks target :: Octopus Missile, Deploy!
<Bexa> ::parks the car some ways off:: There, we should be able to see better if we go a little further up.
<Fungusface> ::Suddenly feels like he’s getting into more than he can handle, and eeps as he sees the big red and blue thing flying towards him::
<LizStormcrow> I do not like this. ::paws start to glow::
<SypherSK> <Crud… If this is the result of that contamination… what’s happened to the people if any drank that water?!>
<CaseySK> ::tosses a head sized fireball at the vines and begins to form another one::
<Fungusface> ::Runs, or rather slides, out of the missile’s path, or tries to:: Gyaaah!
<T-Bone> ::zips over the fungus as the missile goes zooming towards him and banks to head back around::
<Fungusface> ::is hit:: Agh!
<Fungusface> ::SPLATS into the wall:: X_X
<Plants> ::mutate, turning into either thorny weeds or writhing slimy tentacle-things and rise up around the dam and surrounding area::
<SypherSK> ::okay, is fighting through a tangle of mutant vines in the old Katswen neighborhood with Casey::
<Razor_SK> Bingo!
<Fungusface> Graaaah! ::Frees himself by eating the missile::
<T-Bone> Yes! ::then blinks:: He ate it….
<Fungusface> ::Belches:: ^_^
<Bexa> ::stares at the vines:: I MUST work this into my novel!
<Razor_SK> …
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> ::fires a barrage of missiles at the fungus:: <Fungusface> ::stands there with his mouth open, yay! finally someone is feeding him!::))
<CaseySK> Let me guess… Viper? Time to burn some vines eh Sy?
<SypherSK> Better believe it!
<Vines> :;Don’t burn us! We go great with the scenery!::
<LizStormcrow> ::groans:: Why did there have to be so many? If I burn them, it could spread!
<Hard Drive> :: appears in front of them (MBI), panting, seemingly out of breath ::
<Fungusface> ((<Casey> Objection noted.))
<SypherSK> ::blinkblinks at Hard Drive:: Hard Drive?
<Hard Drive> Gah! Law Enforcement! :: takes a defensive type stance :: Keep away from me!
<Razor_SK> Can’t use high explosives, not when it’s that close to the dam…
<SypherSK> Whoa… Take it easy. ::holds up his hands:: We’re trying to find out what’s going on here…
<Fungusface> ::Considering beating it and getting Viper; though told to hold the fort, even this mindless monster isn’t dumb enough to go against the SWAT Kats by himself, especially when they’re in their jet::
<LizStormcrow> ::blinks:: What kind of a name is “Hard Drive”?
<Hard Drive> What’s going on? I’ll tell you what’s going on :: points behind him :: This overgrown chia pet ate my apartment!
<T-Bone> What about a cement barrage. He can’t eat it if he’s coated and stuck to the wall.
<SypherSK> I can see… Have you seen anyone else?
<Fungusface> ::Decides, and waddles to the kathole and starts squeezing his fat gooey self down there::
<CaseySK> ::raises an eyebrow, holding a sword made outta flame in his hand while watching the chat there::
<Razor_SK> Let’s see…:: then blinks :: It’s gone!
<Hard Drive> Anyone else? :: blinks like that thought is foreign to him ::
<T-Bone> ::blinks, looks back down:: Cruuuud… Guess we better land and find out what it was doin’ here…
<Plants> ::More gross vines spring up to engulf the dam, spreading down the road toward the city limits::
<Razor_SK> Whoa! :: looking out the canopy :: Where’d all that come from?
<T-Bone> Holy kats!
<Fungusface> ::One vine encircles the building where the now useless control room is located and squeezes, crushing it…before allowing the innocent workers to get out, as per the rules. Even mutants must obey the RP rules::
<Razor_SK> I don’t think it’s safe to land the Turbokat down there, buddy
<Bexa> ::scribbles once again::
<SypherSK> You know… The other people in the neighborhood….
<T-Bone> Hmm.. ::looks at the cliff above the dam:: How about up there?
<CaseySK> ::hacking at the vines with flaming sword type object::
<Fungusface> ::And still more vines starts to bore into/pull at the dam itself, threatening to break it!::
<Razor_SK> ((<Workers> :: eating donuts and drinking coffee :: <Vine> :: taps foot, looks at watch ::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Vine> ::grows a foot just to have one to tap::))
<CaseySK> ::hackhackhackhack:: Some help here guys?
<LizStormcrow> ::walks into view, is studying the vines:: Could there be some way to heat-kill them without burning . . . ?
<SypherSK> ::spins around, blasts at the vines closing in on Casey::
<Razor_SK> Wait a second…:: goes back to his scopes :: I don’t like how that dam’s looking…
<T-Bone> ::then stares at the scene below::
<Dr_Viper> ::At Megakat Biochemical Labs, pops the kathole and peers out:: Hmm…
<Dr_Viper> ::Back at the dam, some of the water starts to leak through the holes and wash over the top, but not compared to the whole, and the dam is holding….for now::
<SypherSK> ::looks to Casey:: Can you get hot without flaming?
<Hard Drive> You mean those pesky annoyances who are always loud? I don’t know. Why should I care. Hopefully they got eaten or something.
<LizStormcrow> ::places glowing paws on a vine root, concentrates:: Come on, don’t ignite . . .
<CaseySK> Uhhh…yeah….
<Dr_Viper> Hmm…all clear. ::Climbs out of the sewer::
<CaseySK> ::dismisses the sword and just heats his body up:: I don’t know how hot I can get…never really tried it before….
<SypherSK> ::glances back at HD:: Uh… Right. Well, get on out of here. ::fires at a vine over his head:: …Before you go the same way. ::would try to capture him, but seriously doubts he could hold him… and doesn’t wish to have to keep up with him while fighting vines::
<Bexa> ::is leaning by some rubble scribbling. Ears suddenly perk:: Did someone groan?
<Hard Drive> :: looks at him skeptically, but doesn’t want to push it :: Fine. I’m out of here! :: zaps away ::
<Dr_Viper> When I mutated the entire city before, the SssWAT Katsss came here to get the antimutagensss. Well, not thisss time! Thisss time, I’m planning ahead!
<LizStormcrow> ::is still trying to heat-kill vines at the base::
<SypherSK> ((<Bexa> ::uncovers a mutated citizen:: This is great! Sir, can you tell me what it felt like to be gnawed upon and then mutated?? ::scribblescribble::))
<Dr_Viper> ((DIES))
<LizStormcrow> ((DEAD!))
<Dr_Viper> ::Hears a noise behind him and turns to see…..Fungusface emerging from the kathole?!:: Ack! What are YOU doing here?! I told you to ssstay back at the dam!
<Bexa> ::sniffs the rubble, starts digging:: Oh gods . . .
<CaseySK> ((::dead::))
<T-Bone> ::putting them in a position to have a good view of the dam, engages the TurboKat’s VTOL engines while Razor studies the situation::
<Razor_SK> :: studies the situation ;) ::
<Fungusface> Kreebblahgahfaafhvbharaaah! ::Waves tentacles dramatically, trying to imitate a jet::
<Dr_Viper> What?!
<CaseySK> ::walks over to fines and grabs ahold of them…turning up the heat as high as he can:: ::little flames dance around him:: ::thank god for heat resistant clothing::
<SypherSK> ::tries to provide coverfire for Casey and LS::
<Dr_Viper> I’m glad I got here when I did! Come on! The sssooner we take over the labsss, the sssooner can prevent the SssWAT Katsss from ssseeking the city’sss sssalvation here!
<LizStormcrow> ::fur is soaked with effort. Takes off her robe and ties it around her waist before continuing::
<Razor_SK> I got it! We’ll patch up the major structural breaches, which should give the utility company enough time to secure the dam…that is if they can get through all this mutated stuff
<T-Bone> Roger that. Just tell me where you need me to put us.
<Vine> ::Grr, grabby at T-Kat!::
<Razor_SK> Gah! T-Bone!
<T-Bone> ::had just been disengaging the VTOL, barely evades the vine::
<T-Bone> Awk! ::takes them up higher:: Okay, that was too close…
<Vine> ::Drat!::
<Razor_SK> ((<Razor> Lawnmower Missile, away! <Missile> :: is a full sized lanwmower with rockets on the side. Makes that lawnmower noise ::))
<Bexa> ::meanwhile is sniffing at wreckage, seeing if there are any victims::
<CaseySK> ::kinda cauterizing the vines with heat… slicing them off::
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEAD!::))
<SypherSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<CaseySK> ((::dies::))
<Razor_SK> Okay, new priority. Evil plant life first, then the dam.
