[22:23] <@Prox> +++RP START+++
[22:23] <@Prox> A man with a pinstriped suit, hat, and mask walks into the briefing room.
[22:23] <@Prox> At first you think it's The Variant but his voice tells you otherwise.
[22:23] <@Prox> "Ahem... I'm pressed for time, so I'll make this brief. Unfortunately, The Variant has been sent into a catatonic state by some kind of nervous barrier."
[22:23] <@Prox> "Mayor Donovan has arranged for the prototype Simu-cube to be altered, allowing free passage on the neurological scale."
[22:23] <@Prox> "You must take a journey into The Variant's mind and remove this barrier."
[22:23] <@Prox> "The car is waiting outside. Any questions?"
[22:23] <@Prox> ---
[22:24] <DevDestructo> Nope.
[22:24] <Shadow> Um...
[22:24] * @Prox glances between everybody's faces
[22:24] <Armature> w-who are you?
[22:24] <Shadow> Yeah
[22:24] <@Prox> I'm just another agent.
[22:24] <Shadow> And who is this "Varient" guy
[22:24] <@Prox> You've never heard of him?
[22:25] <Shadow> First time i've heard of him
[22:25] <Armature> I've heard about him
[22:25] <Armature> Praty cool feller
[22:25] <@Prox> yes, very wise, incredible mental prowess.
[22:25] <@Prox> but I digress.
[22:25] <Shadow> I was on "bussiness" when the others where called away
[22:25] <@Prox> are we ready to go?
[22:26] <Shadow> yep
[22:26] <Armature> I suppose so
[22:26] <@Prox> alright, then.
[22:26] <@Prox> +++
[22:26] <@Prox> You arrive at the Simu-cube. Police cars, flashing lights, and caution tape wait in front of the building as you enter.
[22:26] <@Prox> You are led into the cubic room. Lying on a table, surrounded by apparatus, is The Variant.
[22:26] <@Prox> The loudspeaker crackles on.
[22:26] <@Prox> ---
[22:26] <@Prox> ahem, ahem...
[22:27] <@Prox> Are you all ready?
[22:27] <Shadow> But I must warn you of somethign about me..... well you'll see during the second battle, if there is one.
[22:27] <@Prox> I must tell you something about this journey you are about to take.
[22:27] <Armature> Don't see why not.
[22:27] <DevDestructo> Im ready.
[22:27] <Shadow> Just be prepared, otherwise yeah im good
[22:27] <Deck> Ready? Are we gonna have an X-Men training session?
[22:28] <Armature> I CALL IRON MAN
[22:28] <@Prox> ahem.
[22:28] <Armature> wate . . .
[22:28] <@Prox> Uh, anyways...
[22:28] * Shadow claps hand over Arms mouth
[22:28] <Armature> solly, continute
[22:28] <@Prox> This man's mind is like no other simulation system ever built.
[22:28] <DevDestructo> Duh.
[22:28] <@Prox> In actuality, the human imagination is the most erratic simulation system ever.
[22:28] <Deck> IF ONLY HE WERE A WOMAN
[22:29] <Shadow> We are professianals you know
[22:29] <Deck> IF YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING
[22:29] <DevDestructo> YEAH
[22:29] <DevDestructo> GOOD ONE DECK
[22:29] <@Prox> Anything can happen while you are in there, that defies logic and what not.
[22:29] <DevDestructo> ^5
[22:29] <Shadow> Cool
[22:29] <Deck> I'd want me some of that simulation stimulation
[22:29] <Shadow> So its like the Matrix?
[22:29] <@Prox> pardon?
[22:30] <Shadow> nevermind
[22:30] <Deck> No man, the Matrix has robots
[22:30] <DevDestructo> ROBOTSSS
[22:30] <Shadow> Just shut it
[22:30] <@Prox> um, well.
[22:30] <Shadow> And listen to the suit
[22:30] <@Prox> could I have you all stand around the table, please.
[22:30] * Shadow does that
[22:30] * Deck stands on the table instead
[22:30] * DevDestructo stands there
[22:30] * Armature stands so hard
[22:30] <@Prox> good, good.
[22:30] <Armature> deck get your crotch outta my face
[22:31] <Deck> sorry
[22:31] <@Prox> +++
[22:31] <Shadow> Ew..
[22:31] <@Prox> You hear some switches clicking into place. The walls and the table fade until nothing is left but yourselves and endless black.
[22:31] <@Prox> A gray floor quickly slides beneath you. Grey walls, columns, and other structures appear out of nowhere and begin shifting about silently.
