Log started: 10/16/02 10:37:33 PM Eurasia - Skydeck A park resides at the top of this station, which is as open to space as any place can get. Massive transparisteel windows cover this area, and pleasant grass and trees are maintained by careful gardening staff. It's very pretty, and not as dark as one might expect for a place that's exposed to space. Shield [Hired_muscle] [MH] Napalm Man [RM] Crash Man [Civ] [RM] Puma Janes Zero [Red Armor] [MH] Gemini Man [Normal] [RM] Jet Stingray [RF] Beat [MH] Rush [Rush] [MH] Rock [Casual2] [MH] Cacophony Timberwolf [Casual] [MH] Kalinka [Formal] [MH] Bowie [Unarmored] [MH] Magma Dragoon [Disguise] [MH] Dr. Cossack [MH] Harmony [RF] Picnic Articles GenGen Grill Selene Chantrell Lift Down leads to Eurasia - Empire Central Square. Bowie rummages. Surely there's a Mountain Dew in here somewhere....a-ha. Trapped beneath the ice in the corner is one last can. At least the last can until someone restocks the cooler. Satisfied, he picks up a cola for himself and heads back to the table. You will now hear messages on channel . You will now hear messages on channel . Selene Chantrell wanders after Jet, rolling her eyes at Gemini and Judy's antics, "I'd ask a rather scathing question, but I'm enjoying myself too much to. Have fun and be nice, kids." The condescending tone of a mother to a pair of preschoolers is a rather nice touch. Crash Man takes his girl off with the food, and finds a nice place to check the action....the rest...we'll see. The night is young. Rush woofs companionably, chewing away on the leg as he hunkers down on the floor to munch away. At least this is normal for him, since he's more dog-minded than Caco is. He can't walk on two legs, after all. Rock picks up a few tidbits here and there, but he's not particularly hungry. He needs to relax - he was hoping to tonight, but... it's not all bad being around a lot of good people, and even some bad. It'll teach him tolerance - hah, as if he needs lessons in that! Beat crunches away on the carrot happily, wings fluttering slightly as he hops off of Harmony's shoulder and lands on the table. Harmony nods politely to Bowie, remembering him from earlier today. Such interesting clothes! When Beat finishes the baby carrot she gave him, she puts the finishing touches on her plate. "Well, good, I'm glad you're keeping cool about it. The best thing to do is deprive them of the attention they want." she nods, with another sweet smile. "Besides, we can always make fun of them later. No reason you can't have any fun just because of a few jerks." Cacophony Timberwolf is just quirky like that. She may not be as dog minded as Rush, but she's definately not the sanest bush on the lot, either. She's content to munch right along with him, wondering why no one else is, Napalm's cooking is good! Then again, she'd probably eat the departed banshee's cooking and think it was 'good'. At least she's not licking herself in public or something embarassing like that... Kalinka takes the soda from Bowie with a grateful smile. "Thank you, dear...hm. I may have some party music to play, too, come to think of it. Let me see what I may have in my things." She opens her purse, and begins rummaging through it. Finally, she produces a tiny music disc. "Kael gave this to me for my birthday...it has EVERYTHING on it..." Zero has disconnected. Air Man arrives from the Eurasia - Empire Central Square. Air Man has arrived. Jet Stingray merely pulls out five mini-CDs from a holding case in his Batman-wannbe belt. The three that the labels can be seen are have 'Techno/Rave', 'Rocking Orcs' - a popstarish band about five years out that had a couple of decent albums, and 'Heavy' something... Jet's hand covers what is likely 'Metal'. There are two more that are there, but Jet keeps them to a back. As he shows them to the girl, he offers coolily to Gemini one simple response, "Okay, maybe I should have been more specific. You couldn't get a girl that wasn't made by Wily. I could have my creators make me a hot reploid femme who worshipped the ground I walked on, but that would be uncool on so many levels. The Stingray of Love doesn't play like that." He nods to Selene as a support thing more than anything else. Bowie grins at Kalinka, "Yer Welcome, sunshine." the Repliforce racing Stingray gets a wave and smile now that he has a hand free. "Evenin, Jet." Not wanting to get too involved in music selection (seeing as bluegrass is more his thing), he retakes his seat