<Dr_Viper> ::Hurries inside MK Biochem, smacking the guard at the front desk into the wall as he goes::
<Guard> X_X
<T-Bone> But, what’re you gonna fire at it with it *on* the dam?! ((We need a freeze gun. <Razor> Ooooo.. ::scribble notes::))
<Dr_Viper> ::Run run run upstairs to the main lab on the 15th floor::
<Fungusface> ::Follows halfheartedly…has had enough adventure already::
<Bexa> I don’t think there are any victims, but I’m not trained for this.
<LizStormcrow> ::scorchy scorchy::
<Razor_SK> Very carefully :: going through his list of weapons :: Bring us around so we’re flying perpandicular to the dam.
<Dam> ::Crrrumbles, ready to go byebye, so hurry up!::
<SypherSK> ::on the side, is trying to get through to Enforcer HQ:: Hello? Yes, I… NO! Don’t put me on hold!
<LizStormcrow> ::while still heat-killing vines:: After we kill all of these, what do we do with them?
<T-Bone> ::swings the jet around per Razor’s instructions::
<SypherSK> Well, I was hoping we could get some backup, but the phonelines are apparently cursed today…
<Dr_Viper> ::Finds it deserted as usual, mun thinking only about four people even work there, including the guards, and starts looking over the shelves of katalysts::
<Razor_SK> Buzz-saw missiles, locked :: presses the trigger on his control stick :: Away!
<CaseySK> Maybe they’ll make good steamed veggies? ::Grins grimly…:: At least the heat burns away the goo from these…disgusting things:: ::cutting away with a vengance::
<SypherSK> ::slaps a fresh powerpack into his blaster, just hopes they can all keep it up long enough to even kill them all::
<LizStormcrow> ((<Agents> ::throw a garden party, serve vines as salad to everyone they don’t like::))
<Dr_Viper> ::Selects Katalyst F-73:: Ahhh…you’ll do nicely!
<Buzz-Saw Missiles> :: run along the side of the dam, slicing up the vines. But, is it effective? ::
<LizStormcrow> If we had some way to get to the root systems . . .
<Dr_Viper> Now, hopefully I’ll have enough time to ssssynthesssize enough for my purpossssesss…
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Steele> Huh… I didn’t think the MBI had the money for this sort of thing… ::sticks fork in his salad:: <Salad> ::grabs fork and pulls him in:: <Steele> GAH!!!!!))
<Dr_Viper> ((::DIES::))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<Vines> X_X
<LizStormcrow> ::starts crawling around, seeing if she can find where vines are growing up from::
<Razor_SK> Bingo! Now, we gotta hurry before they grow back :: swtiching to cement machine gun :: We need to get in “patching position”
<CaseySK> ((<salad> ::burp:: oooh…he’s gonna give me heartburn….bleh))
<Dr_Viper> ::Utilizing the chemical synthesizer – that big blue piece of machinery you always see but never gets used – he soon has enough of the particular katalyst for his needs::
<LizStormcrow> ((reminds me of Calvin and Hobbes))
<Razor_SK> ((<Zyme> It’s also good for mixing paint ))
<T-Bone> ::swings around to face the dam:: Ready!
<Razor_SK> :: presses triggger multiple times, sealing up the major cracks with quick drying advehsive cement ::
<Dr_Viper> ::With an armful of flasks that contain the chemical, he ventures down to the botany lab, and then basically throws the flasks at the plants random, the glass breaking and spilling the chemicals all over the specimens::
<CaseySK> ::starting to get a little tired:: We really need to find a better way to do this!!
<SypherSK> ((<Plants> ::burst into flames and otherwise die:: <Viper> Thissss issss new….))
<LizStormcrow> ((<scientists> ::use the synthesizer to mix paint. Now the chemicals mixed in there not only perform their tasks, but also turn their subjects pretty colors!::))
<Plant Specimens> ::Well, mutate. What do you think they were gonna do? Polka?::
<SypherSK> ::calls to LS:: Stormcrow, having any luck?
<Dr_Viper> Yesss, my loveliesss…take over the building! Turn it into a fortressss!
<LizStormcrow> I think they’re growing up from above the water mains, mostly. It passes through the dirt, mutates any seeds or plant life, and there you are.
<Dr_Viper> ::Lovingly strokes a particularly ugly-looking vine nearby:: Oh, you’re all sssso beautiful….now, make daddy proud! Muhahahahahahaaa!
<LizStormcrow> ((Or something like that :P))
<Razor_SK> ((<Razor> I need to think of a new cliche to replace ‘bingo’ :: ponders :: Yippio Kiyay? Booyah? Yee-Haw? Cowabunga? <T-Bone> :: slaps his forehead ::))
<Plants> ::Grow and grow and grow and soon MK Biochem looks like a miniature version of the Megakat Tower::
<SypherSK> Great…..
<Dr_Viper> ::Goes back up to the main lab and observes through those huge windows the streets below as katizens crowd around to point and gawk::
<LizStormcrow> If we could isolate the water, we might stop new mutations, but I don’t know.
<CaseySK> ::moves over to concentrate on the origins coming from the grates:: How in the world do we do that? This is…confusing…
<Vine> ::curls around her leg::
<CaseySK> Can’t I just find Viper and kick his butt?
<SypherSK> There’s got to be some sort of local valves we could shut off….
<Razor_SK> :: yay, success…no matter how small it may be :: Alright, we’ve bought ourselves some time.
<LizStormcrow> Gaaah! ::blasts:: I’ll get back to you! I have bigger fronds to fry!
<Dr_Viper> My plan isss working perfectly….with the city water ssssupply contaminated, and the authoritiesss too busssy with the dam and the area of town that wassss affected before, it’ll ssssoon be too late for them to do anything about the ssspread of the mutagen!
<Dr_Viper> I…am….a geniussss!
<T-Bone> Yeah, now we just gotta stop these mutant vines… I’m assuming it’s in the water?
<Razor_SK> It makes sense. Since we saw old fungus face down there it’s safe to assume Dr. Viper is behind all this.
<Dr_Viper> ::Down below, the gawking crowd screams and runs away as giant vines and such begin to grow out of the open kathole:: Yesss, yesss….excellent.
<T-Bone> So, where to? MegaKat Biochemical again?
<Dr_Viper> Ahhh…now I think I’ll go sssee if that guard hasss any lossse change in hisss pocketsss…I want a sssoda.
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> No….I think we should out-source for this. Head for the next city over. <Viper> NO! Thissss goesss against all ssssortsss of rulessss! ))
<Fungusface> ::eats various bits of lab equipment::
<Dr_Viper> ((::DEAD::))
<Razor_SK> We’re gonna need anti-mutagen if we’re gonna have any chance at stopping all this crud, so MK biochemical is a start.
<LizStormcrow> ((::dies!::))
<CaseySK> ::crawls down towards the sewer grate, burning off vines as he goes::
<MK Biochem> ::Is THE one-stop shopping center for all your biochemical needs, folks::
<T-Bone> Roger that! ::heads them back toward the city, flying over the affected area as they go to see the extent of the damage::
<Razor_SK> :: can already see something weird in the distance :: Is that what I think it is? :: seeing the monstrosity that is now MKB ::
<Dr_Viper> ::When the tainted water gets to the area down the street from MK Biochem where Manx Municipal Park is…hooo boy….::
<T-Bone> ::kinda stares:: Oh, I hope not, buddy…
<LizStormcrow> ::follows Casey to look for valves or the like::
<Bexa> Lt. Greypaw, I think you said the water was contaminated?
<SypherSK> ::continues to handle the coverfire for the two, pauses and looks to Bexa:: Yes, that’s what I was told.
<Dr_Viper> ::Sips a Dr. Pepper as he stands at the window again, and then looks up to see the approaching Turbokat:: Ah-ha, here they come….no doubt they will be sssseverely dissssappointed.
<Razor_SK> :: then notices somethin. Whether it be from a Sy-tracker or just their location, looks out the canopy :: Hey, Sypher’s down there. :: patches into the Sy’ comm. :: <Sypher!>
<LizStormcrow> Well, if we got a water sample, could we find some way to counteract the contamination?
