Kanna OOCly says, "YES."

Kanna OOCly says, "and wake up the next morning, eat breakfast, write in
the diary, and try to figure wtf to do next."

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You wake up, you eat breakfast, you write in your diary, and you try to
figure wtf to do next.  So...? :)

Kanna ... is going to get her gear, trump to Shalomar, and try to see if
Ruka's there.

You land in the yards.  The place seems to be in a frenzy, with people
running everywhere.  Some frenzied shipbuilding is going on in the yards,
wizards are throwing up spells, and everything is generally a mess.

Kanna stares.

Kanna . o O (Oh -shit-... either trying to deal with the Bloc, or the
Ashante Crisis...) She rubs her brow in frustration, and starts trying to
seek Ruka in the offices.

Officers are everywhere, shouting orders.

Kanna keeps her ears open to try and figure out what the Crisis Du Jour
is.

You find Ruka's office.  People are running in and out, getting orders,
delivering reports, hustle, hustle.  You have the impression that they're
preparing for possible attack.

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You page, "*sigh* ... so much for vacation, I suspect... -.-;;;" to
Chris.

Chris pages, "Hm? What happened?" to you.

You page, "The base is on full alert and prepping for attack. -.-;" to
Chris.

Chris pages, "... yay." to you.

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Kanna keeps out of the way of the hustling folks, trying to see if a
breathing room spot occurs.

You wait a long while.  Ruka notices you and gives you a smile, but is too
busy to do more than that.  Finally, things seem to slow down a bit, and
there's no one running in or out.  "Hello," he says, smiling at you.

Kanna smiles faintly back, and then finally enters when the rush ceases.
 "Hi there, Ruka... something's hit the fan, I suspect?" she says... and
her general expression and bearing is the same as that she had on the
evening of Marches... of extreme emotional fatigue and need for
reassurance, though she covers it up a bit given the business of the day.

Ruka nods.  "Yes, it is.  The Southern fleet was crushed, and the
Northern fleet is busy with the Sea Peoples, and so we're trying to
boost security and get more ships built as fast as we can, since if the
Galicians are smart, they'll try to trash the bases next."

He pulls you out a chair.  "So how was the trip to Chaos?"

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The_Prof pages, "...argh. :(" to you.

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Kanna mmms and nods.  "I figured it was going to be something like that.
 I'd heard about the Southern fleet getting stomped yesterday... and I
talked with my mother about some things.  Ember's got to keep its fleet up
in the usual place... but she's given me permission to tap some family
resources to help with this and... other things."

Ruka says, "We'd be very appreciative."

Then a horde of seekers of his attention descend, and you end up waiting
half an hour before the tide finally goes out again.  He sighs.  "Sorry
about that.  It's a busy day."

Kanna sags into the chair, thankfully.  She then -stares- at the horde as
it surges again.  "Er.  Um... right.  Where was I ... Oh, it was -fine-,
save for sis and the Logrus throwing down for a stupid Steel Cage Grudge
Match and causing severe emotinal trauma in the process... pyricorn and
serpent, Ruka, I need a vacation...."

Kanna says, "Which is part of why I was coming here, but given... all
-that-..." She looks suspiciously at the door again, to make sure she
wouldn't be interrupted.

Kanna asks, "If I -can- get the ships really fast, where would you want
them to be deposited?"

Ruka says, "We'd need them right here."  He moves around to try and rub
your shoulders some.  "A vacation.  That would be nice, but I'm not going
anywhere until this whole mess is settled."  He shakes his head. "Kozue is
going to rub this in Saionji's face."  He sighs.  "So the Logrus and
Gabrielle had a 'Cage Match'?  What is that?"

And then a horde of more work descends on him.

Yet more time passes, and then the tide clears.

Kanna mrrrrs at the shoulder rub, and leans back into his hands.  She
groans at the interruption, and then finally gets a chance to speak.
"Hell, I know... I can't exactly afford a normal-time vacation... I was
thinking you, me, some places I know in Fast-time... mebby Lian and Thopan
too..."  She hehs a bit.  "And just making sure, as I wouldn't want to
freak out the base with a horde of ships trumping in."

