The Sereni-Tree: back at Zanzibar!

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THEREALME

Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:46 AM

This is Thread 60 of the adventures of the Sereni-Tree!

For “The Guide to the Clubhouse / Treehouse / Sereni-Tree Threads”, telling our story and providing links to all such threads:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=11877

Early in this link is the very long post containing “TheRealMe’s Guide to the Sereni-Tree, V7”. This post is a description of the ship. There follows in the same thread another post describing the crew and passengers.

http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=27832

Here is a summary of our previous thread, located at:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=29782

The crew of the spaceship Sereni-Tree has been trying to form a band of various members. We discover who are the more or less musically inclined among us. As it happens, there is a big recording studio on the top floor of the East Wing, along with a dance hall equipped with a disco ball.

Also, there are the Harry Potter clones created by Seryn as a new subplot. While a few were destroyed in an orgy of literary criticism, some 8 or 10 or the original dozen have survived. Seryn, Mai, and Bluefishie seem to have taken the most interest in guiding these young man-like objects toward sentience.

There was some kind of contest over who can come up with the worst song that gets stuck in one's head the longest. We learn that one of these songs resulted in the birth of Seryn.

Finally, Jet and TheRealMe have discovered and corrected the defect that was keeping the ship trapped in hyperspace. It has fallen out of hyperspace over the planet Zanzibar.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

JADEHAND

Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:56 AM

Ah, the zany Zanzibarians and Zanzabarbarians.... fun.

A man who walks the Earth

THEREALME

Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:57 AM

TheRealMe suddenly wakes up and coughs, expelling a black cloud from his lungs like a Warner Brothers' cartoon. His body is smudged and scorched. He tries to reach for his com-link, but his arm does not seem to move. It is tingly. He reaches across with his other arm.

"Hello, Bride5?"

The com-link is dead.

"Use mine," the nearby Jet suggests helpfully.

TheRealMe takes the offered device with his good hand. "Bride5?"

Quincey answers over the link. "Yes?"

"Are you on the bridge?"

"No, but I'm on my way. I felt us come out of hyperspace. Do you want a new course? I can get us in a synchronous orbit over the Keep of the Octagonal Order."

"Indeed not! They probably still want to kill us. I'm thinking that our bunch of Potters might need some schooling, and a few of us could do with a refresher course or two. Take us to the coordinates I left in the nav computer. It will have us in orbit directly above Puffenstuff's School of Sorcery."

"Right!"

TheRealMe signs off and hands the com-link back to Jet. It is only then that he realizes that he can't quite move and that he is strapped to the back of one of Jet's Diagnostic Repair Drones. She seems to be leading it down various of Sereni-Tree's corridors.

"Taking me to the Infirmary?"

"Yep."

"Ah, then I should think..."

And at that time, TheRealMe sucumbs to shock and passes out.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

THEREALME

Sunday, August 19, 2007 11:01 AM

Okay, maybe I need to give a quick summary about Zanzibar and of what happened when we were last here.

Zanzibar was colonized long ago by New Age mystics, fantasy role players, and Renaissance Faire enthusiasts. When they got here, they discovered that magic worked and they set up a low-tech medieval society. They also discovered that their horses died off due to some unidentified ailment, so their knights took to riding a native beast, some giant, fire-breathing space chicken.

About a hundred years ago, a group of very powerful wizards came to power, the Immortals. These individuals removed their souls from their bodies and hid them, becoming unkillable. They came to dominate the lands of Zanzibar. Each Immortal had an associated color and magic specialty.

Adelle the Burner (Orange) – Fire, Smoke, Energy; ruthless and efficient.

Alatariel the Lurker, of the Black Tower (Black) –Transformation, Illusion. Breeder of monsters; uncaring of the toys she makes.

Arinda of the Silver Eyes, the Empress (Violet) – Mind Control, Knowledge; ugly, vain, and domineering.

Karg the Bloody (Red) – War Magic; gigantic warrior encased in armor. Consumed by battle rages.

Krysta the Whisperer, the Ice Queen (White) – Cold, Ice, Water; a VERY faint voice.

Magnus the Maker (Gold) – Crafter of Magical Items. Somewhat pudgy and timid for a powerful Immortal sorcerer

Ouroborous the Infinite (Green) – Life, Plants, Animals, Earth, Stone; floats, likes snakes, worst backstabber of the bunch as he plots against all his fellows.

Zorander the Storm Caller (Blue) – Air, Wind, Storm, Weather; holds a grudge.

And there was a ninth Immortal!

Opposing the Immortals and protecting the normal humans is an organization of knight-magicians, the Octagonal Order:

Sir Devan - Old, white-haired, bearded mentor in the style of Obi-wan Kenobi.

Sir Elaine - She is temperamental and wields a greatsword with much skill.

Sir Fesai - Has light, flexible armor and a halberd. Least of the Order.

Sir Kei - Large, super strong, cheerful slayer of monsters. Summons armor and weapons to him. Unburdened by great intellect.

Sir Luc / Lucretia. - She can locate the other Knights. Friend to Kei, who annoys her greatly.

Sir Morgana, Baroness of Fairhaven - She is very cautious. Wears flexible leather armor.

Sir Wil - Lightly built; extraordinary archer. First to trust Chicken-man 13.

And there was an eighth Knight!

It so happens that the individual who was both the ninth Immortal and the eighth Knight of the Octagon was our own Jazaf! He was Sir Jazaf of the Octagonal order AND Jazaf the Metal Beast (Grey). His power was control of metal in all its forms. Apparently sometime in the past he left the Immortals and joined the Knights of the Octagon. He had some kind of long-lost romance with the Immortal Alatariel the Lurker.

We came during the middle of a great war between the Immortals and the Knights of the Octagon.

Sir Devon rescued our own Wisp from the clutches of the Immortals, and Wisp helped him out by evaluating items in the Order’s Vault of Technology, where forbidden (but potentially useful) items were kept. The Immortal Alatariel unleashed the gigantic creature that was her part human, part dragon Special Project (which then proceeded to burninate the countryside). However, Alatariel’s created races of chimeras rebelled against her. The Immortal Krysta was captured in a Wards Major by the Octagon, acting together. Sir Lucretia obtained awesome magical power (courtesy of our own Wisp) and mutated into the huge, twisted, uncontrollable Luc-monster. Immortal Karg the Bloody led his troops in an assault on the hidden fortress of the Octagon, where many of our own (including SR, Wisp, Jazaf, and Bride2) helped to hold the walls against them. The Luc-monster fought the burninating Special Project to a standstill. However, she still needed the help

BROWNCOAT2007

Sunday, August 19, 2007 4:15 PM

*wonders off to find breakfast*

THEREALME

Sunday, August 19, 2007 5:04 PM

Oh, and apparently there is some terrible demon or creature named Abbadon trying to break loose.