next to the sunny Cossack. The wind seems to pick up in speed, but is merely a coincidence when Air Man arrives. The massive fan in his chassis seems to be off, and his optics are set in a perpetual frown to accompany the grimace his 'mouth' is frozen in. His boots stomp into the grass with every step as he carries himself closer and closer to the barbecue. Gemini Man One coughs, after Selene's abrupt tone, Jet's little 'life lesson.' "The little you know," he says, huffing at Jet... "This one picked me WILLINGLY." Judy rubs him on the shoulder a bit. "And...unlike most of the girls YOU seem to drag around, I get to keep her for good." The twin grins at Jet. "What are you up to, now, your tenth 'relationship'?" Judy chuckles, and says, as if an aside to Selene, "You don't want this one, honey. He's damaged goods." The second Gemini Man is the one that bothers to follow where Bowie was heading, after he looks up from his plate of food. Ick. Kalinka. "HI, KALINKA!" he yells at her. "Still stupid?!" Napalm Man walks over to Gemini and nods a hello "Great, now that I have a Joe in charge of the grill, I can mingle." Napalm munches on a pig's leg, a loud FWOOMPH is heard and a large flash of light floods the entire park area. A screaming Joe runs by, arms flailing and very much on fire. Napalm slaps his forehead and fires a grenade at it, sending bits of Joe everywhere. He mutters something about 'Idiots' and then runs back over to the grill, stomping out various fires in the area. Nap walks back over to Gemini. "Anyway, how have you been?" Rock chuckles a little at Harmony. "Hey, can't let it get to me, right? They'll always be around to crash a party if there's one around." He seems at ease as he nibbles on a cracker with something smeared on top - it's kind of hard to tell if it's peanut butter or liverwurst. "You're new to Repliforce, aren't you?" he asks, trying to make conversation. Beat seems to be a little bored now, and hops towards the salad bowl curiously. Rush rips off another chunk of meat before snarfling it down in a snapping of his jaws. That dog is going to be so sick tonight. Selene Chantrell smirks faintly, frost in her eyes as she replies to Judy, "That would be why I'm leaving him to you, hon. I prefer men who don't need two of themselves to equal a whole person." With that she turns back to Jet and Kalinka, sipping her soda. Kalinka peruses Jet's music. "Hmm...oh, I do like these guys...this one is cool, too...yes, very cool! Um, but I do feel like hearing one song, in particular. And it is on my disc..." She giggles, popping her music disc into the player. Gemini gets...a glare? An angry, cursing retort? The Finger?! Why, NO! He gets none of these. In fact, Kalinka doesn't even give him the courtesy of acknowledging his existance! It's as if he didn't exist at all. There's no reaction whatsoever. Kalinka's learned (or is learning) that this may, in fact, be the only way to deal with her eternal tormentors. "Hey, Bowie! Do you know how to salsa? And I do not mean the sauce, I mean the dance," Kalinka giggles. Over the bluegrass music, there is a roaring demand. The source of the noise comes from the oversized air conditioner who pumps both turret arm and humanoid one in the air. "I am hungry, I want to eat something medium-well!" To the point, yes, but terribly unnecessary. There is a line that leads to the desired items, after all. Harmony puts a tomatoe slice on Beat's head. "Yeah, pretty new. I've already had my run ins, it really doesn't take long until you get worn in." she grins, shrugging. "At least I haven't gotten in trouble yet." There, her plate is now full of lots of goodies to munch on! Probably won't finish it all, but it's there to eat. "I don't think I have to ask you how long you've been around.." Snake Man arrives from the Eurasia - Empire Central Square. Snake Man has arrived. Jet Stingray steps a bit forward to Gemini, the 'damaged goods' bit hitting a little harder than Jet would like. "Yeah... Of course she would choose you. Considering that you are the closest thing to human and that she didn't likely have a chance to meet Crash or Ballade. Yeah, let me thing about that one. A dude with no nose or a walking lighter? Yeah, talk about great picks in men there." Bowie follows Kalinka's example, pretending that Gemini does not exist, let alone trying to get Kali's dander open. He fiddles with the pop tab of his soda, almost yanking it off as she mentions dancing. "The salsa?" he