Kanna says, "And a Cage match is two people wrestling in a giant
cube-shaped cage."

Ruka says, "I really shouldn't go anywhere, even for something that
should in theory, only last a little while, until we're sure nothing's
going to happen.  As the second law of nature says the pot only explodes
when you go to the bathroom."  He sighs, then rubs your shoulders some
more, saying, "Well, appear right outside the base.  We'll expect you to
be coming, so it shouldn't be a problem.  I'd be really appreciative."

Kanna nods.  "Right, right.  There is that, yes." She smiles slightly,
reaches up, and squeezes Ruka's hand.  "In a day or so, then, perhaps...
or later, depending on how things go." She hrms, thoughtfully.  "... you
wouldn't mind it if I turned up on your doorstep tonight, though?" She
blushes.

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You page, "Oh, what's Juri's Isles of Avalon flag?" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Hmm.  A sword and a quill pen crossed." to you.

You page, "*nod* Sounds about right." to Akemi.

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Kanna then looks thoughtful, and snags a blank piece of paper and a pen.
 She sketches on it, quickly.  "The ships I provide, if I manage to
convince the right people, will be flying this flag."  Her lips quirk
upwards again.  "That is, if I manage to be persuasive enough."

Ruka smiles.  "I would be happy to have you, Kanna dear."  He kisses
your cheek.  "I hope your day today is better than your day yesterday."

Kanna draws a flag with a sword and a quill pen crossed.

Kanna blushes, and turns her head so it becomes a true kiss.

Kanna then parts their lips, reluctantly.  "Dear Captain, I'm talking with
you right now, how could it -not- be better?"

Kanna blushes, and winks.

Another sailor walks in and stares at both of you.

Kanna arches an eyebrow at the sailor.  "Hmmmmmm?"

The Sailor says, "The timber shipment arrived, sir."

Ruka says, "Good, have it put in the shipyards."

He nods.  "Yes, sir."  The sailor salutes and leaves.

Ruka sighs.  "We'd best talk tonight, when we won't be interrupted."

Kanna nods, and gets up.  "I somewhat figured."  She quirks a smile, and
then gives him a quick hug.  "Talk later, get things done first."

Kanna says, "Later, Ruka..."

He kisses you farewell.  "Until tonight, dear Kanna."

Kanna says, "Tonight, dear Ruka..." she blushes, returning the kiss, and
then slips out before she gets innundated by another tidal wave of naval
people.

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John asks, "OOC Where to next?"

Kanna OOCly says, "Okay, check the time on me watch, see how much time
being innundated by naval folks ate up since breakfast."

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It's now about 10:30 AM.

Wasyuu is trumping you.

Kanna blinks at that.

Kanna accepts the Trump.  "Dr. Wasyuu?"

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The_Prof pages, "Ahhh, rescue time, I'm guessing." to you.

You page, "Whooboy." to The_Prof.

You page, "And here I was about to head to the Isles of Avalon to get
ships on their way." to The_Prof.

The_Prof pages, "Hopefully that won't take very long." to you.

You page, "Well, the Knife's still down in Chaos with Anno-sensei, and
Miki's still got the Phoenix Egg, and..." to The_Prof.

The_Prof pages, "Ah, so that explains it." to you.

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Wasyuu says, "Kanna, we have a bit of a problem."

Kanna "..." at that, an icicle of dread hitting her heart for some
reason.  "What sort of... Problem, Dr. Wasyuu?"

She continues, "My Transdimensional Travel Device experienced a tiny
tiny malfunction, and Lian's mind is sort of trapped somewhere that
isn't here, while her extradimensional double is occupying her body and
apparently believes I'm an evil Chaosian, and is now trashing my
laboratory."

Kanna says, "..."'s

Kanna asks, "What do you need me to do, Dr. Wasyuu?"