13

Sunday, August 19, 2007 5:15 PM

And don't forget the Glass Altar thingy that managed to turn me into a human, although what it really did was cause me to shift from man to chicken-man to occasionally pure chicken.

Q: Fish or Hogarth?
A: Marillion.
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COZEN

Sunday, August 19, 2007 6:26 PM

So, um, this means we're back at the place where I was building my golf course, right? If so, er, can anyone who can pilot a transport large enough to haul me, a whack of dynamite, a few tonnes of grass seed, a few miles of water piping, and three or four largish earth movers, to the site the Serenitree was last parked?

By way of payment, I offer this here handy Sorcery Protectionizer and Majicks Wizardry Inertial Security Extruder, guaranteed 100% effective by it's manufacturer, RoncoMatic, against all of the known powers of common immortals. Heck, if you get me to the site without anything going splodey, I'll gratefully add in the unincluded batteries.

MAI

Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:04 PM

*knocks on Flowers door to see where the wayward girl has gone

"Hello? Anybody home?"

After a minute the door to Flower's apt opens on its own accord. Inside there is a very empty room except for one smallish, silver, rectangle sized container laying on the bedside table.
On further inspection there is a note attached to the container that reads:

"Dearest Mai,

Thanks so much for inviting me aboard your ship. I had to make a hasty retreat and I am sorry that I didn't have the chance to say good-bye. As a token of my appreciation I have left you this small, but very useful gift. I have a feeling it will come in handy in days to come. Enjoy and BE CAREFUL!

P.S. Please don't come looking for me. It may put you and your friends in DIRE PERIL!
Have a great day!

Yours Truly,
Ms. Flower St.Claire"

*opening the box a soft yellow light glows and then flickers out. Laying on its padded surface is a shiny silver wand.

"WHOA. Good present."

*Mai runs back to the group of people still milling about after the singing contest/band rehersal

"Hey guys! Flowers disappeared and look what she's left me! We have to go and help her, she's in some kind of trouble."

*at these words the wand begins to vibrate slightly and a small reflective disc appears floating in mid air.

It shows the blurry image of a small women, being blindfolded and knocked unconscious then drug off down a road by another mysterious looking women in a long cloak. As they make their way down the road they pass a sign that is marked "PS SCHOOL OF SORCERY 2 miles" Then just as suddenly as it appeared the disc evaporates and the wand is still.

SERYN

Sunday, August 19, 2007 9:35 PM

Seryn feels the shudder of them dropping out of hyperspace, and decides to head to the music room to find out what plans are, with several of the Potters in tow.

They enter the room to see the image playing out from the wand, and Seryn feels the air bristle with testosterone as they all in unison puff out their chests and assume grim, determined-with-a-hint-of-heroic faces.

"Oh lord.. why didn't I start with Hermione?"

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

THEREALME

Monday, August 20, 2007 1:35 PM

After putting the Sereni-Tree in a parking orbit over Zanzibar, Quincey comes down from the bridge and snags Cozen.

"I've had Sparky load the stuff you wanted on our stolen alliance shuttle. We really have to give it a name. But it's ready to go. Some on, let's have a nice vacation blowing stuff up."

She then proceeds to drag Cozen onto the shuttle, where she ties him securely into his seat with silk bands. Then she opens the main hanger's large overhead doors and pilots the shuttle away from the ship and starts heading down to the surface of the planet.

"We'll have SUCH fun!" she assures him. "Why, I've even packed a picnic lunch!"

Quincey, Bride5

BROWNCOAT2007

Monday, August 20, 2007 1:38 PM

OOC: *Cracks up*

*wanders back in with a bowl of protein from the kitchen*

"Huh.... that doesn't look so good..."

*wonders who the mysterious lady in the cloak is...*

SCORPIONREGENT

Monday, August 20, 2007 2:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
Seryn feels the shudder of them dropping out of hyperspace, and decides to head to the music room to find out what plans are, with several of the Potters in tow.

They enter the room to see the image playing out from the wand, and Seryn feels the air bristle with testosterone as they all in unison puff out their chests and assume grim, determined-with-a-hint-of-heroic faces.

"Oh lord.. why didn't I start with Hermione?"

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

SR having tired of singing has picked up Finn and turns just as the image splashes and Seryn enters. "Oh there you are. I see you brought your tribe with you. Here is your heir. They have some strange initiation ceremonies those Zanzibarbarian magic sororities. Well now that we are in orbit I was planning on ferrying Kei back down to the panet and that fellow so unlucky as to having been made into fowl man hybrid. Did you want me to take Finn along? Did you want to come along? If no to the latter then is there anything you would like me to get for you while I'm dirtside? I was planning on doing quite a bit of trading while on the terra firma."

Scorpion Regent

JAKE7

Monday, August 20, 2007 3:57 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cozen:
So, um, this means we're back at the place where I was building my golf course, right? If so, er, can anyone who can pilot a transport large enough to haul me, a whack of dynamite, a few tonnes of grass seed, a few miles of water piping, and three or four largish earth movers, to the site the Serenitree was last parked?

**jake7 sees Cozen and puts hands on her hips, taps her foot, and shouts**

Cozen! Is that where you were instead of finishing my breakfast during the last kidnapping plot involving that Dodge?

**she then watches Quincey hog-tie Cozen to a chair in the shuttle and grins**

Take him for a good ride, Quince!!

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
***********
"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

BLUEFISHIE

Monday, August 20, 2007 9:39 PM

*puts the loop of yarn down and speaks slowly to the clone sitting across from her*

Are you hungry?

*the clone nods*

Say 'Yes.'

*the clone complies, holding the 's' for a bit too long*

Good. Now let's go eat. 'Cause I'm starving.

'Food.'

Yes. We're going to go get food.

BROWNCOAT2007

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 12:12 AM

*shakes his head at the "articulate" clone and summons his bag, pulling out a jar of peanut butter, bread, butter, banna chips, bannanas, honey, marshmellow fluff, and three different types of jam and jelly, then notices everyone gapeing at him*

"...What?!? Different people like different things with there peanut butter... sheesh..."

