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...
> "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...
>
> 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.
> ***
> 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...
> 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...
> "Is that ... girl... dressed up like GOKU-SAN??" Bulma gasped.
I'm having flashbacks now of a certain AMV I saw set to a certain Rocky
Horror Picture Show song...
> "Well," I said with a grin, "that's ONE way to make sure congoers take
> a bath. Good work," I said to Ed as he rejoined us. "One challenge
> down. The next's likely to be a bit harder, so we'd better get back and
> get ready."
>
> Ed gave a snort. "It had BETTER be harder. This one was beneath our
> talents. Stupid terrorists, same in all universes."
And... you pass.
>
> ***
> 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...
> "This looks even less challenging than the first one." Bulma said.
>
> I shook myself out of the hypnotized stare. Keiichi, fortunately, was
> obviously long used to this reaction from other guys to the Goddess --
> literally -- that accompanied him. "Don't be misled by appearances." I
> said, and bowed deeply over Belldandy's hand. "This is the Goddess
> Belldandy, and the most fortunate man in the universe, Keiichi
> Morisato. Yeah, THEY aren't the threat -- although you REALLY wouldn't
> want to get into a throwdown with Bell-sama if she got mad -- but I'll
> bet they've brought a threat WITH them somehow."
Hmm... Belldandy not the threat... hmm... another idea for a future
challenge... would take some serious brainwashing... maybe a little...
> 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...
> "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.
> ******
> CHALLENGE THREE:
>
> ******
> "I know it's bad, but I have to find out what the hell he was talking
> about with that ship. Remember, unless he's lying -- and I don't think
> he was -- this really is MY WORLD that's about to get screwed.
I now have visions of Spider-Carnage channelling Tony Mantegna from the
movie Scarface...
> 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.
> They've crossed Nihongo-Spidey with Marvel-Spidey."
Now, with more aliens!
> "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...
> "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?"
> 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.