Kanna's shift into professionalisim mode is almost palpable.

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You page, "(lemme guess, no Mother's Day card next year from Lian?)" to
Chris.

Chris pages, "(Exploding Mother's Day card.)" to you.

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Wasyuu holds out her hand.  "First, I need you to come through.  Second, I
need you to kick her ass.  Thirdly, once we manage to catch her, I'm going
to study her vibrational frequency and determine how to reverse the
process."  She pauses.  "Oh, yes, her werepanther boyfriend is here, and
he seems to be possessed by his otherdimensional self as well."

Kanna takes Wasyuu's hand.  "... Right.  This is going to be
interesting."  Her expression steels, serious.

You page, "Okay, Tactical information needed.  Given what I know of Lian
and Thropan, which is a *LOT*... how's best to subdue the two, assuming
their doubles are the same in approx skills?" to Akemi.

She pulls you through into a TV room.  "I'm not sure if you can handle
them both by yourself," Wasyuu says.  "So we can call for other
reinforcements if you think you'll need them.  This other Lian seems to be
a lot handier with a sword than my daughter, but she doesn't know how to
use her Broken Pattern abilities very well, thankfully."

Kanna mmms, quietly.  She taps her badge.  "Sis, if you're there,
manifest.  Prepare for distraction duties and Magic countering."  She then
looks thoughtful.

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Kanna OOCly says, "Hm... could I try calling the rest of the Edge Guard,
see if they're up for a bit of a rescue?"

John says, "OOC Yes, you could."

John says, "OOC Though how well I can portray them is another question.
Will do my best :)"

Kanna OOCly says, "who else can I think of to possibly grab, given this
situation and the rather blitzedness of likely 9/10ths of the family from
the past night? :)"

Jacqueline says, "OOCly ooh, ooh, I'"

Jacqueline says, "OOCly I'm not blitezed, I just watn to kick gabby's ass
:)"

Damasq says, "OOC:  Given that Kanna is intending to use Gabby in this
operation, calling in Jacqui is probably not a good idea.  :)"

Jacqueline says, "OOCly spoilsport >:)"

Kanna OOCly says, "Well, Duuuuuh."

John says, "OOC HEh.  Well, Jacqui would be avail, but not ideal. 
Beowulf would be up and about by now."

Kanna OOCly says, "Bey would also be helpful, if his player is
ameinable."

Jacqueline says, "OOCly or borrow moonshade, her trump should be
available by now :)"

John says, "OOC Moonshade's avail.  Naru's avail."

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Kanna shuffles through her trumps.  "Are we in fast-time here at the
moment?"

Wasyuu says, "No, I turned time to normal so they wouldn't be able to
annhilate the place before I could get help.

Kanna says, "Ah, right."

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John pokes Beowulf.  You alive and wanting to get in on this?

Beowulf says, "OOC Somewhat alive. c.c"

Beowulf OOCly is willing to be dragged into this. :)

Kanna OOCly says, "(with Gaby-boosting trump range if necessary)"

Jacqueline says, "OOCly i hope moonie gets in, she needs the pointz :)"

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Kanna tries trumping Beowulf first, then.

Beowulf asks, "Mrnph... Kanna?"

Beowulf looks out at Kanna somewhat blearily.

Kanna aghs.  "Dammit... did I just wake you up, Bey?  Hell."  She sighs.
 "I can understand if you don't want in on this, given everything from
yesterday, and I don't know when the Great Assembly starts... but
apparently Lian's been brainswapped with another version of Lian from
another universe, and -that- Lian's using her body to trash her mom's
lab."

Beowulf shakes his head and acks. "Agl. Right. I should have time." He
sighs. "I'll try to be more help than harm, this time," he adds, smiling
ruefully.

Beowulf asks, "Pull me through?"

Kanna hehs.  "Take my hand."  She offers, pulls him through, and then
hands him off to Wasyuu.  "Fill him in, I need to contact Thropan's
friends.  Hopefully they'll be able to help out, too."

