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Once from brother ocming over and me closing the browser

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Not when he has to use the PC it doesn't work. :P My brother just ahs sucky timing. Besides, if I touch the resolution (and froget to change it back) I'll get killed. Trust me, I normally am good about 'hiding' windows, except when they have to use the PC. :P My brother is a nosy pain in the.. er...

Besides, I'm already half blind (glasses, bifocals at THAT) and 11024x768 is my prefered larger resolution, but... since I'm currently resorted to my dad's PC, I can't DO that. ><;

Ah well, the most I lost was Rydia encountering Rubicant's hand, winning two plushies, and some other minor things. I was in the middle of it, and he has a bad habit fo stickng around when he comes over for a few hours. --; Brother for sale, cheap. Older, works security, eats a fair amount. Can cook. XD

*shrugs* If I drop this round, I can still participate and act. Its been a rough start this year but I have high expectations. (High... expectations...? Why do I feel deja vu with that phrase? ><; *thinking* Oh, change High to Great, and THEN its a title of a song form a band I like. No wonder...)

At least I got ONE vote out. Heh. =^^=

*flees*

I think this was a really great round. I didn't get to do all the things I wanted to do, (Play card game with Setzer, for example) but that's okay. I guess I'll just have to wait until round 3, if I make it.

Mintaka:

Your brother sounds just like mine. Always has that annoying tendency to walk in at the worst times...

Well, that's all for me, folks. I'll see you all tomorrow morning, or would it be this morning? It's about 12:26, by my clock. Oh well, such is life.

BTW, Daigohji, I'm thinking about that game. I hope that my brain works quickly enough to think of a good game to play.

*OOC* I know, OLD MAID!

Well, until tomorrow, people.

Kefka - Ufo Z - COMPLETELY INVINCIBLE!!!
Lemina - Luna - 5 attacks, 9 reversals - -4 points
Mia - Terra Lockheart - 5 attacks, 8 reversals - -3 points
Kain - Boko Mog - 4 attacks, 3 reversals - 1 point
Rubicant - Slipstream - 6 attacks, 5 reversals - 1 point
Duran - Kyo - 4 attacks, 2 reversals - 2 points
Driscoll - Baka - 10 attacks, 7 reversals - 3 points
Gogo - JonJonB - 6 attacks, 3 reversals - 3 points
Locke - KyleIII - 10 attacks, 6 reversals - 4 points
Setzer - Daigohji - 7 attacks, 3 reversals - 4 points
Chaos - San Draco - 10 attacks, 5 reversals - 5 points
Julius - Switchblade - 6 attacks, 1 reversals - 5 points
Rydia - Mintaka - 12 attacks, 7 reversals - 5 points
Umaro - Curley W - 11 attacks, 5 reversals - 6 points
Gryz - Simplistic Hero - 10 attacks, 0 reversals - 10 points
Mog - Merton Dew - 17 attacks, 7 reversals - 10 points
Edge - Exeter - 11 attacks, 0 reversals - 11 points
Zio - Munkwunk - 13 attacks, 2 reversals - 11 points
Slash - Tenshi Kain - 14 attacks, 2 reversals - 12 points
Zoma - ArchKnightWayne - 14 attacks, 0 reversals - 14 points
Nall - Izlude - 24 attacks, 0 reversals - 24 points
Lutz - Lutz - 26 attacks, 1 reversals - 25 points

So, the swordsmen Lutz, Nall and Slash, as well as the sorceror Zoma join the ranks of the Fallen. I... am so tired that it's scary. And I have to work really early tomorrow. So I beg your forgiveness as I wait until tomorrow afternoon to post the next round.

However, until then you have free time in The Gold Saucer, and the trolley is now working again, so you can go explore the world of FFVII. So go forth, my friends! Find new items, meet new people, visit new places! It isn't every day that an opprutunity like this comes along...