<CaseySK> ::to Liz:: They’re probably down below…just have to get down there some how….they could be anywhere…
<LizStormcrow> ::mutters something, and a ball of light appears in her hand:: Ready.
<SypherSK> ::pauses:: Hold that thought. ::contacts Razor back:: <I’m here… Kinda busy at the moment…>
<Dr_Viper> Nothing can ssstop me now that I control the city’sss only sssource of the right chemicalsss…and thossse SssWAT Katsss would be foolish enough to attempt a sssiege…I’ll be ready for them.
<SypherSK> ((<Sypher> Dad, this isn’t the time to ask why I don’t visit more often!))
<CaseySK> Yeah…probably! Good idea…I could probably do it…if I had some lab equipment…
<LizStormcrow> ::pulls on the grate:: Can you help me with this?
<Razor_SK> <We’ve isolated the source of all this mutation…or at least I think I have. Megakat Dam is the most likely origin, and it’s gonna go soon unless if repair teams make it there on time. And, on top of all that, MKB has been transformed into some kind of plant fortress.>
<Razor_SK> ((::snorks at Sy ::))
<LizStormcrow> Never mind ::melts part of the grate so it prys up. Starts to climb down::
<Dr_Viper> ::Hum-dee-dum-dee-doo…needs to have a trump card of some sort, so busies himself in the lab::
<SypherSK> <Oh, great… We’ve got one infected neighborhood down here already kicking our tails and I can’t get through to Enforcer Headquarters! I don’t know if the contamination got there first or if the mutant plants have eaten the phonelines, but something’s gone weird.>
<Razor_SK> <We’re gonna go and try to get the anti-mutagen from MKB. If possible, see what you can do about the dam.>
<SypherSK> <I’ll do what I can.>
<Razor_SK> <Razor out>
<Sewer> ::is absolutely choked with vine-roots and the like::
<Dr_Viper> ::Holds up a jar containing a mosquito:: You are the chossssen one, my insssectile friend…hehehehe. *Pours in a special mixture of katalysts* Sssoon, you’ll be big and ssstrong…and more handsssome.
<CaseySK> ::peeks his head down there:: Now this is aweful… How do we get a sample? Wouldn’t happen to have any vials on you?
<SypherSK> ::ponders what on earth he can do to help the dam:: <Okay… If we can just find a way to kill these things… > ::follows the others into the sewar::
<LizStormcrow> Well, looks like we found the roots . . .
<Razor_SK> Alright T-Bone. I don’t see any other way in aside from the direct approach.
<Razor_SK> ((<T-Bone> BURN IT! :: crazy look in his eyes :: <Razor> Uh…))
<Dr_Viper> ((LOL))
<SypherSK> Uhm… One sec… ::runs back to the car, which is now lifted three feet off the ground, but the vines haven’t found much to destroy given its condition, digs around in the refuse in the back seat and finds an old drink can, jogs back with it and offers it to Casey:: This do?
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!::))
<T-Bone> ::aims straight for the building:: We make our own door, eh?
<Razor_SK> Free of charge :: targets ::
<Dr_Viper> ::Idly wishes he knew how to control those artillery cannons outside::
<SypherSK> ((<Casey> GAH! ::blasts at can, seeing something growing out of it:: <Sy> Yipes! ::drops it and dodges:: That was normal mold!))
<Razor_SK> ((<Razor> See, we level the entire city block and pick through the rubble ))
<CaseySK> ::laughs:: I guess so! ::cools himself down as rapidly as possible so he won’t burn the plastic.
<LizStormcrow> Think we could take these out, Agent Lennox? There isn’t much to catch fire down here except the vines themselves.
<Dr_Viper> ::It doesn’t matter, though, as just as the thought crosses his mind he notes that the vines have entangled and crushed the cannons::
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> ::is such an insanely amazing shot he can blast the entire building to atoms *except* the one canister of the anti-mutagen they need::))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEAD!::))
<Dr_Viper> ::Hrrms, looking over at the worktable, where Fungusface is staring into the jar as the mosquito begins to undergo the changes Viper has engineered::
<Razor_SK> Blowtorch Missiles, Deploy! :: fires four of them at one target: the front door ::
<CaseySK> I don’t want to melt this bottle…can you take care of em?
<LizStormcrow> I can try.
<LizStormcrow> You might want to back up a bit, though.
<Door> ::Goes byebye::
<Dr_Viper> ::Rrfs as the entire building shakes:: Looksss like we have ssssome MOSSST unwanted company….
<Razor_SK> :: hrm, should char go solo on cyclotron, thus releiveing T-Bone mun of a char, or should the team go in together?::
<CaseySK> ::steps back a bit to clear a path for liz::
<T-Bone> ::mun is willing to keep playing him since Sy’s just shooting things and practicing his “cool leader” face::
<Dr_Viper> ::Looks at Fungusface:: I need more time to prepare thisss…go keep them occupied.
<Fungusface> O.O
<LizStormcrow> ::growls, concentrates hard. Calls up a fire-shield around herself, and then grabs a thick root:: FIRE BURN! ::means nothing, just gets her energy going::
<Razor_SK> There’s a clearing half a block down the street. We should be able to land and make our way from there.
<LizStormcrow> ::white fire spreads into the roots::
<T-Bone> Roger that. ::swings away from the building and heads towards Razor’s landing spot::
<CaseySK> Nice…You’ll have to teach me that sometime. ::grins::
<SypherSK> ((<Casey> Yeah! ::joins in with LS:: BURN, BABY, BURN! FLAME ON! FIRE! HOT STUFF! <LS> ::heaves a deep sigh::))
<Razor_SK> :: puts on his glovatrix, making sure it has all its ammoand special attachments. Also check to make sure his jet pack is on too ::
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEAD::))
<Dr_Viper> ((<Morbulus> And people say I’M a pyromaniac…))
<CaseySK> ((::dead::))
<Roots> ::are smoking as the heat spreads::
<T-Bone> ::doublechecks his own equipment:: ((::fails to note dreaded *fatal flaw* that camera zooms in on dramatically::))
<Dr_Viper> ((Poor T-Bone…))
<Dr_Viper> ((Looks like Razor’s gonna get all the glory….again.))
<LizStormcrow> ((::dies::))
<Razor_SK> ((<Fatal Flaw> :: is a whoopie cushion that inflates under T-Bone whenever he sits down ::))
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> ::waves the camera off:: Oh, can it! He just forgot to include the TV attachment so he can watch Scaredy Kat!))
<Dr_Viper> ((::DEADDEAD::))
<Roots> ::and maybe they start to darken and wither a little?::
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD whoopie cushion::))
<Razor_SK> ((<T-Bone> :: overhears that :: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! :: is traumatized and unable to proceed :: <Razor> :: sighs ::))
<Fungusface> ::Goes downstairs to ensure the the SKs will be ‘kept occupied,’ by letting them shoot him. Hates his job::
<SypherSK> ::keeps an eye on the root withering procedure, looking about::
<Razor_SK> :: presses button on his seat, which causes it to slide back and deposit him in the rear seat of the two-seat cyclotron ::
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> ::goes up to Fungusface and hits him with a mallet:: <T-Bone> ::face starts to lose some of its traumatized look, focused on them:: <Razor> ::sighs, ties a bow around a grenade and hands it to Fungusface:: <Fungusface> ::is blown up:: <T-Bone> ::snaps out of it and laughs hysterically::))
<Dr_Viper> ((I still say it’s the same Cyclotron, and it can just extend. :P))
<CaseySK> ::waits, bottle ready:: SO…where’s some lab equipment that I can get to to try to figure something out?
<Razor_SK> ((<T-Bone> What do you call that again? <Razor> Cartoon Physics. I got a Ph D in it ))
<T-Bone> ::presses his own button and slides into the front seat of the tandem Cyclotron, revvs the engine:: Ready?
<Fungusface> ::And still has that rifle!::
<SypherSK> Think you can get the car back to the MBI?
<Razor_SK> :: would normally insert dramatic heroic/really cool response, but just goes with :: Yeah
<CaseySK> It might take a bit….but…maybe?
<T-Bone> ::sends the Cyclotron roaring out of there, heading for MK Biochem::
<Dr_Viper> ::Twiddles thumbs, anxious, so close to victory and yet there’s the possibility of defeat still looming::
<SypherSK> Okay, go for it.