Beowulf nods and looks over to Washuu. "Right. What's happening?"

Kanna shuffles trumps, rapidly.  She pulls out another trump, this one of
a blonde-maned (literally) gent in blue-white martial-arts garb.  She
tries trumping Onoli.

Onoli takes the trump, looking a little confused (he still hasn't gotten
used to these things).  "Oh, hi, Kanna."

Kanna hehs a bit, apologetically.  "Hey, Onoli... sorry about calling like
this, but it's somewhat of an emergency.  Thropan went off with Lian a few
days back, if you're wondering where he is... and now he and she have been
brainswapped with their counterparts from another universe.  Now, the
counterparts are trashing Lian's mom's lab, and we need to subdue them so
her mom can undo the process."

Kanna says, "If you can't come, I can understand, but you folks know
Thropan MUCH better than I do, and understand how your werecats work."

Kanna says, "If the rest of the Edge Guard can come, so much the
better."

Onoli sighs.  "Just can't let him go out alone.  Yes, we can come.  I was
wondering where he vanished to."

Kanna looks apologetic.  "Well, I'm sure Lian was gonna bring him
back..." She smiles slightly.  "You all there now, or should i give you a
few minutes then call back?"

He says, "Call me back in a few.  We're all spread all over town at the
moment."

Kanna nods. "15 minutes, then."

Kanna says, "See you soon."

Kanna cuts the connection.

Beowulf turns to Kanna. "You'd better handle Other Thropan; he's a lot
stronger than I am."

Kanna lets out a breath.  "Onoli's going to be able to bring the Edge
Guard.  If necessary, -they- can handle Other Thropan."  She quirks a
smile.

Kanna rubs her eyes, "pyricorn and serpent, it never rains but it pours,
doesn't it, bey..."

Beowulf smiles. "Um, right, assuming we wait that long. Other Lian...
well, I'm stronger than her, and probably a somewhat better fighter,
according to Washuu-chan, here. And she doesn't have much in the way of
powers."

Beowulf sighs and smiles tiredly at Kanna. "You said it. Attacked by
Chaos assassins, that damned grudge match, talking to Alars, trying to
cheer up the Logrus and almost flubbing it... what a day."

Kanna nods.  "I'll up my timeline for trying to call them, then.  They
don't have trumps, really, they're dependant on us... oh hell." She sighs,
and hugs Beowulf.

Kanna says, "...mom and I talked after the match.  mom... wasn't too
happy."

Beowulf says, "By the way, you might warn your mother to watch out for
something called the Commiecorn." He frowns.

Kanna lets go of the hug.  "The... Commiecorn."

Wasyuu says, "Oh, not that stupid thing again."

Kanna says, ".. I'll ask more questions later.  And prolly need to fill
our Lian in on things once we get her back.  And who knows what else." She
sighs, and shakes her head.

Beowulf sighs. "Yup. And there's still the battleship to discuss...
never ends, does it?"

Wasyuu says, "Battleship?"

Kanna says, "Yes.  I take it you haven't had a chance to go over the
data I gave you?" She smiles wanly.

Beowulf says, "Giant space battleship, made by Annadil, possibly the
same one running around Shadow in the hands of House Darios."

Kanna says, "And speaking of which, Shalomar's in full building spree,
given the southern fleet got crushed.  I'll have to help them get some
extra resources so Ruka isn't overloaded."

Beowulf looks at Kanna. "And I haven't had a chance to look at it -- the
hell?!?" He groans.

Kanna says, "Well, since the Northern Fleet's still out with the Sea
Peoples, the bases are wide open IF the Galacians try to press onward."

Kanna says, "But I have a hopeful angle on helping out with that."

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You page, "Hm... the shadow-time adjustment trick... do I -have- to be in
the shadow I own to do that?" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "It's a lot harder and slower if you aren't." to you.

You page, "'nm, then." to Akemi.