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~ I am you, and you are me ~ This defies reality ~ Whether this is false or true ~ You are me, and I am you ~
Rurouni Taikai: The Eternal Dream ~ The Massive Insanity Has Begun! ~ Now, Cross Your Fingers And Hope For The Best!

Damn. Ah, well. Kinda fits, as my throat feels like it's Fallen. <=D Well, I'll carry out Slash's story to the end.

17 attacks... that's quite a few (only beaten by those who couldn't participate).

ArchKnightWayne, you're just too good at being evil. And I'm sure you'll continue to wreak havoc as a Fallen. Good round, everyone.

And now, if you'll excuse me, Mog's gonna go play Mog House.

Great round, everyone. ^_^ I had quite a bit of fun today. *gives cookies to everyone and spiked punch to the Fallen* See you tomorrow!

*blink, blink* I got the exact same vote count as last round. I need to stop making so many close calls.

Good round, everyone. I'm really sorry that Lutz and Izlude had to drop out. They would have made some great additions to the story.

And now, Zio's going to go take a nap at the haunted mansion, because I don't think they want him in the arcade after busting up that arm wrestling game.

Last edited by Munkwunk on 01-31-2002 at 07:12 AM

OOC: Sorry Baka, it was one of those late night decisions.

******** Here we go again ********

Silently The Namer walked through the Event Square. “Indeed they held quite the performance.” she noted as she ran a hand over the curtains at the side of the stage.

“Yes” her eyes snapped open, “Round 2, I name thee; A Fistfull of GP”

And with that, she vanished behind the scenes of reality, into the limbo where no other treads.

******** That’s enough of that for now ********

Wow! That was... fun

*hides from the extreme amout of hatred brewing against him to be unleashed in the next round*

Um, I see a certain segregation amongst the contestants based on choice of storage device... Now, be careful not to start a Barrel vs Box war, as it would be most chaotic and apocalyptic.

Ah well....


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Kefka rented a chocobo and went north. He met up with this guy called Sephiroth, who was apparently also very evil. They went to Junon, got drunk as fuck, and exchenged some good ideas about true evilness.

"Uwee *hic* hee hee.... j0, Seph, I'd *hic* invite you into the dark alliance, but *hic* you're not a *hic* contestant!"

"That's *hic* okay.... I'm really fine in this place, actually *hic*, destroying the planet and all that..."

They met up with some Turks later, who were already high but not drunk yet. Then Rufus Shinra arrived and bought even more drinks with his unlimited credit card.

"Well, my time is almost up here.... It's so *hic* nice to meet evil people from other *hic* worlds!! Uweee hee *hic* heee!...."

With that, Kefka fell asleep on the floor of the bar, and was carried into the Junon Inn. He's starting the next round with a HUGE FUCKING HANGOVER!!!

With the round over, and the battles in a temporary halt, Gryz bean to further his exploration of his colorful enviroment.

"Wonder Square?"

Gryz barley managed to Wedge himself down the tube, hes was just to Biggs. (Har har) When he finally fell out of the other end, he found himself in an even more colorful and annoyingly flashing room. Children shriek of deliet everywhere. Quite uncomfortable, Gry turned back to the tube, but found the incline to steep to retrace. Frustrated, he began to search for anouther exit.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

Gryz shot toward the scream, looking for the incident.

"A bug! A bug!"

The child wailed in fear, feet shuffling, pointing hand outstreched. Annoyed Gryz attempted to stop the small roach. The bug was too quick.
Gryz tried again, missing the agile insect even worse than before.
Frustrated, Gryz siezed a near by blinking box label "Mog House." He hoisted the arade game high above his head, and in one furious motion, slammed it downward upon the annoying bug. The game cracked and crumbled, pieces of electonics scittering across the floor.

"Uh... thanks." The boy sniffled. Gryz emitted an unconcerned shrug.

OOC: to recap-
thats 4 deathblows against Mog House

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Bring on the Fiends...