BLUEFISHIE

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:51 AM

*steals the jar of peanut butter and begins to eat it with a spoon*

SERYN

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:59 PM

Seryn takes the very clean and sweet smelling Fin off SR and mouths thank you at him, then calls the Potters (who had got very interested in BC's "food") over to go get food from the kitchen.
By the time they return to the music room and sit to eat, all of the clones have learned what everything they are eating is called, how it was cooked and even most of the ingredients involved.
Sadly, Seryns entire culinry range involves beans on toast and bangers and mash, so its not that impressive. But still, as with language students everywhere, they've learnt all the swear words.

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

SCORPIONREGENT

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:21 PM

SR traipses down to his den in engineering to change into simple low tech traveller's clothes. Strapping a sword once more to his waist and collecting up a very simplistic duffle bag that he heaved up onto his shoulder.
He consulted his ship's comm-link to locate Snarky, 13, and Kei. With Snarky in tow he made his way to link up with the two Zanzibarbarian's.

Scorpion Regent

SAFEAT2ND

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:23 PM

Kei felt the shudder as they drop out of hyperspace as well as a shudder within himself, that chilled him to his very core. They were back over Zanzibar!

A voice accompanied the shudder. Faint, at first, but slowly raising in volume.

"Kei.... Keeeiii..." It whispered in his head.

He covered his ears and closed his eyes. "No. Go away..." He pleaded.

"Kei... Keeeii... you know you waaaant me..."

Kei stood in rage. "Nay!! I do not want you, vile creature!"

He draws his massive sword, holding aloft over his head. "I deny you with every fiber of my being, nay BY THE POWER OF GRA...."

Sir Kei stops abruptly as SR walks in.

"You were saying something?" SR looks at Sir Kei with one eyebrow raised.

"Umm... no. Not I."

"Yes you were. I distinctly heard you start to say something."

"Merely yawning." Sir Kei demonstrates by yawning and stretching grandly. "See? Just a yawn, nothing more."

_______________________________________________________________
"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."

JADEHAND

Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:02 AM

*finishes distributing the new shirts to the clones, and preping the shuttles for those going planetside.

SCORPIONREGENT

Thursday, August 23, 2007 4:20 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Kei felt the shudder as they drop out of hyperspace as well as a shudder within himself, that chilled him to his very core. They were back over Zanzibar!

A voice accompanied the shudder. Faint, at first, but slowly raising in volume.

"Kei.... Keeeiii..." It whispered in his head.

He covered his ears and closed his eyes. "No. Go away..." He pleaded.

"Kei... Keeeii... you know you waaaant me..."

Kei stood in rage. "Nay!! I do not want you, vile creature!"

He draws his massive sword, holding aloft over his head. "I deny you with every fiber of my being, nay BY THE POWER OF GRA...."

Sir Kei stops abruptly as SR walks in.

"You were saying something?" SR looks at Sir Kei with one eyebrow raised.

"Umm... no. Not I."

"Yes you were. I distinctly heard you start to say something."

"Merely yawning." Sir Kei demonstrates by yawning and stretching grandly. "See? Just a yawn, nothing more."

"Listen if you need ten minutes alone to consult with invisble friends I understand completely, but lies do not become a knight. So what do you want?"

Scorpion Regent

MAI

Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:01 AM

"Pete" Harry Potter speaks up at Seryn's words

"Hermione?! Where is she? Is she in danger? HURRY we must save her! OMG what if Vold- has her? What are you all just standing around for? Clearly this is a TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPP!"

hehe.

Woah, well that ones quite good at mastering the language skills.

BROWNCOAT2007

Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:02 AM

*Rubs his head*

"Man, all of a sudden I don't feel so well... Bad headache... Strange voices in my subconsciense..."

*shakes it off and preps for dirtside by putting on a plain cream colored linen shirt, a pair of black linen pants, and his twin shortblades on either hip, and, slinging his duffle bag over his shoulder, he begins to walk to the shuttle*

SERYN

Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:52 AM

*Having already changed into a very lovely simple medieval style gown and travelling cloak*

Seryn put Fin in his carrier and announces. "Well i have to take Fin visiting - the ladies at the court made me promise i would if ever i was in the area, so... am I keeping the Potters with me, or are they going up to this academy? I'm thinking a few hours with the greatest gossips in the known universe might help those language skills immensly"

The Potters all look distinctly umhappy

"There will be girls there...

The look changes to stoic self sacfifce, with a barely hidden hint of joy.

"And then i could bring them to the academy later?"

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

BLUEFISHIE

Thursday, August 23, 2007 5:27 PM

*fishie's clone hear's Pete freaking out and begins running circles around him, screaming, as he hasn't quite mastered english, as Fishie chases him, trying to calm him down*

BROWNCOAT2007

Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:42 PM

*As he passes Fishie and her freaking out clone, he grabs the kid, pulls a roll of duct tape out of his bag, rips a strip off, and puts it over the clones mouth, then he sets the kid down on the floor*

"...Headache..."

*keeps walking back to the shuttle*

BLUEFISHIE

Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:57 PM

*shouts after BC2007

Do you need medicine?

THEREALME

Friday, August 24, 2007 2:42 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bluefishie:
*fishie's clone hear's Pete freaking out and begins running circles around him, screaming, as he hasn't quite mastered english, as Fishie chases him, trying to calm him down*

As Fishie follows her clone running around in circles, the little purple squid thing follows right behind her. It's getting pretty good at moving around on its tentacles.

MAI

Friday, August 24, 2007 4:30 AM

Finally suceeds in helping Fishie calm down the Potter clones. "It's ok guys, Hermione isn't in any danger, but we made need your help with a bit of an adventure/rescue mission once we disembark from the ship"

*takes out the silver magic wand

"Now I know that Seryn just brought you all here and there's a lot to take in, but I was hoping maybe one or more of you knew what this was all about? Have any idea how it works?"

*walks over to TRM with Pete following closely behind

"Hey Cap, do we have any sort of strategy for once everyone gets planetside? The Potters are getting kind a tetchy."

JADEHAND

Friday, August 24, 2007 4:42 AM

A plan? Since when do we use those?
Oh... do we have a Good plan?