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Kanna considers her trump of Onoli, and then activates it again, judging
that enough time has hopefully passed for the leader of the Edge Guard to
get his team together.

Beowulf asks, "That's good." He sighs. "...wonder if they lost the
status board for the surveillance network, or not?"

Kanna shrugs.  "Could Aeris recreate it?"

Beowulf says, "Oh, I could, easily... and for that matter, I made a
spare." He frowns. "Was going to do a temporal scry on it to check out
their attack patterns, but got too busy and forgot."

Onoli takes the call.  "Okay, we're ready."  He has his team assembles and
holds out a hand to you.

Kanna takes Onoli's hand, and pulls him and the team through.

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You page, "This is the full group, minus thropan?" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Yep." to you.

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Kanna says, "Beowulf?  Meet my friends, the Retreat Northern Edge Guard of
Jade.  Onoli, Tirga, Garfield, and Sheila."

Beowulf bows in turn to each of them. "...Garfield?" He blinks, then
shakes his head. "Never mind."

Onoli bows.  "A pleasure to meet you."  They all bow to you.

Kanna indicates the male Werelion, male Weretiger, male Werejaguar, and
short female Werejaguar in turn.  "Guys, this is Beowulf, one of my
closest cousins, pretty much a brother to me, and Lian's mom, Wasyuu."

Garfield blinks.  "Why does everyone from other dimensions get that
reaction?"

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You page, "Hm... Tirga macking on Wasyuu. :)" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "If she goes adult.  She's too kiddy looking right now :)" to
you.

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Kanna says, "it's a cultural thing, Gar.  Don't worry 'bout it." She
smiles slightly.

Beowulf smiles a bit. "A pretty famous cartoon strip featured a cat...
yah. That's probably best."

Garfield asks, "What is a cartoon strip?"

Beowulf grins a bit and rolls his eyes. "...I'll show you later."

Kanna takes a deep breath.  "Okay, here's the situation, if Onoli didn't
fill you in.  Lian and Thropan got involved with one of her mom's
experiments, and their brains swapped with those of their counterparts
from another universe."

Kanna says, "We need to find them in her mom's lab, and subdue them, so
she can undo it."

Beowulf goes over what he learned from Washuu about the layout of the lab,
Other Lian's skills, and Other Thropan's skills. "She's armed... Washuu,
what weapons did you have in the armory?"

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You page, "Okay, since Kanna was trumpconvoing... what IS the layout of
the lab, OtherLian's Skills, and OtherThropan's skills?" to Akemi and
The_Prof.

The_Prof pages, "Thropan's way stronger than me, you'd probably be the
best to go after him. Other Lian's a somewhat worse fighter than me,
somewhat weaker, and appears to have little in the way of powers." to you
and Akemi.

The_Prof pages, "The lab's full of instruments, glassware, and the like.
Anything tactically significant about the layout?" to you and Akemi.

Akemi pages, "The various laboratories have a ton of cover, but it's all
fairly flimsy cover; ie, it'll hide movement,but just about anything can
shoot through it." to you and The_Prof.

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Wasyuu says, "The lab itself didn't have weapons.  The armory next to the
lab level is full of weapons.  The usual.  Black hole cannon, living silly
putty, Rings of Ragnor, stun sticks, laser cannon, rampaging mongeese..." 
She lists dozens of high tech weapons, a mix of capture weapons and
'ANNHILATE, ANNHILATE!!!!!' weapons.

Kanna ahs at that.  "Well, hopefully Other Lian doesn't have Lian's
technical skills to hack the system.  If anything DOES manage to get
out, I've got Beryllina and Merehallow, but dunno how they'll help..."

Beowulf remembers what Morkeleb did to False Eowyn. "Um... Beryllina
would probably *not* be a good idea."

Kanna nods, shifts it to dagger form, and tucks it sheathed within her
clothes.  "Does Other Thropan appear to be able to use the Werepanther
abilities of supernatural stealth?"