<SypherSK> ((<Viper> ::nervously binges on everything in the vending machines, has a stack of empty cans and wrappers beside him::))
<Dr_Viper> ::Inside, the lobby is totally deserted….aside from the various overgrown weeds::
<T-Bone> ::skids to a stop just within the lobby and looks around::
<Razor_SK> :: rides along, letting T-Bone do the driving as usual :: ((<Razor> How come I never get to drive, huh? <T-Bone> :: rolls eyes ::))
<Dr_Viper> ((<Fungusface> ::Leaps out of hiding, sporting one of those white headbands with a red circle on it, and twirling some nunchucks:: Hooooo-Waaaaah!))
<SypherSK> ((::SOOOOODEAD!::))
<Razor_SK> ((::snort, dies ::))
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> ::tenses, eyes narrow:: So…. We meet again. ::leaps off the Cyclotron, does lots of flashy ninja poses, takes a ready stance:: Long have I waited for this day…))
<Razor_SK> :: takes out flashlight, shines it around ::
<Dr_Viper> ((::DEADDEAD::))
<CaseySK> ::can just make it through the vines:: Ok Liz…I think you can relax now…I think I can get a sample… ::tries washing the old soda out of the bottle in some other water so he can get a sample::
<Dr_Viper> ((<Razor> ::Wants revenge for Fungusface yanking him off the Cyclotron on ‘Katastrophe’::))
<Razor_SK> :: scans the room with the flashlight, hopefully no mutated creatures leap out and attack him ::
<Fungusface> ::And, does it again. In his gooified stance, is clinging to the ceiling of the lobby, and stretches down like a big gross loogie and grabby-grabs at SK!::
<Razor_SK> Huack! :: drops flashlight ::
<SypherSK> ::reaches up to click on the light in his helmet like Razor used in “Mutation City”… starts to look around… and is grabbed?::
<LizStormcrow> Lennox, I think you’d better get your whatever soon. I can’t keep this up much longer!
<Fungusface> ::Grrr, tries to bite!::
<CaseySK> ::nods:: ::fills the bottle up with the scummy nasty water:: ok…I have enough now.
<T-Bone> ::grabbed around the middle, deploys his glovatrix’ shield and shoves that at its gaping mouth::
<Fungusface> ::Crunch! Bites the shield into the individual interlocking parks and eats!::
<Razor_SK> :: struggling with his own tentacle. Deploys g-trix buzz-saw to slice at the tentacle that’s holdin’ him ::
<LizStormcrow> Lennox, please hurry!
<T-Bone> How about eating *this*! ::fires a mini-matchhead missile right up its mouth::
<CaseySK> Ok! Let’s go! ::beats a hasty retreat out of sewer and tries to get to MBI car::
<Fungusface> Eeeeyaaaaaoooow! ::Drops Razor, then erks as he gets a mouthful of Matchhead::
<SypherSK> ::follows Casey as far as the car, firing at vines:: They never end!
<LizStormcrow> ::sends a few fire-blasts, then RUNS after the others::
<Razor_SK> :: lands in a crouch as he turns to look up :: T-bone!
<Fungusface> ::Tosses T-Bone down, couching and hawking::
<T-Bone> ::hits the floor hard and rolls, comes up in a half-crouch:: Ow, my tailbone…
<Bexa> ::was watching from the grate, helps the others up:: Stormcrow, are you all right?
<Fungusface> ::Grrs, and his tentacles seize the Cyclotron, which he then proceeds to send flying in the SKs’ general direction::
<Razor_SK> Look out! :: dives ::
<T-Bone> CRUD! ::dives in the opposite direction::
<Razor_SK> ((<TB and Razor> :: dive in the same direction, butting heads ::))
<Fungusface> ::Drops down, splats, and reforms, then sets his sights on T-Bone, the biggest and therefore tastiest, and charges!::
<Fungusface> ::Charges with the speed of…a really big mutant!::
<T-Bone> ::looks up at him with his helmet lamp still on::
<Fungusface> ::Eyes shrink:: Eeeeeyaaah!
<CaseySK> ::tugs at vines surrounding car so that they can get away:: Well…maybe soon we can get goin…
<T-Bone> ::then leaps out of the way once it’s blinded, leaving just a wall behind where he was::
<Fungusface> ::The monster then proceeds to race around in circles, tentacles over his eyes, screaming…and then he rusn face-first into the wall full-force::
<SypherSK> ::fires at the vines, cutting them off as close to the car as he dares::
<Razor_SK> Ooo :: winces, seeing it do that ::
<LizStormcrow> ::tries to help burn off vines::
<T-Bone> ::turns to look at it, blinking:: That’s gonna leave a mark…
<CaseySK> ::tugs the burnt off vines to the car::
<Fungusface> X_X ::Sloooowly peels off the wall and into a dazed heap. Doesn’t get up or even move. Is in la-la land::
<Bexa> ::also pulls at vines, biting occasionally::
<Razor_SK> Alright, that’s one mutant freak down, one more to go. :: looks towards stairway ::
<T-Bone> Let’s hope it’s just one.
<CaseySK> ::jumps in the car and fires it up:: Everybody jump in!! Let’s make like a tree and get the heck outta here! ::smirks at his own joke::
<Dr_Viper> ::Yawns, bored, actually hoping the SKs make it past Fungusface just so he can have something remotely interesting happen::
<Razor_SK> :: aims his G-trix at the door, firing a few Turboblades at the hinges, causing it to fall down backwards onto anything that may have been on the other side::
<Dr_Viper> ::There’s nothing but more vines and plants in the stairwell, none of which looks dangerous::
<SypherSK> ::hates to leave, but can’t find anything here but rubble and vines, hops in with Casey:: Stormcrow, Mr. Bexorn?
<Razor_SK> :: peers around the corner, looking upwards into the eerie blackness that is the upper levels of the stairwell :: Hrm…it looks clear.
<T-Bone> ::follows Razor, covering their backs::
<LizStormcrow> I know I’m coming.
<Bexa> And I go where Stormcrow goes.
<Razor_SK> :: takes a cautious step onto the first step, testing it to make sure it’s firm ::
<Dr_Viper> ::When the SKs come in, he’s slouched over by the worktable, looking half-asleep, big chin in one hand, drumming his fingers on the tabletop as he observes the little jar::
<CaseySK> Back to the MBI Sy? ::Starts turning the car around when Lix and Bexa get in the car:: ::bumpy ride over the vines until oopen road::
<SypherSK> Yeah. And, step on it!
<T-Bone> ::coming up behind Razor… after much stair testing, blinks at Viper::
<CaseySK> ::steps on it!:: ::drives fast…but not toooooo recklessly::
<Razor_SK> :: blinks too :: <Is he on prozac or something now?> :: aims g-trix :: Don’t move, Viper!
<SypherSK> ((<Viper> ::is sick from eating everything in the vending machine:: Not… one sssstep clossser… ::slaps a hand over his mouth as his cheeks bulge, manages a few more words:: Or I’ll… ::sick look:: …hurl on you…))
<Razor_SK> ((::DEAD!::))
<Dr_Viper> ::Looks up, and smiles:: Good evening. Come in. Have a sssseat. Make yourssselvessss comfortable.
<T-Bone> ::short laugh:: Not on your life, Viper!
<Dr_Viper> Awww, you won’t accept my hossspitality? Tsk, tsk, tsk.
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> ::seeing the sick Viper:: Good kats, I think he means it! Run! ::hides behind T-Bone::))
<Razor_SK> No, and if you don’t surrender you’ll end up in a hosssspital
<T-Bone> Your hospitality usually involves getting mutated. ::aiming his own glovatrix::
<CaseySK> ((<casey>::is instinctively jealous that someone is going to kick Viper’s butt:: Drat…::drives faster::))
<Razor_SK> ((<T-Bone> Why am I always the one who gets hit with projectilve vomit?))
<Dr_Viper> Why would I ssssurrender? I’m inchesss from total victory! And there’sss nothing you can do to ssstop me!
<CaseySK> ::drives up at the mbi…right in front…half on the sidewalk:: ::turns off car and leaps out:: Now where’s the lab in this place?
<SypherSK> This way! ::leads the way… to the disorderly lab with junk strewn about it::
<T-Bone> Aside from having miniature missile launchers aimed at your head?
<LizStormcrow> ::follows::
<Bexa> ::follows, writing frantically as he does:: This is definitely all going in the novel!