I use to have a list of all the RPGs i've beaten here, but God asked that I take it off because it kept scaring all the children.

ITS A BABY ROBOT! -Hero

In the words of Lemina... Mega-pooh! No container wars? :P You're just no fun! *casts Tranquil Litany on Krizak so he doesn't die of exhaustion* *rubs eyes* Like I have room to talk. :P One good thing about late starting round - I know I can get that done tonight/tomorrow morning without too much problems about MORE info searching. ><; Moral: NEVER wait til the last second. Procrastination is more stressful than just doing work on time.

Time to burn some time with Rydia since I missed most of the round and to cover my tracks... I wonder what wuld have happened if I hadn't voted on Slash the night before - it'd be a three-way tie... heh... *sweatdrop*

Oh, uh, semi-FFIV spoilers. :P
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Rydia hadn't had a very good day at all, and was grumpy. Thankfully, things seemed better since at least they had some 'time off' and could do things, perhaps even look about the world? Her first "chore" dropped her in the gaming center she had found earlier, and she burned GP generously that she had found spilled playing a game that involved manipulating sticks to get a claw to ppick up little dolls in the shape of animals and people. She found she had a certain knack for this, and by the time she was done, had four dolls. She also found herself out of the GP used here.

Dang... I was having fun. Hmm... out, into the world... is it like this place? Anything like home?

One doll resembled Kain amusingly, and she had that one safely tucked away. One had long blue hair and a green cape. Another looked half-beast with light blue hair and a horn on his head, and even had a removable mask. The last one was more like a two-in-one, as a small pink jelly-blob seemed to be attached to the ehad of what appeared to be Leviathan. She kept this one out and played with it as she made her way down.

"Would you ... you like to take the trolley down, m-miss?" a voice asked.

Rydia looked up. A rather shaken looking attendand was standing there, guesturing to the cart. "Uh, sure!" Rydia said, heading for it. The attandant seemed a bit worried she might do something, but the doll in her hands seemed to calm the operator enough that she was perhaps normal - well, except her hair and clothes. Down she went, reminded of her initial wake up call in the other tram. This one seemed to be going down, rather than around. She arrived in an area which looked like it had been a victim of some disaster - the tournament? - but the people didn't seem so shaken. More like down, or determined. But not scared. They watched her walk through the place warily. And she made a point to get out quickly.

Once out of the town, she looked about at the fair countryside and enjoyed it. She summons Chocobo and rode him around, enjoying the cool breezes and fresh air. She headed east, and eventually came to a shore. From there she summoned Leviathan and rode across the sea, the great king taking her north, where chill air blessed the winds and yet it didn't bother her. It reminded her more of the Moon. And that in turn reminded her of the Lunarians, who were sleeping.

"..."

She hoped off Leviathan as they hit the shore, and thanked him deeply. He looked different here, so much more sleek-looking and even more deadly. His scales shimmered in the bright sun as he slipped below the water and disappeared. She turned, and headed towards the village she could see northward...

It was there, as she almost walked in the forest she was stopped by one of the people digging and warned entering could be perilous to her health without first aquiring some kind of harp. Frowning, she found she was carrying some gold, but none of this 'gil' - but they were ready to accept this gold since ti seemed genuine enough. So the search began for a harp. After a few tries she located it, partly thanks to the help of Titan. As she headed into the forest she muttered, "summons, never leave home without them..."

The forest was rather odd, and a touch creepy. She kept seeing somehting floating about between the trees, a red orb, but she sensed a power she knew only too well from it, and then again as she followed it deeper into the forest. She finally caught up to it and grabbed it, feeling the warmth from within. Summon...?

She started walking forward again, and tripped over something, falling flat on her face. "Ow!" she squaked, scrabling up from the leaf-strewn floor. "Huh?" Under the leaves there were items. She had the unfortunate luck of tripping over a root, but as she looked down, she spotted a bejelwed armband hidden among the leaves. She picked it up, noting four of the five jewels were red, and the fifth, yellow. She looked around the forest floor and found a few hi-potions and an elixer, but not much else in the area. She put the armband on and moved onward, deeper into the forest...
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More later. =^^= Maybe. (Thank god, this time I managed to NOT lose this despite unexpected brother showers. :P What a goober.)