Wasyuu says, "Unlike Other-Lian, Other-Thropan seems to be fully
conversant with the powers and capabilities of his form."

Wasyuu continues, "He seems to be a pretty good tactician, as he managed
to outmanuever my brilliant plan for getting to the armory before they
did."

Kanna sighs, and nods.  "Right.  I suggest splitting up the teams..." She
thinks a bit.  "Onoli, Sheila, with me; Tirga and Gar with Bey? That way
we get jagwere hearing on both teams, I'll have Onoli's strength and sight
backing me up as well, and Bey can have Tirga with his sense of smell."

Kanna asks, "... have they -opened- the armory yet?"

Beowulf nods and accepts the suggestion, because she undoubtedly knows
them better than he does.

Wasyuu says, "Yes.  I believe they're busy using the labs to experiment
with everything."

Kanna facepalms.

Beowulf sighs. "Right. Lovely."

Onoli nods.  "Sounds good to me, Kanna."

Kanna says, "Bey, your whip still good for stunning?  Sis, be prepped for
trumping stuff to help to subdue, like pies and jello and stuff. Bey,
you'd better have the same prepped for Aeris."

Kanna is also wearing her borrowed staff, fortunately.

Beowulf nods and lets Aeris know. He also pulls out a few guns with
knockout paintballs and passes them around to the others.

Kanna accepts a knockout gun.

Gabrielle nods.  "Will do, sis."

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You page, "Any other things I can think of for means of subduing, etc?" to
Akemi.

You page, "And general tactical thoughts that I might have missed?" to
Akemi.

Akemi pages, "You want to get them away from the Armory so that they
can't rearm if they lose tehir weapons, and some weapon-smashing things
might be useful." to you.

You page, "Well, that's what Beryllina's for. :)" to Akemi.

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Beowulf says, "Make sure you stay down and under cover, Washuu-chan; I
don't want you getting shot the way Jacqui and Mutsumi did yesterday." He
winces.

Kanna -blinks- at that.  "Ah hell?"  She shakes her head.  "Worry
later."

Beowulf says, "I'm guessing our best shot will be to set up an ambush,
someplace with lots of cover." He checks out the plans for the labs and
picks the best spot he can think of. "Then one of us lure them into it."

Kanna says, "Save Morkleb, Patternblades, Beryllina, and other things of
that nature for dealing with any weapons they've grabbed."

Kanna says, "We need to lure them away from the Armory, to keep them
from rearming."

Kanna asks, "Tech and Magic levels within the Lab are high?"

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You page, "and how -you- doing? *wl*" to Chris.

Chris pages, "Don't ask. :P" to you.

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You page, "I'd assume the Edge Guard came with their own gear and Mystic
Weapons, etc." to Akemi.

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Beowulf hmmms. "If we could make up a fake device that they think would
send them back, that would probably do well as bait."

Wasyuu grins.  "I can whip something like that up."

Beowulf grins back. "Good. Now we just need to talk about it in tones that
for some reason carry clearly across the room..."

Wasyuu thinks.

Kanna nods.  "Oh, -that's- easily done... Maybe we'll luck out and we'll
be able to -talk- them down from all this."

Wasyuu says, "Hmm, perhaps I could send some of the drones around to be
captured and the information extracted from them."

Kanna says, "After all, we're only trying to -help- them, sheesh..."

Beowulf says, "That would also work."

Beowulf grins tiredly and pats Kanna on the shoulder. "Sometimes the
universe like to play games." He looks over at Washuu. "How quickly can
you whip that up?"

Kanna nods, smiling slightly and squeezing Bey's hand after he pats. "So
I've noticed.  I want a chance to take a do-over."

Wasyuu says, "It'll probably take an hour or two.  I'll fill it full of
knockout gas dispensers and other things, in case they actually make it
inside it."

Beowulf says, "Probably send the drones out now, with the info that
you're working on it and should have it ready shortly, and they're to make
preperations."

Beowulf gets started programming the drones.