<Dr_Viper> Well, my friend here sharessss my opinion.
<Razor_SK> Friend? :: looks at TB ::
<CaseySK> ::runs behind Sy:: Who uses this place? ::Scans about looking for things he can use…centrifuges and whatnot::
<T-Bone> ::repeats “Friend” and looks at Razor comically::
<SypherSK> Apparently no one in months.
<Dr_Viper> ::Pushes the sleeve of his lab coat up, revealing he wears a wristwatch:: Yesss…I think the time isss almossst up.
<Razor_SK> ((<T-Bone> Ray-zur is my friend <Razor> Tee-Boooon is my friend ))
<Dr_Viper> ::Suddenly, the jar on the table starts to shake, then rock, and finally it explodes::
<Razor_SK> Look out, he’s got a stolen watch! :: then blinks at the explosion, brings arms up to cover his face from any shrapnel ::
<T-Bone> ::takes a step back involuntarily, covering his own face, then looks at Razor:: A… stolen watch?
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> I’m used to Dark Kat! I thought it tripped a bomb!))
<Dr_Viper> ::Standing on the tabletop now is…..well, picture a stick figure with four arms, each ending in three-clawed hands, and two legs with three-clawed feet, a pair of enormous insectlike wings, and a head…a head that’s all eyes and teeth, with two twisted horns growing from its chin::
<CaseySK> ::rushes in and starts dusting things off and moving things, plugging them in and pouring the nasty water in to vials::
<Razor_SK> Uh…I’ll explain later :: then looks to see what horrid thing has emerged ::
<Dr_Viper> Ahh…perfect.
<Thing> ::….and starts to grow bigger, too::
<T-Bone> ::stares in horror at it, hates giant bug-like things with a passion::
<Dr_Viper> ::Eventually the creature is so tall it has to hunch over to avoid bumping its head on the room’s already high ceiling::
<Dr_Viper> ::Oh, and of course it drools endlessly too::
<Razor_SK> Uh, I advise a temporary fallback to get some bigger weapons… :: slowly backing away ::
<Dr_Viper> ::Giggles with fiendish glee:: Yesss….run, while you can!
<Dr_Viper> ::Then looks at the monster, who in turn returns the look, and gives a nod::
<T-Bone> ::fires a volley of tarpedoes at it:: We’re outta here! ::then snatches Razor up and runs back down the stairs::
<Razor_SK> ((<Razor> :: yes, was waiting for TB to carry him out so he didn’t have to run ::))
<Ugly_Bug> ::A clawed hand flies at the retreating SKs, missing but demolishing the floor and wall::
<SypherSK> ::watches Casey work, wiping off a disused TV screen and flipping it on to see if the news has any information::
<CaseySK> ::does chemistry type things:: ((Mun was NOT a chemistry major))
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> ::crosses his arms and dozes off for the trip down the stairs:: Hmmmm… Mmmph?! ::as he’s set on his own feet at last:: Time for me to walk on my own again?))
<Ugly_Bug> ::Viper stands back, crossing his arms, as the monster turns towards the massive windows, and with one punch, glass and vines explode outwards::
<T-Bone> ::as he runs:: Any ideas?
<Razor_SK> :: pressin’ buttons on his G-trix as he’s being carried away. Activates the T-kat’s preflight systems :: Explosives would be a start
<Ugly_Bug> ::Emerges from the building, spreading out arms and wings, and roars, a high-pitched, piercing scream that no doubt isn’t pleasant to listen to::
<T-Bone> ::winces, hearing the sound:: Crud… I think that thing’s on the loose…
<Razor_SK> ((<Razor> Why do I have to be the one who comes up with all the ideas? <T-Bone> Because you just do!))
<Razor_SK> :: Ah, my fragile ears! winces ::
<Ugly_Bug> ::Takes to the air with a sickly buzzing noise, and after doing two circles around MK Biochem, it heads in the direction the SKs ran off to::
<T-Bone> ::Okay, is now running down the street, no longer carrying Razor::
<Razor_SK> :: dang, has to run now. ::
<Ugly_Bug> ::Flies over them, grinning, drops of icky saliva falling down to the street in big, wet globs::
<CaseySK> ::still doing chemistry things::
<Razor_SK> Eeew! :: as one of the gobs splashes behind him ::
<T-Bone> ::dodges:: Gross! And, let me guess… it’s acidic too? ::not even looking to see::
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> No, actually, for once it just gives off a pleasant lilac scent.))
<Ugly_Bug> ::Then its mouth opens…and opens, splitting into four sections and lined with teeth at every possible angle, and a long, sticky barbed tongue flies out towards the SKs, misses, hooks a parked car, and reels that in. The monster hungrily crunches the morsel down::
<CaseySK> ::centrifuging things and boiling them mad scientist style:: ::looking at things under microscopes and such::
<LizStormcrow> ((<Razor> No, actually, it’s a *base*, for once! <T-Bone> O_o))
<SypherSK> ::Is now staring at Casey’s mad flurry of activity::
<SypherSK> ((<Sy> Lennox… Do you have to cackle like that?))
<SypherSK> ((::snorks, base!::))
<Razor_SK> :: gets to the T-Kat, hopping up into his seat :: Watch out for that tongue. I dont think it’s gonna be satisfied with parked cars.
<Ugly_Bug> ::Coughs up a wheel, then swoops down at the fleeing kats, reaching for them with big skeery claws!::
<LizStormcrow> Err . . . shouldn’t we be out chasing people or something?
<CaseySK> ((<casey> Ahahahhah…ah…uh..*cough* Really…you have to learn that class to be a scientist…they have a class in it….))
<T-Bone> ::hops in:: Gettin’ us outta here as fast as I can! ::takes off since Razor’s radio call handled the startup::
<Bexa> Stormcrow, this is important too! ::scribbles::
<LizStormcrow> ((::lol::))
<Ugly_Bug> ::Misses, grr! Gonna get the flying thingy!::
<SypherSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Casey> I loved Maniacal Cackling 101.))
<Ugly_Bug> ::With all six eyes focused intently on the T-Kat, the gigantic beastie swoops after them::
<LizStormcrow> ((well, I just thought that in cartoons and movies, the scary chemical is always an ACID. Why not a base? They can be nastier!))
<CaseySK> ((<casey> Got really good grades in the “Dr. Evil”))
<SypherSK> ((I dunno. I always associate acids as scary too. ))
<Razor_SK> :: hangs onto his seat, hoping that T-Bone pulls off one of his crazy flying maneuvers or something ::
<T-Bone> ::tries to get far enough away from it so Razor can get a shot off::
<LizStormcrow> ((Maybe “acid” is just a scarier-sounding word)
<CaseySK> ((Hah…it’ll be a colloid….*remembers that word means something in her chemistry class*))
<Ugly_Bug> ::And is gaining on them….’cause, uh, mutant bugs are as fast as jets!::
<T-Bone> ::dives::
<SypherSK> ((::snorks, typed “dies” first:: <Razor> Gah! ::attempts CPR as they go into a nosedive::))
<Ugly_Bug> ::Erks, didn’t expect that, brakes midair and looks down, kinda disoriented all of a sudden, but then gathers its wits and dives after::
<Razor_SK> ((:: thinking thinking, goes Jimmy Neutron on T-bone, with his head growing enormously huge, taking all the room in the cockpit ::))
<CaseySK> ::scribbles on an abandoned notepad and chalkboard…complex chemical equasions and such:: ::still working obviously::
<SypherSK> ::reading the equations and such, can only follow them but so far, has lost most of his CyberKat knowledge and never studied too much chemistry, not one of his interests::
<CaseySK> Almost done figuring out what this is….I think..
<T-Bone> ::pulls up just above street level::
<Razor_SK> :: observes that :: It’s disoreinted by abrupt directional change…
<Ugly_Bug> ::Swoops, claws scraping the pavement, and leaps after them….this thing is determined!::
<Ugly_Bug> ::Whoosh, killer tongue alert!::
<Razor_SK> Gah! look out!
<T-Bone> ::jerks them to the side abruptly to avoid the tongue::
<Ugly_Bug> ::Whips head around to keep his gaze focused on the jet, and stops, grunts, and shakes its head before following again::
<Razor_SK> I’ve got an idea!