Oh, and uh... Daig... the Namer once again never fails to amuse.

Whew. Can't believe I made it. Well, I'm at school at the moment, but as soon as I'm home, I should be able to participate in full from now on. Sorry about being gone, but my computer had an apparently temporary case of not working. It worked this morning before school, though, so hopefully it won't decide to continue hating me this afternoon.

See you all in a few hours!

Min! Ex! *glomps* I'm so glad to see you two here....I'm gonna chain you both to this tournament so you can't get away. I want more Rydia/Edge stuff, dammit! XD

Love the plushies, Min. I can't figure out what that last one is, though....

Hmmm. I just noticed something. Since there are now only 18 competitors left, and considering what Round 3 was in the tournament's previous incarnation(before the crash), I'm almost positive that Round three will have the "Votes Doubled" Special rule. If not, we'll all receive inescapable vote burn. Plus it would kinda defeat the point of all the extra votes.

Oh, welcome back Exeter! And uhhh, sorry about that whole tossing you of a bridge thing back in round one, eheheh.*sweatdrop's*

Last edited by Curley W on 01-31-2002 at 07:40 PM

Curley - it's a likely possibility.

And hey. That'll mean 17 opponents, 16 votes.

To quote a famous person: "WHO DO YOU LOVE?"

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Baka // Evil Bishounen Mastermind // Otaku-in-Training

OOC: Just one thing, Krizak...I happened to notice, Edge, 0 reversals? I believe he got quite a few of them...at least one from me, one from Kyo, and I'm pretty sure one from Luna as well...o_O;; Just asking.

Min, Ex, glad you two could finally make it again. XD And Min...you are NOT the only one with brother troubles...I feel your pain. Sucks that you guys can't get on the computer as much, since last time you two were some of the most frequent posters...and good round, everyone. ^^

Last edited by Terra Lockheart on 01-31-2002 at 10:14 PM

I noticed that too, Terra....perhaps someone did a Trauma on him through email? Cause I know that I, for one, used both a regular R-Vote and an Aura on on him, and some other people, like Kyo, used R-Votes on him too(yours were nulled, though, by that Sorrow you got hit with, which is why I put that Ex-Barrier on you). That's the only explanation I can think of, other than miscounting....

I remember seeing him get hit with Trauma somewhere...

OOC: Hmm, still no round 3.

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The contestants were getting restless. The fighting had been called off hours ago but there was still no sign of Yume. Setzer had decided to go exploring beyond the Gold Saucer and eventually found himself in a rather delapidated gym.

"Hey bro" a huge man with muscles that looked like they had been inflated with a bicycle pump approached him, "Looks like we gots a visitor".

"Ah, another of those skinny bishonen types." Bro sighed, "How dull"

I suppose I could do with some warm-ups for the next round Setzer thought to himself and asked for some guidance.

"Okay" Bro said standing next to him, "I'll show you how to do squats. First press the [] button, then X and then O. Then you repeat. So it's [] X O, got it?"

Setzer was rather confused by these instructions, "...where are these buttons of which you speak? Aren't I supposed to bend my arms and legs or something?"

"Amateur", the nearby bodybuilders muttered.

I guess that's it, then...never mind. ^^ He's still in, so it doesn't matter either way, I guess. BTW, great post, Min... I didn't quite get the last plushie, though, either...what was it?

LMAO @ Dai's post....heh, I always did find it odd to see people in games talking about pushing buttons and such.