Kanna nods.  "Shall we try to go and suss them out, or wait?"

Beowulf says, "We probably should be keeping an eye on them, so they
don't come bombing in on us while we're working." He grins. "Who's the
most stealthy out of the group?" He looks over at Thropan's friends.

Trying to judge their abilities, and the like.

Tirga says, "I'll go check them out.  If I could get a map, it would
help."

Wasyuu passes him a small pad device with a built in map.

Kanna gives Tirga advice on how to use it, commenting that it's much
like using Gina's devices.

He fiddles with it a bit and gets the hang of it, then takes off to go
scouting.

Kanna watches Tirga head out, and then tries not to pace and fret
nervously.

Beowulf finishes programming the drones and sends them out into the
room.

The Drones head out.  Wasyuu tinkers for several hours.  Tirga calls you
all with the little widget and tells you he's found them; they seem to be
trying to hack into Wasyuu's central computer.

Beowulf looks at Wasyuu. "Your computer going to need some help with
counter-hacking? And how much longer are you going to be?"

Wasyuu says, "A while, and if you can handle that, I would be very
grateful."

Beowulf sits down at Washuu's terminal and starts doing the defensive
hacking thing.

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Akemi pages, "You told Nanami about the Black Road, right?" to you.

Akemi pages, "Or did I dream that in another life?" to you.

You page, "No, I hadn't.  Didn't have the chance.  *thinks back on who's
been informed* -Miki- has been told." to Akemi.

You page, "And so has Moriya and Motoko and Beowulf." to Akemi.

You page, "I'm assuming Yumi's been told, too." to Akemi.

You page, "One of Kanna's hopeful plans was to tell Anno sometime today
about it, but that might be kiboshed. *wl*" to Akemi.

You page, "Corrine would know, via Kanna's reports, and presumably from
her King tylor would know." to Akemi.

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Kanna tries to think of what she and the team can start doing.

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Beowulf says, "OOC I thought she said it was going to be an hour. o.o"

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Kanna checks with Tirga on where they're hacking from, physically,
comparing with their own maps.

Wasyuu continues working.  Beowulf is able to repel the hacking invasion
with some effort, as the enemy apparently doesn't know computers very
well. He's also able to trace the terminal, which is on level 65-C.

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Kanna OOCly says, "And where are -we-, relative?  I mean, I know Tirga's
managed to reach there, but I want to know how long it'd take us to get
there from the entrance."

John says, "OOC It's about 20 minutes transit time to where Tirga is
watching them from."

Kanna OOCly nods.  So, best we wait, etc, for Wasyuu to be more ready with
the bait, etc?  Any reaction from the drones?

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DaR pages, "You know what the funniest thing is?  That's one of the
pictures I based Kitty's concept on. :)" to you.

DaR pages, "I have the Achilleos fantasy art card set, with that image in
it. :)" to you.

You page, "Cool.  I have a friend who did much the same thing. :)" to DaR.

DaR pages, "The other basis I used was:
http://www.clanofthelostdragon.com/mazeimages/woodnymph.jpg\" to you.

DaR pages, "Err, no \.  Image by Rowena from a similar card series. :)" to
you.

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Time passes.  Wasyuu finishes her device.  Tirga keeps tabs on your
foes.  Drones run about, waiting to be captured, and eventually, you
steer some of them into the path of your foes.  They start heading your
way.

Kanna looks at the rest.  "Right.  So, shall we head out and meet them?"

Beowulf nods. "Right." He starts moving the device towards their chosen
ambush spot. Have Thropan's folk group together and move with us according
to plan, towards their positions.

Kanna nods, accompanied by Onoli and Sheila... Gar goes to back up
Beowulf, as Tirga's still out in the field.

Everyone moves into ambush positions and waits.

Beowulf whispers to Kanna. "See if you can keep tabs on Tirga, in case
they decide not to follow our little plan for them."

Thropan and Lian amble along, with glowing forcefields around them,
armed with VERY BIG GUNS.