<T-Bone> I’m all ears! ::zigzagging about::
<Ugly_Bug> ::Swiping and grabbing at the speedy little plane, grrr, like trying to catch a fish with your hands::
<Razor_SK> Get out in the clear and pull off some crazy stunt maneuvers. It doesn’t seem to like that kind of directional change. :: hopes that he’s right ::
<T-Bone> Okay, just try not to pass out on me… ::climbs up well above the buildings and hits the thrusters::
<CaseySK> OK…I see what it’s made out of…::Points to big complicated looking thing on chalkboard:: Now let me see about the counter for it… ::Heads back to shuffling and stirring and boiling and nonsense like that…also taking notes::
<Razor_SK> ((:: five minutes later :: <T-Kat windshield> :: barf all over it :: <Razor> sorry ))
<Ugly_Bug> ::Eeeps, scowling, and follows, losing altitude slightly because hey, it doesn’t have jet thrusters::
<LizStormcrow> ::sighs and leans back on the wall, playing with a ball of fire::
<Razor_SK> ((<Ugly Bug> I’m not a Godzilla enemy/ally. My rear end doesn’t have jet powered thrust ))
<T-Bone> ::puts a little distance between then, then lets off the thrusts and starts jinking around::
<Bexa> ::has actually *stopped* scribbling, is now reading over his notes::
<SypherSK> ((::DIES::))
<CaseySK> ((Gamera!))
<Razor_SK> :: hangs onto his seat. Hopefully the monster will lose it before he does ::
<Ugly_Bug> ::All but screeches to a halt in midair, beating its wings furiously, and after several minutes of trying to keep its sights set on the T-Kat, all six of its eyes are spinning around:: Uhhh….
<T-Bone> ::swings back around past the bug, still flying wildly::
<Razor_SK> ((<Ugly Bug> :: has a seizure, and falls down to the ground, conveniently landing in front of the dam reinforcing it::))
<Ugly_Bug> ::tries to grab, but falters, and plummets::
<T-Bone> It’s falling! ::banks and heads back around::
<T-Bone> ::grins:: Heh, gotcha!
<Razor_SK> :: face turning green, reaching down under his seat for one of them baggies ::
<Ugly_Bug> ::Lands with a big crash on the street, and lays there for a second, before blinking and seeing the oncoming Turbokat, shooting out that tongue again::
<Razor_SK> :: blinks :: Tuboblades De-*BARF!* :: presses firing button tho’ ::
<T-Bone> ::reflexively jerks the stick… both at the tongue and that awful noise behind him::
<Ugly_Bug> ::Eyes widen, and dodges…loses an arm, though, and one hand, and one of its chin-horns is even cut off::
<Razor_SK> Ugh…
<Ugly_Bug> ::Needless to say, is not a happy camper::
<T-Bone> Razor, fire at it again while it’s still down!
<Ugly_Bug> ::Crouches, and leaps high into the air, spreading its wings and soaring up, up, up::
<T-Bone> Uh oh… ::banks hard and moves away::
<Ugly_Bug> ::Shoots out with its tongue a fourth time!::
<Razor_SK> :: decides to go retro :: Activating wing vibro-blades
<T-Bone> ::dodges the tongue yet again, then glances back at Razor:: You mean we have to get close to that monster?!
<Ugly_Bug> ::Sideswipes a building, spins out of control, and nearly crashes, but regains control and is on their case again pretty quick for such a clumsy monster::
<Razor_SK> Right thru its stick-figure center :: cough, blurgle ::
<T-Bone> ::engages all the thrusters to get a lead on it again, then banks hard and heads straight for it::
<Ugly_Bug> Errr…? ::Grins, and charges as well, claws out, jaws wide open to snatch up the morsel::
<Razor_SK> ((:: later inside the thing’s stomach :: <T-Bone> Tell me again why that was a good idea?))
<Ugly_Bug> ((LOL))
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> We destroy it from the inside! <T-Bone> I think it’s dissolving my toes…))
<LizStormcrow> ((::DEAD::))
<T-Bone> ::at the last second, dives just beneath it::
<Ugly_Bug> Mrah? ::Looks under itself, grrr, get back here!::
<LizStormcrow> ::mumbles to herself about wanting to make herself useful:: I need a non-flaming weapon
<T-Bone> ::hopes to be close enough to cut it with those vibroblades::
<SypherSK> ::sighs, wishes he could be useful too::
<Bexa> ::is still pretty cheerful:: This is an incredible experience. And I mean “incredible” in the literal sense.
<Razor_SK> :: look of anticipation. Did his idea work? ::
<T-Bone> ::glances back::
<Razor_SK> ((<Megakat City> :: freezes in limbo::))
<SypherSK> Eh heh… Sadly, this sort of thing happens all too often here.
<LizStormcrow> ::nods and sighs::
<SypherSK> ((<Razor> ::as city freezes:: What’s happened? ::sound of snoring muns can be heard::))
<Dr_Viper> ::So, is inside MK Biochem, standing at the big broken window, watching the battle between the SWAT Kats and his cool multi-eyed, winged mega-super-duper plantimal-thing::
<Mutil-Eyed, Mega-Super-Duper Plantimal-Thing> ::Known from now on as MEMSDPT….which ain’t for very much longer ’cause the vibro-blade sliced through the skinny torso!:: Eeerk! O.o
<T-BoneSK> ::swings around in case a second pass is needed::
<T-BoneSK> Did we get ‘em?!
<MEMSDPT> ::Stops in mid-air, a look of shock and disbeleif on its uglier-than-heck face, then it snaps in half::
<Dr_Viper> ::Looks on:: Noooooo! MY MULTI-EYED, MEGA-SSSSUPER-DUPER PLANTIMAL THING!!!
<Razor_SK> Bingo! :: whoop of triuph ::
<T-BoneSK> Alright! ::swoops over the probably falling insect and heads back for MegaKat Biochemical:: Now to deal with Viper…
<MEMSDPT> ::Both halves plummet lifelessly tot he ground and crash into the street, green gunk going all over::
<Dr_Viper> ::Grrs, turns to FUngusface, who is holding an ice bag to his forehead/mushroom cap:: Thossse meddling SssWAT Katsss! Aaaaagh!
<Fungusface> ::Winces at the yelling…has a headache, darnit!::
<Razor_SK> :: pulls down his targeting visor, seeing Dr. Viper through the window of the very disfigured MKB :: I’ve got snake-eyes right in my sights :: targeting ::
<Dr_Viper> ::Grrs, stomps out of the main lab…is gonna at least make a getaway!::
<Razor_SK> ((<Razor> This time I’ll blow up the building on purpose! <T-Bone> What about the anti-mutagen??? <Razor> Shhhh!! I’m aiming!))
<T-BoneSK> ::wry grin:: Just try not to cause any explosions this time, okay?
<Fungusface> ::Shakes his head and follows::
<Dr_Viper> ((::DIES::))
<Protocol> ((::dies::))
<T-BoneSK> ((<Razor> ::shows T-Bone his “Genius at work” sign, stuck prominently on the side of the cockpit by Razor’s seat:: <T-Bone> ::rolls eyes::))
<Razor_SK> :: then blinks as Viper disapears, then notes the state of the city…:: Crud, we gotta get that anti-mutagen first
<T-BoneSK> Do we even know what kind we’re lookin’ for?
<LeoSK> ((::Dead::))
<Protocol> ((<Razor> DUH the anti kind. ^_^ <T-Bone>… this crime fightin’s gotten to you hasn’t it bud?))
<T-BoneSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Razor> A giant vine undoing kind! Now, shush! I’m going to locate it in an intelligent manner. ::slaps a hand over his eyes and points at the vials of chemicals with the other:: Eeenie meeenie….))
<Protocol> ((::dies!::))
<Dr_Viper> ::Slips out the front entrance, pauses to do the ogligatory shaking-of-the-fist-up-at-the-good-guys routine:: You haven’t ssseen the lassst of Dr. Viper, SssWAT Katsss! Mark my- Huh?! ::Yelps as a speeding car screeches to a halt but still hits him hard enough too send him flying back into Fungusface as the mushroom-kat exits the building, both mutans falling down unconscious::
<Razor_SK> Ever since Dr. Viper started stealing katalysts on a regular basis, MKB has been lacing them with a universal solvent that’ll disperse the mutagen when it comes into contact with a specified “universal” anti-mutagen. They keep plenty of it in stock, we just need to get in there and get it.
<Dr_Zyme> ::Pokes head out of the driver’s side window:: Oops…um…oh, dear. Uh, I tried to stop! Please don’t sue me!