echoes. "Ah'm not much a dancer..." he admits sheepishly. Shield continues to wander the party, a nomad of the social scene, it seems. He's not quite sure who to talk to really, at least not until he spots a certain mushroom girl. Mindful of at least the theory of social niceties, Shield decides to go over to Selene to say hello. "Ma'am," he says politely once he reaches her, attempting to catch her attention. Gemini Man sends a radio transmission to Kalinka. Kalinka receives a radio transmission from Gemini Man. Crash Man grins, drinking something he brought himself as he kicks back, his mystery date giving him a backrub. Snake Man enters from the central square, not making a scene upon his arrival. He looks for a good vantage point to scan the crowd. Spotting a tree that happens to be near Rock, he climbs to the top in an instant, poking his head out of the foliage to take stock of just who's here. Kalinka sends a radio transmission. Gemini Man receives a radio transmission. Gemini Man Number Two is ignored. Well...so be that... he's now on his radio, popping off one message, then fretting about a second. His catgirl date--oh, that's Julie, by the way--looks concerned about him. Gemini Two looks VERY nervous all of the sudden. The first Gemini seems to be handling a bit better, as he's still trading conversation with Jet. He grins wickedly at the 'Ray... "We're closer to human than you could IMAGINE," he says, with a low voice. Judy gives a somewhat heavy sigh. Gemini Man sends a radio transmission to Kalinka. Kalinka receives a radio transmission from Gemini Man. Kalinka chuckles at Bowie's reaction. "You are not dancer, hm? Well, that is okay..." She pops in 'Cuban Pete', and begins bopping around cheerfully. "I will not make you dance." Air Man is the one gentleman at a party who makes no time for seconds; in other words, he tries to get it all in the first time. Scores of burger in buns are shoved into his 'maw,' chased with potato chips and a salad of the same plant origin. Once he is near brimming, a blue plate covers the opening so that the fan can destroy the solid food items and send them into appropriate fuel conversion chambers. Meanwhile, he stacks two plates with more food of the same make and snags not one but two bottles of libations. With the plate in the crook of his humanoid arm and the bottles carried in the turret arm's elbow, he heads in the direction of Crash Man. Beat blinks, staring around the room as he feels something on his head... the heck? The little bird tries to look up - he's smart, but not THAT smart - and see what's wet and vegetable smelling and on his head. Rock chuckles slightly, dusting off his fingers. "Oh, I've been around a little while," he says with a little grin. Sometimes he forgets how old he is, and yet how relatively young he is, too. Snake Man isn't noticed yet, not by anyone of his trio - Rush has finally given up gnawing away on the massive side of beef, groaning slightly and laying on his side. Kalinka sends a radio transmission to Gemini Man. Gemini Man receives a radio transmission from Kalinka. Cacophony Timberwolf is continuing to scarf and stuff, being semi-idle at the moment Selene Chantrell smiles to Shield, "Hello there. Having a good time?" She notes Snake Man climbing up a tree, and sends a random chef taking a breather over to invite him down for food. The fact that he's trying to stay out of the way alone is enough for her to like him most out of the bunch visiting... with exception of Napalm, who is very entertaining. A light quip to the extent of, "So very poor performing in bed and of the belief that he's a god?" is directed at Judy after Gemini One's boast of being closer to human than Jet could imagine. Gemini Man Two responds to Napalm Man.... He DOES sound nervous. "We are...we're fine. Absolutely fine." Bowie continues to ignore the twins and their *ahem* dates. He breathes a small sigh of relief at not being pressured into dancing. "Thankee. Ah've never been good at it," he explains, "An Ah'd hate t'step on yer feet." Michael Eildath has connected. Michael Eildath enters the Eurasia - Empire Central Square. Michael Eildath has left. Snake Man is moste interested in Beat at the moment. And you can bet it's not to engauge in conversation, either. He sits tight on his branch, and waits. Spotting Gemini not too far away, he's torn as to what to go for first: entertainment or dinner? He resolves to wait to see which one becomes available first. Dr. Cossack has left. Dr. Cossack has arrived. Harmony grins at Beat, and then peers curiously over at Rush. "..mmn. Rock, is your dog alright? I think he ate too much.." she says, wondering how something of that size really could eat all of that. "I might as well sit and eat some of this, you don't have to follow." she smiles, turning to walk a short distance to a free spot. Though, on the way, she sees Crash Man's feet are kicked up. Oh? 