COZEN

Friday, August 24, 2007 4:51 AM

*Meanwhile*

cozen and, uh... Quince, is it (?), overshoot their targeted landing site, on account of.. shenanigans.

Y'all do what youze likes to do. Her & me, it's all about love, not war, eh?

Sorry, Jake7, I'm such a slut.

***
Don't believe it's pig meat
Kind that you won't regret
Don't believe it's pig meat
Kind that you won't regret
I got something about this pig meat
Sweet mama ain't told you yet

BLUEFISHIE

Friday, August 24, 2007 5:56 AM

*declares her Potter-clone is named Joe*

*follows behind Mai and Pete*

BROWNCOAT2007

Friday, August 24, 2007 10:00 AM

*winces and shouts back*

"SURE!!!"

*thinks to himself*

"... not rightly sure if it'll help though..."

THEREALME

Friday, August 24, 2007 1:20 PM

In the stolen Alliance shuttle, descending to the surface of Zanzibar:

Quincey smiles as she holds Cozen tighter. "Oh, Cozy, don't worry. This thing has an autopilot! So, where should we land and what should we blow up first? You know... for your golf course?"

Quincey, Bride5

JADEHAND

Friday, August 24, 2007 1:29 PM

Is this a regular golf course, or a disc golf course?
Can we do a disc golf course too? Nothing quite like a walk through the part with a few discs.

_________________
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain

BROWNCOAT2007

Friday, August 24, 2007 3:43 PM

Oooo... Good idea Jadehand

OOC: Well... it's that time of year again folks... I'm heading up north for 4 days and will have limited to no internet capability, have fun, stay safe, and don't go blowing TOO much stuff up without me

JAKE7

Friday, August 24, 2007 10:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cozen:
Sorry, Jake7, I'm such a slut.

humph I'll remember this the next time a kidnapping attempt comes around...

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
***********
"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

SERYN

Friday, August 24, 2007 10:57 PM

Puts a comforting arm around Jake.

"Don't worry darling, i'm sure when he's kidnapping you you're the only crime victim in the universe to him"

*rejoins the Potters in examining the silver sword, but it doesn't mean anything to her*

"If its at all familar to any of you, feel free to speak up."

The Potters look puzzled, until one raises his hand

"Yeah?"

"Beans beans good for your heat, the more you eat the more you f..."
*Seryn slaps him around the back of the head*
"Ok, i'm calling you Fred."
Fred grins.

"Do you have any idea what it is?"

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

COZEN

Friday, August 24, 2007 11:54 PM

*Reluctantly submits to Quince's advances, noting specifically that the tables, as it were, are turned, and it is he that is bound*

In order to make this work, truly I'll fantasise Jake7 as the abductor.

Discgolf: works for me! TRM: frisbee delivery required... um, later....

***
kimstanleyrobinsoncoz

MAI

Saturday, August 25, 2007 12:28 AM

Well since we don't have a plan yet, Seryn and Fishie maybe we should all go down to the planet together with the Potter clones? I have a feeling it might take all three of us to keep track of them.

As for me, I think the first thing I'm going to do is try and get to the school. I don't know what's going on. Hopefully, we can find Flower and she can fill us in on the mystery.

JAKE7

Saturday, August 25, 2007 3:02 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by cozen:
In order to make this work, truly I'll fantasise Jake7 as the abductor.

**jake7 is marginally mollified**

Well, you better!

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
***********
"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

JADEHAND

Saturday, August 25, 2007 4:58 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by mai:
I don't know what's going on. Hopefully, we can find Flower and she can fill us in on the mystery.

FlowerQuest 1?

BROWNCOAT2007

Monday, August 27, 2007 2:50 AM

Looks like Jade...

OOC: Oh, yeah, I'm back by the way... y'all miss me??

SCORPIONREGENT

Monday, August 27, 2007 8:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ScorpionRegent:
Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Kei felt the shudder as they drop out of hyperspace as well as a shudder within himself, that chilled him to his very core. They were back over Zanzibar!

A voice accompanied the shudder. Faint, at first, but slowly raising in volume.

"Kei.... Keeeiii..." It whispered in his head.

He covered his ears and closed his eyes. "No. Go away..." He pleaded.

"Kei... Keeeii... you know you waaaant me..."

Kei stood in rage. "Nay!! I do not want you, vile creature!"

He draws his massive sword, holding aloft over his head. "I deny you with every fiber of my being, nay BY THE POWER OF GRA...."

Sir Kei stops abruptly as SR walks in.

"You were saying something?" SR looks at Sir Kei with one eyebrow raised.

"Umm... no. Not I."

"Yes you were. I distinctly heard you start to say something."

"Merely yawning." Sir Kei demonstrates by yawning and stretching grandly. "See? Just a yawn, nothing more."

"Listen if you need ten minutes alone to consult with invisble friends I understand completely, but lies do not become a knight. So what do you want?"

Scorpion Regent

"I want to go home."

"Right, climb aboard."

Scorpion Regent

BROWNCOAT2007

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:52 AM

*after having made the rather uneventful trip down to Zanzibar BC steps out of the shuttle and immediatly begins to scent the purity of the air, and listening to the teeming life all around him, as the landing area was in a small forrest clearing near the school*

"... Nice place"

THEREALME

Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:15 AM

A growing crowd is gathering in the Sereni-Tree common room, carrying luggage. TheRealMe surveys the situation with satisfaction. He is wearing his ‘The Real Me’ t-shirt. “Well, this is about everyone… except…” TheRealMe reaches out. A spot of light appears at his fingertips. It expands to become a ring of fire surrounding a dark void, about two meters across. He reaches into this hole in reality, his arm disappearing into it up to his shoulder. With some effort, he yanks back and pulls Cozen out of the dimensional portal.

From the other side, Quincey’s faint voice can be heard. “Hey! Wait a minute!”

TheRealMe casually waves his hand and that portal disappears. He immediately begins work on a new one. Soon it stands open before the crowd. Jadehand steps into it. He is followed by Xander/Ash, Mai, Serenity, and (?) Seryn... NO! Citizen! Then TheRealMe shoves Cozen through. He turns back to everyone else in the common room. “Well, we’re heading off to Dragon*Con. See you all next week!” TheRealMe enters the dimensional portal and it begins to shrink back to a point of light. Then it disappears completely.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

SAFEAT2ND

Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:30 PM

From the doorway of the common room, Sir Kei quietly and intently watches TRM's actions.