[22:31] <@Prox> You can hear an old pulley or wheel squeaking.
[22:32] <@Prox> The only immobile things are an array of grey columns and a grey staircase spiraling at an angle up to a grey platform.
[22:32] <@Prox> ---
[22:32] <DevDestructo> GREY.
[22:32] <Shadow> Holy.......
[22:32] <Deck> "Guns"
[22:32] <DevDestructo> There is a lot of grey here.
[22:32] <Deck> "Lots of Guns"
[22:32] <Armature> This. This is so cool.
[22:32] <@Prox> There are enormous clouds displaying various vivid images floating in the air.
[22:32] <Shadow> Its beatiful
[22:32] <@Prox> [should've sent a poet!]
[22:33] <DevDestructo> HELLO
[22:33] <Shadow> yeah
[22:33] <@Prox> suddenly, a grey column stretches out into a wall, soaring towards you.
[22:34] * Armature steps to side
[22:34] * Shadow dodges
[22:34] * DevDestructo runs
[22:34] * Deck just stands there
[22:34] <Armature> DECK NO
[22:34] * Shadow pulls Deck out of the way
[22:34] <DevDestructo> NOOOOOOOOOOO
[22:34] <@Prox> The wall passes very closely over Deck's head.
[22:34] <Deck> Come on guys, you know I gotta go against the flow sometimes
[22:34] <Shadow> Your a lucky little robot
[22:34] <@Prox> as it does so, he can hear a faint gramophone record playing somewhere.
[22:35] <@Prox> the squeaking sound continues also.
[22:35] <DevDestructo> IS THERE ANY ONE HERE
[22:35] <Shadow> Wtf is that music?
[22:35] <Deck> Are we gonna go up to the staircase ot wath?
[22:36] * Deck heads up the spiral staircase
[22:36] <@Prox> that's the spirit.
[22:36] * Shadow follows
[22:36] * Armature blrnts then follows
[22:36] <@Prox> With difficulty, you manage to climb the grey staircase. At the top you notice a heavy rope above you, attached to a pulley.
[22:36] <Shadow> This place doesnt seem so bad
[22:36] <@Prox> With every squeak of the pulley, the rope moves. Soon, a muttering man hanging by his feet from the rope is pulled near you.
[22:36] <Shadow> Expect that!
[22:36] <DevDestructo> Sir, are you alright?
[22:36] * Prox is now known as Wallace
[22:37] <Deck> Nobody expects him
[22:37] <Deck> He's obviously spanish
[22:37] <Armature> w-where grommit
[22:37] <@Wallace> hm, uh...
[22:37] <Shadow> Aint he that Mansion guy?
[22:37] <@Wallace> no, we've never invested in tinned food, no.
[22:37] <@Wallace> no, NO.
[22:37] <Deck> IT'S TIM ALLEN
[22:37] <Shadow> Huh???
[22:37] <Deck> OH GOD TIM
[22:37] <@Wallace> yes, NO.
[22:37] <DevDestructo> b
[22:37] <Shadow> Ok he's insane
[22:38] <DevDestructo> WHATS GOING ONNNNNNNNNN
[22:38] <@Wallace> hnh... fingerless gloves... hmm...
[22:38] * DevDestructo pulls a cord to a bomb on his chest, but it doesnt explode!
[22:38] <Shadow> Huh wha?
[22:38] <@Wallace> his head jerks sharply to the right, to face you.
[22:38] <Shadow> ............
[22:38] <@Wallace> a large cigar darts out of nowhere and lands in his mouth.
[22:38] <Armature> oh poppa
[22:38] <@Wallace> Hmm, myeah.
[22:38] <Shadow> H-H-HE........
[22:39] <@Wallace> How ahh ya?
[22:39] <@Wallace> How ya doin'?
[22:39] <Shadow> AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[22:39] <DevDestructo> Good.
[22:39] <Armature> Need a light?
[22:39] <@Wallace> please.
[22:39] <DevDestructo> Shadow, shut the hell up.
[22:39] * @Wallace holds out his cigar
[22:39] <Armature> >flamethrower
[22:39] <Shadow> Ok 1: Who are you
[22:39] * @Wallace puffs on it a bit
[22:39] <@Wallace> his head jerks again.
[22:40] <@Wallace> Looks like a double homicide, gov!
[22:40] <DevDestructo> Hes half insane.
[22:40] <Shadow> Ok?
[22:40] <@Wallace> his head jerks again, and he's the cigar puffer again.
[22:40] <DevDestructo> Duh.