Edit: Merton Dew is right, I just checked and poor Edge got a Trauma cast on him on pg. 3....I was still sleepy when I was reading that page yesterday, so I didn't remember. ^^;;;

Last edited by Luna on 01-31-2002 at 10:42 PM

Edit: This thread has now been cleansed of it's previous stupidity. If you saw the previous stupidity, act like it never happened, or just cut own your eyes out.(it be hard to keep with the posts though)

Last edited by Curley W on 01-31-2002 at 10:51 PM

I'm not sure if double votes are such a good idea this time - in the first incarnation of FFOS6 there were 34 of us left by the third round, so having up to 16 A-Votes to use wasn't so much of a problem. With only 18 left this time, however, a lot of people will be struggling to use up their votes without being mucho out of character (eg. attacking allies) and not be able to write much actual story because they'll be too busy attacking. Krizak may want it this way, but many others won't.

Mintaka, Ex, glad you'll both be on board from now on - I tend to work better with someone else to bounce off, and I'm hoping we can get some kind of story out of it. You're both great writers, too, it's a shame some of the others from RI couldn't make it.

By the way, Minty, have you tried copying your post-in-progress to a text file and saving it when you have to leave the computer? I always save my posts before posting in case something goes wrong during the send, and when you return to the comp you can just copy the text back from the text file to the reply window and carry on.

EDIT: Was that last plushie Carbunkle? I didn't get the reference to the one with the long blue hair and green cape, myself, who was probably a SO2 character.

EDIT: I've only just noticed, and he's still out of the tournament, but no reversals for Zoma? I know for a fact I gave him one about half an hour before the end of the round, even if nobody else did.

Last edited by Slipstream on 01-31-2002 at 10:56 PM

Good point about the double-vote thing, Slipstream -- I sincerely hope Krizak doesn't do that to us. -_-;;;

Oh, and the plushie with long blue hair and a cape was Star Ocean 2's Dias Flac.

Daig: LOL @ your post...I was posting when you posted it, so I didn't see it. I always thought the bodybuilders were...rather...erm, odd.

Slip: You're right. It's Dias. I don't think it's Carbunkle...it said a pink head attached to Leviathan's body. It could be, though. I agree with you completely about the double vote thing, as well--there's just not enough sponsors to do that this time, IMO.

Of course you guys wouldn't. XD You'll understand later. ^.~

I want the one with 'removable mask'!

O.o Very marketable, I tell ya. XD

... Very funny Daig.
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The strangeness of the place she ahd stubled upon should have bothered her, but then, it felt more home-ish than the place the fighting had resumed in. She idly wondered what was going on, and sat on a bed, fiddling with the masked doll. She pulled on a small ring on its back.

"Discipline feels good! Ha~!"

Rydia smirked slightly and laid back thinking about how the day had gone, and what was going to happen. Her thoughts strayed to Edge. She hadn't seen him last 'round' to ehr recollection, but then, she'd rather not remember that brutal day at all.

She found herself dozing off peacefully, holding onto the cute doll adn dreaming of Edge, running around in a strange white mask...
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X___x; Don't ask. XD

... double damage.... yikes. O.o

Edit: No, not carbunkle. He's green, not pink. Its not even summon-related. :P

Last edited by Mintaka on 01-31-2002 at 10:53 PM

*dies laughing @ Min's post* XDDD

Hey Terra, too bad we don't have a Rena plushie lying around, huh? We could have a plushie wedding! XD

Yar! Made it to round three~ =D~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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ٱٱDisciplinary CommitteeٱFinal Fantasy: ApocalypseٱRandom InsanityٱSurvivor: Rurouni Taikaiٱٱ

Oooo, so now we have Hentai Edge instead of Hentai Mystere. Not that you'd notice given Edge's usual personality, mind you...

Heheheh, great post, Min. XD And you're right, Slip...

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Hey Terra, too bad we don't have a Rena plushie lying around, huh? We could have a plushie wedding! XD

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LMAO!

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Oooo, so now we have Hentai Edge instead of Hentai Mystere. Not that you'd notice given Edge's usual personality, mind you...