When the last portal closes, Kei continues on his way to the hanger bay. Somewhere along the way he had changed clothes. He now wore a white T-shirt and jeans, a size or two too small, but a vast improvement from the track suit he wore before.

He had his great sword slung on his back and he carried his meager belongings in a rucksack. Over one shoulder draped an unconcious form.

Boarding SR's shuttle, he gaped in wonder, "This mode of transport will convey us to Zanzibar?"

OOC: Have fun at D*C everyone!

_______________________________________________________________
"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."

SCORPIONREGENT

Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
From the doorway of the common room, Sir Kei quietly and intently watches TRM's actions.

When the last portal closes, Kei continues on his way to the hanger bay. Somewhere along the way he had changed clothes. He now wore a white T-shirt and jeans, a size or two too small, but a vast improvement from the track suit he wore before.

He had his great sword slung on his back and he carried his meager belongings in a rucksack. Over one shoulder draped an unconcious form.

Boarding SR's shuttle, he gaped in wonder, "This mode of transport will convey us to Zanzibar?"

OOC: Have fun at D*C everyone!

_______________________________________________________________
"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."

"That's the plan. I have a rule about disposing of bodies and kidnaping after the fact Kei; so before we leave would you spare me a explanation about the person you have there?"

Scorpion Regent

SAFEAT2ND

Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:28 PM

"T'would appear Sir Jazaf would like to accompany us." Sir Kei says, uncermoniously dropping Jazaf's form into a chair.

"Is that a fact? He told you this himself?"

"Indeed."

"Was he concious at the time?"

"More or less..." Kei says scratching his head.

"More or less??" SR takes a deep breath. "Kei, were his eyes open when you asked him?"

"Yes... well... not exactly.."

"Not exactly?"

"Indeed. Ones eyes are open all the time. Sometimes ones eyelids cover them, but they remain open." Kei rolls his eyes like this an accepted fact.

"...." SR's mouth drops open. He grabs Kei shirt in frustration. "Kei, DID...YOU...KNOCK..HIM..OUT??"

Kei looks back at SR in confusion, "What are you trying to say?"

_______________________________________________________________
"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."

BROWNCOAT2007

Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:19 PM

*As BC wanders the woods, he is suddenly overcome by a massive, psychic SCREAMING collapsing to his knees, his body shakes as the massive force rips through his head*

"I WILL HAVE YOUR SOUL!!!"

SCORPIONREGENT

Friday, August 31, 2007 2:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
"T'would appear Sir Jazaf would like to accompany us." Sir Kei says, uncermoniously dropping Jazaf's form into a chair.

"Is that a fact? He told you this himself?"

"Indeed."

"Was he concious at the time?"

"More or less..." Kei says scratching his head.

"More or less??" SR takes a deep breath. "Kei, were his eyes open when you asked him?"

"Yes... well... not exactly.."

"Not exactly?"

"Indeed. Ones eyes are open all the time. Sometimes ones eyelids cover them, but they remain open." Kei rolls his eyes like this an accepted fact.

"...." SR's mouth drops open. He grabs Kei shirt in frustration. "Kei, DID...YOU...KNOCK..HIM..OUT??"

Kei looks back at SR in confusion, "What are you trying to say?"

_______________________________________________________________
"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."

"Of the three of us I am the only one conscious and capable of piloting the shuttle so if you want to get back to Zanzibar then you need me to fly. At this moment I'm starting to feel conditions coming on, such as all passengers need to be either conscious or barring that possibility, unconscious. Tell you what why don't you go find that flaky fowl fellow who's been about the ship lately and see if he wants to return to Zanzibar. If so then bring him, in a lucid state, so he can declare his intentions for himself. That should give Jazaf a chance to wake up."

Scorpion Regent

BROWNCOAT2007

Monday, September 3, 2007 2:36 PM

OOC: bumping so we don't end up in the middle of "no" and "where" when y'all get back from D*C (by the way, I WANT STORIES!!! lol)

SCORPIONREGENT

Monday, September 3, 2007 3:09 PM

"jaz," nudge, "jaz," nudge,

"WAKE UP!!!!!" (Sister Mary Elephant eat your heart out!)

Scorpion Regent

SAFEAT2ND

Monday, September 3, 2007 4:12 PM

Sir Kei mumbles and grumbles to himself as he stomps his way through the corridors in search of 13.

"I, a noble knight of Zanzibar, reduced to a chicken herder..."

"How does one go about summoning a being that is part chicken, part man?"

"T'would it seem insulting to the man portion of his being if I called him as I would call a chicken? Or would the chicken half of his being not understand if I summoned him as I would summon a page?"

* Kei... why do you let these people talk to you as equalssss....*

"Go away, I am not listening to you."

_______________________________________________________________
"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."

SIMONWHO

Monday, September 3, 2007 10:33 PM

*aims sonic screwdriver at the rift leading to Dragon*Con*

Just a little temporal instability there, almost got it under control...

*Seryn pops back out of the rift as it stabilises again*

Oops. Sorry about that. I'm afraid it's only geared for one way traffic now for when the others return. Still, better that than ending up scraped along the Atlanta freeways.

WYTCHCROFT

Monday, September 3, 2007 10:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Sir Kei mumbles and grumbles to himself as he stomps his way through the corridors in search of 13.

"I, a noble knight of Zanzibar, reduced to a chicken herder..."

"How does one go about summoning a being that is part chicken, part man?"

"T'would it seem insulting to the man portion of his being if I called him as I would call a chicken? Or would the chicken half of his being not understand if I summoned him as I would summon a page?"

side bar: cross ref CHICKEN

FACT: chicken is earth that was /uk /south london (call me a cockney cab) slang
for underage male prostitute.

see also: little bo beep / badger

the hitchhykers guide to the verse.

no word of a lie

13

Monday, September 3, 2007 10:54 PM

Hopefully Wytchcroft hasn't uncovered the pictures...

Q: Fish or Hogarth?
A: Marillion.
-------------

BROWNCOAT2007

Monday, September 3, 2007 11:18 PM

OH GOD, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW THAT!!!

THEREALME

Wednesday, September 5, 2007 4:33 AM

A point of light appears in the Sereni-Treecommon room. It expands to become a ring of fire surrounding a dark void, perhaps two meters across. From this hole in reality flies a suitcase. It lands on a nearby sofa, to be followed by another, and another. Then Cozen flies out of the dimensional portal. Finally, a group of people including Jadehand and TheRealMe step out. TheRealMe waves his hand and the portal to Dragon*Con disappears.