<T-BoneSK> Roger tha’… ::blinkblinks:: Did Viper just get sideswiped down there?
<Dr_Viper> X_X ::In la-la land::
<Razor_SK> ((<Zyme> :: backs away, running over Viper again :: Oops! Sorry! :: puts it in drive again, running over him a third time ::))
<Dr_Zyme> ::Gets out and runs over; didn’t see that it was Viper when he slammed into him:: Oh…it’s YOU!
<Dr_Viper> ((::DIES::))
<T-BoneSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<Dr_Zyme> ::Then looks up:: Aahhhhh! The labs!
<Razor_SK> I guess so… :: looking through his scopes :: By Dr. Zyme too
<T-BoneSK> Hmm… ::brings the jet alongside or above the hole where the giant bug burst out:: Think you can go in and find the anti-mutagens while I make sure Viper’s not going anywhere?
<Dr_Zyme> ::tugs at his hair and does that little angry hopping-from-one-foot-to-the-other-in-place thing::
<Protocol> ((::DIES Razor::))
<Razor_SK> Not a prob. Give me 10 minutes :: presses button on his seat, causing it to slide back and deposit him in the bomb-bay ::
<Dr_Zyme> ::Sees the Turbokat:: Oh, it never ends…
<T-BoneSK> ((<Zyme> ::is furious with Viper for not only vine-ifying his labs but for busting one of the lights on his car on impact::))
<Razor_SK> :: once there, grabs onto one of the grappling cables and presses a few buttons on the nearest panel, opening the bomb-bay doors ::
<Protocol> ((<bomb bay door>::was left open:: <Razor>::drops out!:: AAAAAAUGH! <T-Bone> ooo.. uh… he meant to do that folks! Razor Missile deploy! Yeah! ^____^;;))
<T-BoneSK> ::had put the jet in hover mode::
<Dr_Zyme> ::Stomp past Viper’s body and inside, has to assess the damage….another million bucks down the tube.::
<T-BoneSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Razor> ::misses the gaping hole and crashes through a skylight:: <T-Bone> He.. meant that too… More.. uh… dramatic you know….))
<Dr_Zyme> ((::DIES::))
<Protocol> ((::dies!::))
<Razor_SK> :: reels down on the cable, landing inside MKB. Giving TB the thumbs up as he goes inside ::
<Dr_Zyme> ::naturally, the first thing he checks is the store of chemicals and antigens and stuff like that, finding them amazingly intact:: ^_^
<T-BoneSK> ::returns the thumbs up and heads down to land in the street a ways from Zyme’s car::
<Dr_Viper> ::Sits up groggily, then flops back down:: Oohhh…
<T-BoneSK> ::climbs out of the jet and heads over toward Viper and Fungusface::
<Razor_SK> ((<T-Bone> :: lands…with the front landing gear crashing through Zyme’s windshield :: Oh crud! :: tries to back off :: <Landing Gear> :: drug the rest of the way through the car, flatening it down the middle ::))
<Protocol> ((<T-Bone> You want me to go higher? ::raises the jet up:: <Razor> Gah! ::hurries to jump off the cable before T-Bone takes off:: NO lower lower! <T-Bone> Oh. ::lowers jet too much:: <Razor>::thumps on the ground:: GAAAAAH! ))
<Fungusface> ::Tongue hanging and just because he can, has X’s for eyes. Literally::
<T-BoneSK> ((<Viper> I feel like I wassss run over by a truck…. <T-Bone> No, it was a Buick.))
<Protocol> ((::dies landinggear::
<T-BoneSK> ((::SOOOODEAD both!::))
<Dr_Zyme> ((<Zyme> Volkswagon, thank you very much!))
<Razor_SK> :: heads for the aforementioned chemcials room, and sees…Dr. Zyme? ::
<Dr_Zyme> ::Jumps hearing somebody behind him:: Ah! Oh, uh, hello there, SWAT Kat.
<Razor_SK> Dr. Zyme, where do you keep the anti-mutagen?
<Protocol> ((<Dr. Zyme> I’ll tell you if you tell me where you keep your jet!))
<T-BoneSK> ::walks over to Viper cautiously, has seen him still in good enough shape to escape after falling several stories, so isn’t sure how wounded he is::
<Dr_Zyme> The antimutagens? I’ll show you. ::Takes him downstairs to the big arse storage room where those huge tanks are stored::
<Dr_Viper> ::Sits bolt upright:: Gah! I ssssaw my life flash before my eyesss, and- Ah! SssssWAT Kat!
<T-BoneSK> ::aims his glovatrix at Viper:: Don’t move, Viper.
<Protocol> ((<a few tanks>::sit in storage> <Razor>::blinks:: Where’s the anti mutagen? <Zyme> This is it! I’d like to see a mutant survive a blast from one much less all of these babies. ::pats a tank::))
<Razor_SK> ((<T-Bone> Hrm, how best to test if he’s alive…:: thinking :: What would Razor do…:: flashback effect happening :: <Razor> :: in flashback :: BURN IT!!!!!!!!!:: flashback ends :: <T-Bone> Yeah :: takes out matches and gasoline :: <Viper> :: mintues later, sniffs the air :: Is something burning?))
<Protocol> ((::DIIES::))
<Dr_Viper> ::Sighs:: Fine, fine, fine…I’m too ssssick to my sssstomach from being hit by a car to go anywhere, anyway…
<Dr_Zyme> As you probably know, we’ve engineered our antimutagens to reverse the effects of all the katalysts that we produce.
<T-BoneSK> ((::DIES burning, catching up after being distracted::))
<Razor_SK> :: nods :: Thanks Doc. :: heads over to a few of the tanks to take a look at em’ ::
<T-BoneSK> ::blinks, pauses, ponders what to do… he’s a supervillain and one whose shown a tendency to be indestructible, but he did just get hit by a car::
<Dr_Zyme> Although, there’s a time limit. After twenty-four hours, well, the mutations become permanent, which explains why Viper did not turn complete back to normal after the incident with Katalyst X-63.
<Dr_Zyme> So, if I were you, I’d hurry. ::Oddly calm, but hey, scientists are always calm. Except mad scientists::
<Razor_SK> I’ve always wondered why he went unaffected :: as he looks a few of the tanks over, and guestemates their proximity to an exit…unless if the doc. can suggest one ::
<Protocol> ((<Zyme> At least that’s what the majority think at swatkats.com! ^_^ <Razor> … we have a .com?))
<T-BoneSK> ::goes over to Viper and decides to settle with tying his hands behind his back::
<Dr_Zyme> ((<T-Bone> We’re being cheated! Where’s the copyright law papers?!))
<Razor_SK> ((<Zyme> Yes, but like most .com’s it went bankrupt and you owe someone 5 million dollars <T-Bone and Razor> O_O ))
<Dr_Viper> ::Just out of it, man, yeah…::
<T-BoneSK> ::then eyes up Fungusface::
<Razor_SK> Is there an adequate exit anywhere nearby? Cause’ if there isn’t, I’ll have to blow a hole in the ceiling
<Protocol> ((<Feral> You can’t copyright yourselves! You’re illegal! <Razor> … we have a .com? <T-Bone>::pouts:: I’m quite legal… some chick named Hanna Barbera owns my rights. <Callie> That’s Hanna-Barbera, T-Bone. With a – . <Manx> Not anymore, Callah! Oi sold oos all ta AOL Time Warnar! <all>::scream!::))
<Fungusface> X_X ::Same as before::
<Dr_Zyme> ((::DIES::))
<T-BoneSK> ((::SOOOOOOODEAD Prot!::))
<Razor_SK> ((::DEADEAD!!:: <Manx> I sold’it for a new pair of shiiiiiny gold golf clubs :: holds them up :: <Razor> :: closer look :: Uh…those are made out of really really polished brass <Manx> Huh-what??? :: takes a closer look, then faints ::))
<T-BoneSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<Dr_Zyme> ((::LOL:: <Manx> ::Goes psycho, foaming at the mouth, hunts down the AOL Time Warner executives and beats them all to death with said clubs:: Take it baaaack! TAKE IT BAAACK! Naaaaar!))
<Protocol> ((::DIES!:: <Ted Turner> Ha, someone else got schnookered out of that deal!))