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LOL, how true! XD

Terra: Don't ask how I come up with these things....

I'm not worried about the double thing. Mainly because A: You can R-vote and Aura anyone you A-vote(double R-votes), and B: You can also Redistribute two A-votes into R-votes(with double P-votes, you can most likely spare a few.).

Doing this, you can have only one person get an A-vote. And if you can't decide who to give one little A-vote to, you deserve the Vote Burn.

Last edited by Curley W on 01-31-2002 at 11:05 PM

Alright, everybody, just shut up and go away.

Oh, and Baka didn't come up with that WHO DO YOU LOVE? idea of Round Three. I did. He just stole it and posted it.

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~ I am you, and you are me ~ This defies reality ~ Whether this is false or true ~ You are me, and I am you ~
Rurouni Taikai: The Eternal Dream ~ The Massive Insanity Has Begun! ~ Now, Cross Your Fingers And Hope For The Best!

*almost chokes on drink* That's bad, Slip!

Hey... Slipstream might recognize the pink thing. :P

... Hey Kriz... that's not nice to say. *goes anyway*

Grr... that had better not be a Poring, Mint.

And, double-voting again? That means things are about to get ugly. Very ugly indeed...

*grumble* Damn double voting....*mutter* stupid unfamiliar location....*curse*snarl* ARGH! Ugly is right....

Is this what everyone does between rounds normally? Looks like I'm missing out on all the excitement....

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Feh...I'm not getting any younger Queen Zeal sulked as she sat on a bench in the Gold Saucer sipping a cold, refreshing root beer. This Yume...for having so much control of time, you'd think she'd be ON time more often. The second day of the tourney had ended, and yet they were still there, without a sign of the purple-clad one. Some contestants were sulking, some were walking around enjoying what the magnificent theme park had to offer, and some were waving stuffed characters at each other and giggling incoherently.

Out of her pocket, Zeal produced the single stuffie she had won from a game a contest of darts. Why, after she had sent the darts through the board and the back wall of the booth with some extra magic "oomph", the game master had offered her any prize of her choice in return for a promise that she would never play that game again. She had chosen a dark-clad young man with spiky hair and a big sword.

"Golly, you're so cool, o great Queen!" she said as she made the doll hop around on her knee. "You're so pretty and graceful and powerful, it's no wonder that everyone likes you so much!" Suddenly the doll was grabbed from her hands by a tall man, darkly clad, with long silver hair. He held it up to his face with a deranged expression and laughed.

"Ha-hahahahaha! I knew it all along! You really ARE just....a puppet! Wa-hahahahaha!" he tossed the stuffie back to a startled Queen Zeal and ran off, waving his sword in a spirit of joy and accidently cutting the support to one of the many booths that lined the walkways, sending the overhang crashing to the ground.

"Buncha weirdos" the Queen mumbled as she took another sip of her drink. She cast an A-Vote on him, but it was denied because of problems involving a hanging chad.

"We're sorry, ma'am, but we can't redeem this vote" a man said as he stepped in from out of nowhere. "You see, this man, Sephiroth, had his name placed next to our candidate here, and we, the great geniuses hell-bent on determining the intent of the voter, think that you really meant to vote for our candidate, so we're changing that to a vote for our party!"

"Huh? Why would you want an A-Vote?" Zeal asked. "Last I heard, that's a bad thing."

"Uh...." the man checked a manilla portfolio from his briefcase for a few seconds, then looked up. "Well, we seem to have been mistaken here. Carry on, ma'am." He rushed off shouting something about polls and liberals.

"Oh well" Zeal sighed as she clutched her Cloud stuffie "at least I'm not from some computer-game like this guy here...."


1 A-Vote for Sephiroth, overturned because of a hanging chad and the fact that he's not even a contestant in the tournament and voting for this round has closed anyway....


-- this has been a tenken omake production under the influence of boredom during the wait for round three on the one day I actually have time to make a decent post.