"Greetings, we have returned... uh, most of us anyway. And we have made a surprising discovery! Apparently the Fox executives responsible for organizing and planning the promotion and showings of Firefly years ago did indeed lose their jobs in the television industry. Sadly for us, it seems that they found empolyment as the organizers and security staff at Dragon*Con!"

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

JADEHAND

Wednesday, September 5, 2007 5:10 AM

Yes, it appears they did. What a fuster cluck. Ah well. No worries. It was just a moment in time. I had so much of a great time that I need to catch up on some sleep. Also I need to unpack and process this laundry. I'll be in my room, resting and replaying the memories of a great weekend for the next few days.
*trundles off with luggage in tow humming "Big Damn Trilogy."

A man who walks the Earth

BROWNCOAT2007

Wednesday, September 5, 2007 1:10 PM

*Thrashes around in the forrest, growling like a large cat or dog, and screaming, and all but destroying the clearing and leaving large claw marks down the side of the shuttle as he tries to fight off the demonic voice that is trying to take over his body and soul*

SCORPIONREGENT

Wednesday, September 5, 2007 1:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat2007:
*Thrashes around in the forrest, growling like a large cat or dog, and screaming, and all but destroying the clearing and leaving large claw marks down the side of the shuttle as he tries to fight off the demonic voice that is trying to take over his body and soul*

OOC: What someone secretly download Limbaugh onto your Ipod? How do you destroy a clearing, it's clear?

Scorpion Regent

SAFEAT2ND

Wednesday, September 5, 2007 3:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by wytchcroft:

side bar: cross ref CHICKEN

FACT: chicken is earth that was /uk /south london (call me a cockney cab) slang
for underage male prostitute.

see also: little bo beep / badger

the hitchhikers guide to the verse.

no word of a lie

Quote:
Originally posted by 13:
Hopefully Wytchcroft hasn't uncovered the pictures...

Sir Kei is suddenly struck by the idea that maybe he really doesn't want to find 13...

He shrugs and renews his search, trying to be as loud as possible so as not to catch 13 at an inopportune moment.

_______________________________________________________________
"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."

THEREALME

Wednesday, September 5, 2007 4:59 PM

Oh, where is Needy the boy whore when you need him?

Uh... that didn't come out quite right. See, Needy was a former crew member of ours that we picked up one day and...

Uh... I'll stop talking now.

BROWNCOAT2007

Thursday, September 6, 2007 12:58 AM

OOC: Hey! Gimme a break! I wrote this at, like 8:00 this morning, a few min. before I had to go to work so, yeah, may'hap I DON'T fire on all cylenders early in the morning...

SCORPIONREGENT

Thursday, September 6, 2007 4:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat2007:
OOC: Hey! Gimme a break! I wrote this at, like 8:00 this morning, a few min. before I had to go to work so, yeah, may'hap I DON'T fire on all cylenders early in the morning...

OOc:I know that feeling well, no harm, no foul. Maybe you simply enlarged the clearing.

Scorpion Regent

SCORPIONREGENT

Friday, September 7, 2007 2:04 PM

SR realizing that conventional weapons are not going to rouse Jazaf decides to break out the exotic weaponry and tries his verzion of Tuvan throat singing. Jazaf stirs, but does not wake. SR takes a chance at sharing some obscure cultural influences with everyone and decides to broadcast his throat music over the ship wide PA system.

OOC: I needed more volume and I didn't have a bull horn handy.

Scorpion Regent

NEEDY

Friday, September 7, 2007 3:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
Oh, where is Needy the boy whore when you need him?

Uh... that didn't come out quite right. See, Needy was a former crew member of ours that we picked up one day and...

Uh... I'll stop talking now.

*whispers*
He left after the swimsuit competition. He's not coming back here, at least not anytime soon. Too busy acting homicidal.

THEREALME

Saturday, September 8, 2007 2:03 AM

Then we HOLD! We hold until Needy returns!

And here I was wanting to see what happens with Needy, his invulerable new body, and the invisible angel that keeps whispering into his ear.

BROWNCOAT2007

Saturday, September 8, 2007 5:10 AM

OOC:Invisible... angel? Hmmmm.... *is getting rather interesting ideas for the way this whole "demon" deal is turning out...

THEREALME

Saturday, September 8, 2007 5:40 AM

Yes, Needy had an friend that followed him around, talking about his great destiny. It took the form of our own CallMeSerenity, though it was not her as Needy percieved them in the same place at the same time (I think).

Our Serenity, by the way, has beautiful blue-white wings sprouting from her back, and she can use them to fly. Her young daughter Seraphina has similar wings.

In any case, nobody but Needy could ever see the invisible Serenity-image. In fact, we never knew it existed as it only interacted with Needy.

Of course, a reasonable alternate explanation was that Needy was barking mad crazy.

We last saw Needy during the Second Gala Pageant.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

NEEDY

Saturday, September 8, 2007 1:46 PM

OOC: No, dont hold!!!

Needy disappeared during the gala pageant, and then reappeared at the other end of the verse on The Epsilon with Safe, Seryn, Wisp etc in the thread "Special Branch" http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=20504
True some of those characters are on here too, but theres a reason Needy's not been doubled

Needy's still seeing the shapeshifting Being (that appears to him in the guise of Serenity), but other than that, he's quite different now to how he was on the Sereni-Tree. He's... a bit darker.

Many wanted this Sereni-Tree thread to be lighter so, knowing where the story was going, I kept him solely in the spin-off thread.

Here's the latest Special Branch thread if you want to find out what he's up to now
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=29910
Or a bio of Needy if you just want a recap of whats happened (spoilers! lol)
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=29509&m=535955#535955

I might return to this thread, but not as Needy. I'd create a new character... if I find time!

-----
Needy. Male Companion: Chosen One?
-----
http://needsalt.livejournal.com/
www.myspace.com/dicksquinty The World's Greatest Detective?

THEREALME

Sunday, September 9, 2007 4:47 AM

What about returning with "Needy Lite"?

BROWNCOAT2007

Sunday, September 9, 2007 5:15 AM

*is pictureing a beer ad for "Needy Lite" now... falls out of chair laughing*

THEREALME

Sunday, September 9, 2007 3:04 PM

No, really. Maybe the "Good" parts of Needy have split off to return to us.

