Bill Martin wrote:
> On 2007-01-14 14:47:58 -0600, Sea Wasp
>
sgeobviousinc.com> said:
> >> As with my Team Returning Munchkins, these three took on all three
>> challenges:
>>
>> *******
>>
>>
>> The Gateway Device chimed, and a triple flash announced the
>> arrival of my team. I stepped forward. "Terribly sorry for the
>> inconvenience."
>
>
> And I am terribly sorry for the delay... busy week and all so far...
No problemo... It was a fun challenge!
>
>> "If I could have gotten both of you at once, I assure you I would
>> have. But first I can promise you this: you are here only for one
>> week, and at the end of that week you will return to whence you came,
>> precisely at the moment that you left -- missing from your worlds for,
>> perhaps, a second or two, no more."
>
>
> You could've gotten Al... in place of Bulma or Honey...
Sorry, Al. But I think Al would understand the choice.
>
>>
>> Bulma had been studying the Gateway device. "That's... seriously
>> advanced technology. Amazing."
>
>
> I try... modified Rob & Blade's design a little to add a few tweaks here
> and there.
Now if only I could keep it between Challenges...
>
>> ***
>> Easy Challenge
>> ***
>>
>> "This ... doesn't quite seem as grand a challenge as I envisioned
>> from your speech." Honey said finally.
>
>
> *snicker*
>
>> I shrugged. "Hey, as I said, they cover the gamut. This one does
>> have some challenging aspects, depending on what group of assistants
>> you pick."
>
>
> True. Certain assistants would only make it worse...
Team Overkill: Lina Inverse, Vegita-sama, and Tetsuo.
>
>> Ed suddenly leaned forward, eyes bugging out. "Gott in himmel..."
>>
>> I looked, already guessing what he was staring at. Sure enough,
>> the news footage had panned across a crowd that contained a bunch of
>> FMA cosplayers, including three female Edward Elrics, two Envys, one
>> fat Roy Mustang, and some lunatic who lacked the proper body shape but
>> had the proper mass trying to pose like Armstrong.
>
>
> You forgot the cardboard version of Al...
The GIRLED cardboard version of Al...
>>
>> Ed gave a snort. "It had BETTER be harder. This one was beneath
>> our talents. Stupid terrorists, same in all universes."
>
>
> And... you pass.
I think that ALL the teams I've proposed in the past years would have
passed THAT one. Though at least one of them would probably have had
significant collateral damage.
>
>>
>> ***
>> Medium Challenge
>>
>> ***
>> "Hey, Herr Wasp!" Ed called from the living room. "That Gateway
>> device shouldn't be doing anything right now, should it?"
>>
>> "INCOMING!" I shouted to the others as I sprinted for the living
>> room. White light blanked out everything for a moment, and I blinked
>> desperately to see...
>>
>> ...Something a lot more beautiful than I'd expected.
>
>
> So noted for a future challenge...
ISTR a prior challenge using the Gateway Device to bring in something
else.
> Hmm... Belldandy not the threat... hmm... another idea for a future
> challenge... would take some serious brainwashing... maybe a little...
You blasphemer! The very thought is not to be borne!
>
>> That had to be the low point of this year's challenges; with one
>> of the greatest technologists of anime at my (temporary) command, with
>> a master alchemist waiting to go into action, with one of the greatest
>> (and most curvaceous) heroines in history at my side...
>>
>> ... I had to drive them all to the potential scene of battle in
>> the family minivan.
>
>
> Could be worse... VW Bus, complete with Flower Power tie-dye paint job...
Well, that would have a sort of cool-retro appeal. Not to mention the
potential for Scooby-Doo references. (unfortunately, THIS team really
doesn't have actual kids in it. Now, if I'd chosen, say, Saints and
Samurai Troopers...)
>
>> "I don't think they'd keep working after I left." Bulma said. "And
>> you can't afford to buy them, anyway."
>
>
> They wouldn't.
>
> And with that... you pass.
>
Sweeet!
>
>> It's not just a game any more." I typed in "leopardon" to Google.
>> "Carnage never had a ship and neither did Spi... Oh, that's totally
>> fucked up. The gods of the Challenge have gone nuts.
>
>
> I'm reminded of another movie... The Gods Must Be Crazy.
I thought that was your inspiration! :)
>
>> They've crossed Nihongo-Spidey with Marvel-Spidey."
>
>
> Now, with more aliens!
But wait, there's more! If you order right now, you also get,
absolutely free of charge, this Giant Transforming Robot!!!
>
>> "What's the backup plan?" Ed asked.
>
>
> Bend over, put your head between your legs, and kiss your butt goodbye.
>
>> (if Spider-Carnage had any idea what kinds of monsters Go Nagai had
>> come up with, of course, it would have realized it was practically a
>> G-rated threat)
>
>
> Eh, more of a PG... His threats of impaling her on long things and his
> bloodlust that makes him launch into an orgy of violence...
Still, certainly nothing on the level of what a Go Nagai character
expects to encounter on even an off-day.
>
>> "Who's the shrimp?"
>>
>> "*SHRIMP*?" Ed snarled. "Are you saying I'm SHORT?"
>>
>> "Ever look in a dictionary, pipsqueak? Your picture's right next
>> to the definition of sh... HOLY--"
>
>
> Carnage's alternative lines...
>
> "Yeah, what are you gonna do about it, jump up and kick me in the shin?"
> "I'm saying you don't need to bend to go under a limbo pole."
> "You're so short, you couldn't leap over a matchstick in a single bound."
> "I'm sorry, is your dad around to put that into words you understand,
> little boy?"
If he'd managed ALL of those, Ed would have changed the plan to
"Disintegrate" rather than "capture".
>
>> The light faded, and I was standing in light freezing rain in my yard,
>> where Capsule #1 had just stood.
>>
>> But I felt great.
>
>
> And... you pass.
Whee!