[22:40] <DevDestructo> So, multiple personalitys?
[22:40] <@Wallace> So, you were sent here, hmm?
[22:40] <Shadow> Yeah why not
[22:40] <@Wallace> sent here by Mayor Donovan and his little gadget?
[22:41] <DevDestructo> Yep.
[22:41] <Shadow> Yep
[22:41] <Deck> What was the evidence at the crime scene of the homicide?
[22:41] <Shadow> Dont encourage him Deck
[22:41] <@Wallace> his cigar drops down to the platform.
[22:41] <Armature> Wait till he jerks again I'd say
[22:41] <@Wallace> Well, the word "Rache" is written on the wall up here in blood.
[22:41] <Deck> I dunno, I like him
[22:41] <DevDestructo> I hope his personalitys are like Killer 7.
[22:41] <Armature> [Ok, I'm freaked out]
[22:41] * Shadow picks up cigar and hands it to Wallace
[22:41] <DevDestructo> That game kicked all kinds of ass.
[22:42] <Deck> Do the victims have anything in common?
[22:42] <@Wallace> Yeah, they were brother and sister.
[22:42] <DevDestructo> Woah.
[22:42] <@Wallace> their father was a big man down there in South Africa.
[22:43] <@Wallace> led a lot of expeditions.
[22:43] <@Wallace> made a lot of money.
[22:43] <@Wallace> not to mention enemies, heh.
[22:43] <DevDestructo> Hey, jobs a job.
[22:43] <Shadow> Ok hold it. 1: Who are you exactly? 2: what are you doing here
[22:43] <DevDestructo> Guess you get that shit when youre rich.
[22:43] <DevDestructo> The green eyed monster.
[22:43] <@Wallace> Me? I'm not sure who I am.
[22:44] <Shadow> Good enough.......
[22:44] <DevDestructo> So, are you like Killer 7?
[22:44] <DevDestructo> That game kicked all kinds of ass.
[22:44] <@Wallace> Fraid not.
[22:44] <DevDestructo> Dawwwwwww
[22:44] <@Wallace> This is an interesting conversation, though.
[22:44] <Deck> So this plain of mentality, how flexible is it?
[22:44] <@Wallace> Oh, very.
[22:44] <DevDestructo> make a puppy.
[22:44] <Shadow> Enough to fly?
[22:45] <@Wallace> a regular human's mind would be flexible enough.
[22:45] <DevDestructo> Just for a test, y'know.
[22:45] <@Wallace> but this man's different.
[22:45] * Deck bends over and plunges his hands into the floor as if it were frosting
[22:45] <DevDestructo> So, a puppy, with a gun?
[22:45] <Shadow> Is he...... you know crazy
[22:45] <@Wallace> all of a sudden, Wallace is standing upright.
[22:45] <Shadow> HUH!
[22:45] <DevDestructo> Not too crazy.
[22:45] * Armature has been standing there, tapping chin
[22:46] <@Wallace> So, wasn't there something you had to ask me?
[22:46] <DevDestructo> If I were to think somethong, right now, would I be able to do it?
[22:46] <Shadow> Yeah
[22:46] <Shadow> What are you doing here
[22:46] <@Wallace> Oh, my dear little mortal.
[22:46] <Shadow> kinda out of place for a detective dont ya think
[22:46] <@Wallace> you worry too much about me!
[22:46] <@Wallace> You were obviously sent here for a reason.
[22:46] * DevDestructo thinks about flying.
[22:47] <Shadow> Yeah true
[22:47] <Shadow> We are here looking for some kind of barrier
[22:47] <Deck> Oh Dev, flying is so cliche'
[22:47] <@Wallace> nothing happens, btw.
[22:47] <@Wallace> Barrier? right.
[22:47] <@Wallace> you must mean that.
[22:47] <Deck> I wasn't listening
[22:47] <DevDestructo> FINE
[22:48] <Deck> Something about a nervous barrier
[22:48] * @Wallace points over to a huge black wall of fuzzy material
[22:48] <Shadow> Yeah
[22:48] * Shadow looks up
[22:48] <Shadow> HOLY..........
[22:48] <DevDestructo> can i touch it
[22:48] <Shadow> I wouldnt do that
[22:48] <DevDestructo> I WASNT ASKIN YOU
[22:48] * @Wallace twitches, and falls to the floor.
[22:48] <DevDestructo> slap
[22:49] <Shadow> So we have to break THAT
[22:49] * Armature has quit IRC (Quit: RAWR, I AM A BEAR! WITH BEAR POWERS!)