MAI

Sunday, September 9, 2007 4:26 PM

Quote:
TheRealMe waves his hand and the portal to Dragon*Con disappears.

Mai is the last one through the portal.

*takes a comfy blanket, pillow, books, UNO, and other entertainment, and some yummy snacks and then makes camp in front of the portal for D*C '08

What? You can never get in line too early for the Firefly panels!

JADEHAND

Sunday, September 9, 2007 5:30 PM

OOC: Ha! As I walked through the area in front of Centennial I-III on Monday evening as everything was being broken down, I entertained the idea of asking someone where the line for the first Firefly panel for next year was.
I think I'll be making reservations and buying my pass next week. See you all there.

*JadeHand wakes up in his bunk, fully recovered after his vacation from his vacation. He gazes through the window to view the planet below. "Zanzibar... Fun."

SERYN

Sunday, September 9, 2007 9:16 PM

*Thanks Simonwho for her timely rescue from an Atlanta highway drubbing*

Have I missed the lift to Zanzibar?

poot!

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

SCORPIONREGENT

Monday, September 10, 2007 1:55 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
*Thanks Simonwho for her timely rescue from an Atlanta highway drubbing*

Have I missed the lift to Zanzibar?

poot!

"Poot not mil'Lady. I am still waitng for some strays."

Scorpion Regent

SERYN

Monday, September 10, 2007 9:46 PM

Marvellous!

*ushers the Potters in and get everyone settled*

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

SCORPIONREGENT

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:29 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
Marvellous!

*ushers the Potters in and get everyone settled*

SR looks on at Seryn doting on her entourage and realizes he's suffering from Potter envy. He re-commecnces his Tuvan voice music in attempts to wake Jazaf. He breaks for a deep breath and then a thought crosses his mind. Over the shipboard PA he makes the following anouncement,
"Kei If you can't find Bird boy then we can leave without him, the cook will most likely cook him up for thanksgiving."

SR belts out a quick Tuvan arpeggio run and then switches of the mike.

"If that don't bring him running I don't what will." he mutters under his breath.

Scorpion Regent

MAI

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:59 AM

Got room for a few more?

Pete and I need a ride. Plus the wand has gone all glowy again. I figured it best if the Potters could put their heads together and see what they make it.

Also, I'm just in the mood for kicking some *ss today.

BROWNCOAT2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 5:08 AM

*Lies shuddering on the torn up ground of the clearing, the voice has faded, for now...*

SAFEAT2ND

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:47 PM

"CHICKEN MAN!! Hullo, CHicken man!"

"Perchance that is offensive. CHICKEN PERSON?!?!"

"Errr... Fowl Being... no that sounds all together wrong."

"Co.. no. Definitely not! Ummm Foghorn Leghorn!?"

Quote:
Originally posted by ScorpionRegent:
Over the shipboard PA he makes the following anouncement,
"Kei If you can't find Bird boy then we can leave without him, the cook will most likely cook him up for thanksgiving."

SR belts out a quick Tuvan arpeggio run and then switches of the mike.

"If that don't bring him running I don't what will." he mutters under his breath.

Sir Kei abandons his 'wild goose chase' (Ok, I'm sorry. Bad pun, baaad pun) with a shrug of his broad shoulders and makes his way back to the shuttle.

_______________________________________________________________
"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."

JAKE7

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 5:31 PM

Don't forget, I can talk to chickens, if you need me!

**OOC: http://s108.photobucket.com/albums/n21/slang67/?action=view¤t=Ch
ickens.flv
Yes, I *am* actually making those chickens freak out -- I can't believe I'm letting you see this! **

--------------
MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
***********
"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

SERYN

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:57 PM

(ooc -I'm afraid I would be no help at all with chickens, but I can do Budgerigar, and i'm told my Canary accent its very good.

I'd just love to know what i'm saying to them.)

Seryn mock sulks at SR and ruffles his hair, hugs him round the neck and then goes and fusses over Fin some more.

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

13

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:43 PM

Quote:
SR belts out a quick Tuvan arpeggio run and then switches of the mike.

"If that don't bring him running I don't what will." he mutters under his breath.

Vulgar-sounding caws coming from its mouth, a smallish rooster flies in short bursts towards SR. Spitting on the floor, the fowl lit up onto his shoulder. Squinting with tiny yet undeniably human eyes, the bird speaks:

"Yes, it's me." A sigh. "I appear to be switching back and forth from chicken to man to hybrid." The bird coughs once, awkwardly, then says, "Well. Are we off, then?"

Q: Fish or Hogarth?
A: Marillion.
-------------

WYTCHCROFT

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 7:59 PM

[centre] GURGLE.COM

Chcknien - no results.

Did you mean 'Chicken'?

Chi - see chinese - (here) www.imdb/kungfu/etc

ck - see calvin klein (threads, natch)

kni - Knights ???

Knight of the round table - court of ikea - home page www.invadedamageoccupy.net

knights of Ni - shrubbery services offered at a champion's discount www.unwholygrail.org

mandalorian nights -
hey baby - let Mambo Momma Fett give you some of that good good

THIS SITE HAS BEEN BLOCKED [/CENTRE]

knights in white satin - the future revealed in the lost Gilmour of Pink Cthulhu - still Waters run deep through the momentary lapse of etc etc
see also - Barrett homes...

BROWNCOAT2007

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:14 PM

OOC: scratches head... I'm... confused...

WYTCHCROFT

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:21 PM

my bad - sorry for butting in.

THEREALME

Thursday, September 13, 2007 3:29 AM

Not at all Wytchcroft. Everyone is welcome. I enjoy your bizarre interludes.

Okay, for those lost, here is the situation:

Our star ship Sereni-Tree has arrived at Zanzibar (a planet of medieval technology where magic works) and has established itself in a synchronous orbit over Puffenstuff’s School of Sorcery, a place where all of our Potter clones, herded by Mai, Seryn, and Bluefishie, might be taught magic. One of the Potters has a magic wand that has gotten all glowey.

Sereni-Tree’s pilot, Bride5, kidnapped Cozen and took him down to Zanzibar in a shuttle for a little private vacation.

Utilizing dimensional portals created by TheRealMe, some of our number went to Dragon*con, spent a pleasant long weekend there, and returned. Cozen was one of these, much to Bride5’s annoyance.