<T-BoneSK> ::seeing no way to contain the fungus, decides to risk transporting it loose, contacts Razor over his helmet radio:: “Hey, Razor… Viper and Fungusface are out cold. I’m gonna head them over to Enforcer Headquarters.”
<T-BoneSK> ((::dying::))
<Dr_Zyme> ((<Manx> ::After his bloody spree of revenge, becomes a vigilante himself….Golfman! Yes! He swings a mighty club at evil!::))
<T-BoneSK> ((::DEAD Golfman::))
<Razor_SK> “Roger, almost got things ready over here”
<Protocol> ((::DIES:: Golfman!))
<Dr_Zyme> And, if you need more than what we have here, just call and I can use the chemical synthesizer and make more in a jiffy.
<T-BoneSK> “Roger that.” ::goes to pick Viper up and haul him to the jet::
<Dr_Zyme> ::Now, though, trudges off to make sure his office is reasonably intact::
<Razor_SK> :: looks at the ammount :: It should be enough to disperse into the city’s water supply. :: looks around for a door of some kind, hopefully finding an accessible big one that a semi could pull into ::
<T-BoneSK> ((<Zyme> ::finds that Viper has yet again drawn moustaches and goatees on all the formal portraits of the lab’s founders and major contributors::))
<Beaten_Vipey> ::Agh, defeated, humiliated, hit by a car driven by the former boss he hates…what else could go wrong?::
<Protocol> ((::DIES::))
<Beaten_Vipey> ((LOL <Viper> Eeeeheeheeheeheee! ::Draws mustache on Zyme himself::))
<Razor_SK> ((<T-Bone> :: inexplicably crashes :: <Viper> I had to ask…))
<T-BoneSK> ((<T-Bone> ::throws Viper into the cargo bay, causing him to slam into a faulty missile warhead with enough force to detonate it::))
<LeoSK> ((http://www.geocities.com/ultimaac/Crud.html))
<LeoSK> ((http://www.geocities.com/ultimaac/ZE.html))
<T-BoneSK> ::sets Viper in the cargo bay and works up something with bungee cords so he won’t go bouncing around back there, then goes to pushshovetugroll the fungus over as well::
<Fungusface> BLaaaah… X_X ::Is round enough that he rolls fine::
<Razor_SK> ((:: days later :: <Jake> :: sniffs :: What’s that smell? <Chance> :: eyes go wide as he suddenly remembers something :: <Jake> Did you forget to get that fungus creature out of the Turbokat’s bomb-bay?))
<Beaten_Vipey> ::Seethes, growls, hisses, is captured now, but soon will have his bloody, evil, wicked, nasty revenge!::
<T-BoneSK> ((::DEADDEAD!::))
<Beaten_Vipey> ((Eeeew LOL))
<Protocol> ((::Dies ew!::))
<T-BoneSK> ::rolls the fungus in, glances at Viper:: I’ll take that as a good sign. You’re well enough to hate me.
<Beaten_Vipey> ::Blows raspberry…it’s all he can do since he’s all tied up and all::
<Razor_SK> :: finds the aforementioned door, and pulls on a lever, causing it to rise upward in garage door-like fashion ::
<Protocol> ((<T-Bone>::wipes off Viper spittle:: that is so gross man. ))
<T-BoneSK> ::rolls his eyes and resists the urge to return the favor as he gets out and closes up the cargo bay:: Now, let’s just hope vines aren’t all over Enforcer HQ…
<Beaten_Vipey> ::Erks as his mushroom-kat assistant is squished in with him:: Aggh…thossse SssWAT Katsss will PAY for thisss humiliation….
<Fungusface> Grablahalabalaa?! ::”Humiliation?!”::
<T-BoneSK> ::takes off::
<Razor_SK> :: using a conveniently placed forklift that happened to be left in the storate area, manages to get one of those large cotnainers outside ::
<T-BoneSK> ((<Fungusface> ::makes the equivalent of a “Wheeee!” as they fly along, waves his tentacles, not noticing that he’s crushing Viper against the wall::))
<Razor_SK> ((::snorks::))
<Razor_SK> :: radios T-Bone :: “Alright, ready outside of MKB in the back”
<T-BoneSK> “Roger that. I’ll be right back.”
<T-BoneSK> ::so, to make a long story short, drops Viper and Fungusface off at Enforcer HQ and heads back?::
<Razor_SK> ((<Razor> :: busts out with a game of solitate on his g-trix :: ))
<Beaten_Vipey> ::Wheee! Assumes they’re dropped off like Dark Kat and Hard Drive were that one time, only this time the little villain falls first, then the bigger one. Looks up and yelps as Fungusface lands on him.:: Oof! >_<
<T-BoneSK> ((Actually, Viper was bungeed to the wall; he shouldn’t be able to fall out…))
<Beaten_Vipey> ((Oops…))
<Beaten_Vipey> ((Well, it’s funnier that way!))
<T-BoneSK> ((<Viper> ::bungee was especially long… ends up bungee jumping from the jet:: Ahhhhh…. ::downdowndown… SPROING!:: Aahhhhhhh!!!! ::upupup…THUD! into roof of cargo bay:: Ahhhhh!!!!!!! ::back down again::))
<Razor_SK> ((<T-Bone> :: presses the anti-bungee button :: Heh, and here I thought I’d never have to use this))
<Protocol> ((::dies bungee:: And awesome pics btw, Burst))
<T-BoneSK> ::gets back to MKBC to join Razor::
<LeoSK> ((Thanks))
<Beaten_Vipey> ::Is arrested by the Enforcers, who even manage to fit some cuffs onto Fungusface’s two “main” tentacles:: You haven’t sssseeen the lasssst of Doctor Viper! ::Rants as he’s ushered off to a jail cell::
<Razor_SK> :: issa joined. presses button on his g-trix to lower t-kat cables, then attaches them to the big anti-mutagen vat, reels himself up, and eventually winds up back in his seat ::
<T-BoneSK> ::looks back at him:: Ready?
<Razor_SK> As we’ll ever be. This should be enough to start reversing the reaction.
<T-BoneSK> So, back to the dam?
<Dam> ::Still overflowing with horrible mutagen-induced, nasty growths that seem to enjoy eating kats::
<Razor_SK> Back to the dam. :: leans back in seat ::
<Enforcer> Yeah yeah yeah. ::shoves Viper in his cell. That was SO first season::
<T-BoneSK> ::takes off, flying at the fastest speed possible with the tank hanging beneath::
<Razor_SK> :: assuming they get there rather quickly, takes aim and presses the “detach” button, releasing the tank and sending it into the resevoir :: Now, for the final act…:: takes aim with a blowtorch missile, and blows up the vat, sending the anti-mutagen out and into the dam water supply ::
<Mutant Growths> ::Begin to revert back into ordinary weeds and flowers!::
<Protocol> ((And only make the lives of many allergy sufferers miserable. <Viper>::oh well. can only hope for high pollen count::))
<T-BoneSK> ((<T-Bone> ::blinkies as weeds become harmless little flowers and grass grows on the desert landscape and birds begin to flit about and twitter::))
<Razor_SK> I get dibs on the shower :: smugly ::
<Beaten_Vipey> ((LOL))
<T-BoneSK> Only if you get there first. ::smugly back:: And, did Sy manage to get the others in hand? ((Feel free to say he did since I’m Casey-less… He was the one working up some formula.))
<Razor_SK> ((<Razor> :: shrugs :: Dunno. I guess we’ll find out later ))
<Protocol> ((LOL! <T-Bone> Wow, that’s powerful stuff! Or I’m delirious from the chemicals and mutagens and… stuff. <Razor> Mr. Birdy says he’s happy to be the king of Narnia. #_o))
<T-BoneSK> ((::DEAD!::))
<Razor_SK> ((::DIES!::))
<Zyme> ::Has to use a seperate dose of antimutagens on the vines around MK Biochem, as they weren’t created from the vein coming from the dam and aren’t “connected” to it so to speak::
<Razor_SK> Yeah, he’s got the situation handled.
<Protocol> ((<Zyme>::calls it his “office fern” and keeps it::))
<T-BoneSK> Then, we’re outta here. ::heads back for the yard… scheming ways to beat Razor to the shower::
<T-BoneSK> ((::DEAD!:: <Zyme> ::trains his “fern” only to eat guests when he signals just so::))
<Beaten_Vipey> ((::Insert end credits with SK Theme blaring!::))
<Protocol> ((LOL! <Zyme> Good plant. ^_^))