'Accidentally' kicking them off as she walks by, she pouts a little and lifts a shoulder. "/Oops/, sorry dear." she says apologetically.. and then just kind of rams into his chair as she continues on. That's probably not the best question to ask Shield in situations like these, since the answer is almost a guaranteed No. However, Shield doesn't want her to take it personally, but as lying is difficult, he simply resolves to ignore the question. Instead he answers with, "I came by to thank you for your efforts in hosting this event." Yes, that sounds much more polite than replying that he enjoys being shot at more than attending parties. Jet Stingray just doesn't say anything much, merely clenching his fist to show how he is taking this. "Like I want to be human. I'm not some wooden puppet wanting to be a real boy here. I'm a reploid, and darn proud of it. It might not be an easy life, but it's the best and only one I know." Since Kalinka already put in her music, Jet idly puts away the mini-discs. Kalinka smirks at something...then, she turns up a little bit of Tito Puente...for all of her Eastern blood, she sure has a love for Latin culture! "Here. I will show you..." She gives Bowie a rather entertaining run-down of salsa dancing, step-by-step. She isn't a bad dancer; like any teenage girl, she gets out a lot (whether she's allowed to or not). Gemini Man One laughs slightly at Selene, and then shoves his way past. "I'll tell you, girl, we're a lot better than your wannabe FISH over there. He wouldn't know what to do with a girl in bed if you explained it CAREFULLY." Judy passes by second, giving Selene a quick wink and a grin of cat-teeth. "Not-sconfidentially," she says... "He's AMAZING." A purring sound, as she turns away to follow Gemini. Air Man watches the kicking and general abuse of Crash Man as he stands close by to the latter, stuffing more food into the center of his torso where the fan blades are. His optics narrowing in displeasure, he points a turret and says aloud, "You are a klutz in purple!" Observant. Really. Rock doesn't follow - that might look bad. "I beter go check on him," he remarks as he moves for his dog, who is currently very, very full. Beat, meanwhile, manages to shake the tomato from his head, and flutter after Rock, twittering mockingly at Rush. the bird teases the dog, who only groans in reply. The Hunter kneels down, petting his dog's head. "It's all right, Rush. Should we go home so you can rest?" Crash Man grumbles as the Ribs get popped into his lap, but snorts it off. "I don't need some playa-hatin' crazy to ruin my day. I'm just gonna stand up, and walk on out of here." Selene Chantrell shakes her head and chuckles, "This from the girl who is sleeping with a wannabe Pinocchio." She lays a hand on Jet's shoulder, "Leave him and his toy to play their games, Jet. Better to be a reploid who gets dumped occasionally than an android who builds his own dates because he's afraid of rejection." She smiles as she watches Kalinka teaching Bowie how to dance, and politely curtsies to Shield, "Thank you. It's not much, but it seems to be going well." Bowie receives a dance demonstration, courtesy of Kalinka. After a moment or two, he sets down his soda and gets back on his feet. It /looks/ simple enough. The Texan does his best to mimic her moves, watching her first before trying to repeat them. It's a bit like her recent attempt at teaching him ice skating. Crash Man has left. Gauss Coyote has connected. Harmony pops up next to Jet, elbowing him lightly. So he's next to a table, might as well say hello to the poor dork. "Hey, Jet. Thought you'd be here." she smiles faintly, taking a seat near the group to start eating. "How come you're not mackin' with the ladies?" she teases, munching on her dinner. Kalinka has disconnected. Snake Man's tail unwraps from around the branch, but he makes no other indication that he's preparing for an attack... Until he launches himself through the air, straight at Gemini. If he lands, great. If not, then he'll probably still scare the bejeezus out of him. It's a win-win situation... The area is suddenly swarmed with local police, who make it clear this is a No Combat area. Snake Man has left. Jet Stingray merely spreads his feet apart a bit and bends his knees... Getting into his famed combat stance. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't tear him up right here, right...." he pauses at Selene's touch and words and just nods to her. "I guess so." Looking over to Harmony, he offers, "I usually do that when the music and dancing get going... Besides, Gemini Man totally threw me off my groove with that date of his. 'Damaged Goods', my aft." Signas arrives from the Eurasia - Empire Central Square. Signas has arrived. Prismatic Spider arrives from the Eurasia - Empire Central Square. Prismatic Spider has arrived. Snake Man has arrived. Harmony frowns a little. "Sorry, Jet. Don't get too riled up, or anything. This is supposed to be fun!" she smiles, munching on a brownie. "Even I'm having a good time, so I can't see any reason why you shouldn't be dancing on the tables, or something." she snickers. Funny mental images.. Gemini Man isn't pounced ON, as much as pounced in FRONT of....but it's enough to make him jump backwards a good long distance, with a yelp. Ironically, Judy, somewhat braver in this situation, provides for him a shield, letting him stand behind her. The second Gemini turns and BOLTS as if the devil himself were after him. Julie shouts out with a cry of "Hey, wait up!" and tries to run to follow him. Selene Chantrell breaks out in a fit of giggling and aims Jet at Gemini Man, grinning, "You're worried about a comment by someone who is hiding behind his own girlfriend? Some 'real man' he is." Napalm Man has disconnected. With the drastic disproportion of familiar brethren to unfamiliar foes, Air Man settles down in the chair Crash Man had abandoned. Lonely? Perhaps. But that is why the Master has brought two bottles of libations for himself. For entertainment's sake, he summons up a fourteen-inch tall tornado which displaces the dirt in his immediate area with pinpoint precision. Bowie wanders off to a less congested corner of the barbecue/picnic, learning to dance under Kalinka's tutelidge. Hopefully, he won't accidently step on her toes too many times... Jet Stingray nods to Harmony and Selene with a sigh. "I'm trying... Though even uncool morons can have a point sometimes," he offers, the last part softer and most likely to himself. He blinks to the music and hrms. "I guess is the time for the ray to shine..." Announcement: Reminder: Please check +orders and bboards 2 and 3 often for important MUSH information. Bowie has disconnected. Snake Man lands on all fours in front of Gemini, and gives him a hissing chuckle, "Jussst trying to keep you on your toesss." Then he sits up a bit, as he spots the other object of his attention only a few feet away. Suddenly he makes a lunge, knocking the bright blue spherical bird out of the air. Beat lands on the floor with a clunk and a startled cheep, before the serpent grabs a wing in his teeth, and darts through the legs of the crowd. Prismatic Spider steps out of the lift onto the Skydeck, clad in all his, er... belabcoated glory. His eyes scan the rather impressive crowd as he enters the party-fray... His eyes note he presence of Selene easily as she berates Gemini Man. He draws up beside Selene, nodding in greetings to her. "Impressive turnout tonight. Looks like everyone likes our cooking." Julie comes stomping away from the gravlift, back to the picnic area. She looks distinctly unhappy, and glares directly at Snake Man, putting her hands on her hips. Gemini Man--the only Gemini Man here, self-preservation having activated under the 'emergency'--shuts his eyes, and turns his back to Judy....trying to calm himself by not LOOKING at Snake. (Oh...god...how embarassing...I hope nobody saw me do that...)Oo "He's GONE," Judy says, turning and looking over her shoulder at Gemini. "Not gone enough," Gemini mutters. Prismatic Spider has stared at you! Huzzah! Rock has just looked up from his gluttonous canine in time to see a green blur streak across and grab... "BEAT!" the Hunter Commander exclaims in horror before leaving Rush's side to race after Snake Man, scrambling to his feet in record time and taking off after the scaley Master. "Oh no you don't. GET BACK HERE!" To his credit, the Cossack bird goes nuts, flapping and struggling furiously, and making quite a racket.