Meanwhile, ScorpionRegent is ready to pilot another shuttle from Sereni-Tree down to the surface. Among the passengers are Browncoat2007, Seryn, Mai, a variety of Potter-clones, Chicken-man Number 13 (currently in the form of a chicken), Sir Kei of the Octagonal Order, and a bag carried around by Kei that contains an unconscious Jazaf, another Knight of the Order and also one of the Immortals. The reason for Jazaf’s inactivity is unclear; perhaps he is merely a very deep sleeper.

Someone seems to be playing with the minds of both Sir Kei and Browncoat2007. Kei hears someone talking to him, and he is doing his best to resist. BC07 believes that he has already been landed in a Zanzibar forest clearing and has experienced someone or something trying to take control of him. This has caused him to go all feral. Alternatively, perhaps ScorpionRegent DID pilot BC07 down to the surface while simultaneously waiting back on Sereni-Tree to ferry others down, too. It would not be the first time, I’m sure, that the time- and dimension-hopping SR was in two places at once.

Finally, Wytchcroft (no doubt some intellectual Zanzibarbarian) had been providing helpful and insightful tidbits of knowledge to us.

Oh, yes, and our own Jake7 has the superpower to confuse and control chickens, and she has volunteered it if needed. This is significant not only because of the chicken-human hybrids created by the Immortal Alatariel, but also because there are no horses on Zanzibar and their knights ride around on giant, fire-breathing space chickens.

For a summary of our PREVIOUS adventures on Zanzibar, see the very long summary I posted earlier in this very thread.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

THEREALME

Thursday, September 13, 2007 3:30 AM

Down on the surface of Zanzibar:

Deep in the forest, Kronk finds a funny new house in a clearing that he knows. Well, Kronk knows the clearing. Kronk does not know the house. It is a house made of metal. Kronk has never seen a house made of metal. But Kronk has seen houses made of stone. Kings live in those. And Kronk has seen houses made of wood and mud. Farmers live in those.

Kronk has never seen a house made of metal. Not before THIS house. It is a special house.

Kronk sees a Tiny Person next to the house. It is a Tiny Person woman. Perhaps it is her house. She is talking, but there is nobody else there. Perhaps she is talking to Kronk? But she does not face toward Kronk. Perhaps she is talking to the house? Kronk has never heard of a house to be talked to.

But it is a special house. Kronk scratches his head.

The woman is very pretty. She wears a short dress. She has a nice figure. She has long, straight, shiny black hair. She has amber colored skin. She has eyes that are different. Her eyes are shaped like almonds.

Kronk likes almonds.

-------------------------

Quincey finishes packing away the picnic lunch that she had prepared in the secluded forest clearing. She stores the large umbrella, the pair of folding lawn chairs, and cooler full of beer back into the unnamed stolen Alliance shuttle. She touches a control on its smooth metallic surface and the cargo hatch slowly closes.

All the while she mutters to herself.

“…And here I have this nice little vacation all planned out! Just Cozen and me. No other people. No other distractions. We have food. We have beer. We have privacy. We have explosives. And what does he do? Runs off to Dragon*Con and leaves me all alone here! Huh!” Quincey pulls out her com-link. “I have to think of a good message to leave him. Something to make him feel sorry he deserted me!” She presses a control to activate the device. “Something about all the wild, fun times I’m having down here with some big, dumb…”

Suddenly, Quincey hears something very large moving through the forest. It is close. Quickly, she spins around to face the cause of the disturbance, but she is not fast enough. She screams and drops her com-link as she raises her hands to ward off the attack.

Moments later the clearing is empty except for the locked shuttle, Quincey’s com-link on the ground, and gigantic footprints in the dirt heading off toward some nearby mountains.

Quincey, Bride5

JADEHAND

Thursday, September 13, 2007 4:05 AM

OOC: *wonders if FlowerQuest 1 and QuinceyQuest 2 are related.

*JadeHand looks down upon the surface of Zanzibar from his quarters remembering the last time he was here. The relaxing weekend, or was it longer, that he spent hovering over the surface of the ocean in Ocean Cloud, his custom shuttle. It was a pleasurable experience, one he's far from opposed to repeating. He takes a large satchel bag from his closet, packs a few books, his magic name tags, His laser pistol taken from a Blue Hands back on Boros, some of his favourite CDs, including, of course, lots of Marillion and Bedlam Bards "On the Drift". He then stops by the kitchen. Here he packs a large basket of fruit and simple sandwiches as well as several gallons of potable water. He stops by the brewery and checks the tanks to make sure the Tree has a reasonable supply of brew, and grabs a 1/2 full 1/4 keg of cider for the Cloud.
He heads to the hanger bay and loads up the shuttle. "All aboard", he whispers to himself as he climbs aboard and heads for the pilots seat. *

A man who walks the Earth

THEREALME

Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:12 AM

OOC: QuinceyQuest2 and FlowerQuest1 might be related after all. I don't mean to pick on Quin. I love all of the Brides equally. It's just she was a dangling plot thread down on Zanzibar after Cozen went to Dragon*Con. I could have her fly her shuttle home, or... have something interesting occur. Besides, we have not had much in the way of Peril since the FemaleReaver and the Raid on Reaverworld.

BROWNCOAT2007

Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:17 AM

OOC: That was all of ohhh.... what 2 threads ago?? Sheesh people, peril peril peril with you, just gets me doing work work work... seriously though, I LOVE this crew (in the family type way) and I LOVE being a gunhand on said crew

SCORPIONREGENT

Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:30 AM

"Well without any further adieu." SR says and shuts the hatch on the shuttle Admiral Nelson, fires up the engines and sends the signal to the tree's bridge, "This is the Nelson requesting permission to leave for Zanzibar with passengers and cargo."

Scorpion Regent

THEREALME

Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:07 PM

With all three of Sereni-Tree's designated pilots unavailable or missing, the call gets routed from the bridge to TheRealMe in his quarters. He stirs in his bed, still recovering from Dragon*Con. But he manages to slap a control on his com-link acknowledging the departure of the Nelson, then rolls over and continues snoring.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

BROWNCOAT2007

Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:28 PM

OOC: well... I can't decide if'n my "crazy" bit was a dream or was an actuality... if anyone feels like saying I'm sleeping on the shuttle or they run across me on the ground... well... go ahead, it would help immensely

BROWNCOAT2007

Sunday, September 16, 2007 2:35 PM

OOC: bumpin' us to the top o' the list... where ARE you guys??

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