Kanna nods, quietly, sizing up the area.  And then yeeshes.

Kanna mentally sighs.

Thropan releases a pair of small glowing crystals from the doorway,
allowing them to drift towards the device.

Beowulf . o O (Of course, they always come up with something you don't
expect...)

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You page, "Beryllina shouldn't have a problem with the forcefields if I
try to shoot the guns, right?" to Akemi.

You page, "Should I pass the patternblade to Beowulf so he can also try to
counter that sort of thing?" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Probably a good idea.  And Beryl should punch through the
field no sweat." to you.

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Beowulf whispers to Kanna. "The whip and Morkeleb should be able to get
through those fields; liquids and gases aren't likely."

Kanna passes Merehallow to Beowulf, murmuring back, "take the
patternblade... it can also punch through the fields, and I'll be trying
for shooting the guns."

Beowulf acks... "We're not trying to kill them," he whispers back.

Kanna looks at Bey.  "I know -that-," She whispers quietly, "I meant
shooting through the fields for the guns."  She sighs, muttering. 
"nevermind.  If the whip and Morkeleb can do it.."

Kanna watches to see what "Thropan" and "Lian" are doing.

Beowulf whispers, "Better let me shoot at the guns; I'm a better shot, and
it's going to be tricky."

Kanna nods, then.

Beowulf looks around. Everyone ready? He gets ready to shoot...

They hang out as the crystals pass out of the forcefields and over to the
machine.  Little lights play about; obviously they are scanning it.

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You page, "(this was 'zactly not what Kanna needed this day.  Her sister
having pissed off a good chunk of the family, Ruka unavailable, and Lian's
brain in another universe. -.-; )" to Chris.

Chris pages, "(It's not as if Lian needed it. She won't be talking with
mom for a loooong time if/when she gets back.)" to you.

You page, "(it'd BETTER be -when-... *grumble*)" to Chris.

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Beowulf taps Kanna to indicate he's acting, then tries to shoot out the
guns.

Kanna nods, readied.

Thropan's big gun gets blown apart.  He stares dumbly at it for a
second, then dives for cover, pulling another weapon out, not so big. Lian
dodges the shot at her gun and dives for cover as well, tryign to return
fire, but Beowulf successfully dodges her wild fire.

Kanna has her more-normal staff in hands, and sends gestures to the edge
guard so they'll be ready.  Though presumably when it all goes tilt,
they'll figure it's time to act...

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Beowulf asks, "OOC What kind of fire came back at us?"

Kanna OOCly says, "Okay, so what sort of cover do we also have, etc? And
how can we get to Thropan, etc?"

John says, "OOC Big black ray."

Kanna OOCly says, "Ewwww."

Beowulf asks, "OOC Does it do any damage to the stuff it hits?"

John says, "OOC There's lots of furniture and other things you can use to
cover an advance or to hide bhind and fire using as cover."

John says, "OOC IT seems to blow nasty holes in it."

Beowulf says, "OOC Ow. x.x"

Kanna OOCly would hope everybody has the sense to run and cover, etc.

John says, "OOC Yes."

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The Edge guard scatter and begin trying to find ways to advance on their
targets.

Kanna does the trying-to-advance on Thropan thing... hm, anything I can
shoot -near- him to try and break stuff up to fall on him?

Beowulf moves up on her, staying in cover and looking for the best shot to
disarm her with the whip.

Kanna is doing this while under cover, of course.

Thropan tumbles, and nails Sheila, kicking her through a wall, then
tries to take out Onoli, but isn't quite as lucky.    They start beating
the crap out of each other; Kanna can now advance on them pretty easily.
 Meanwhile, Lian has rather more luck hosing down Gar than she does
Beowulf.  He does the fall down and smoke nicely thing.  However,
Beowulf now gets close enough to successfully snag her weapon with his
whip, and with great effort, manages to yank it out of her hands.  Then
Tirga jumps on her from behind and grapples her.

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You page, "Sheila can now shift to HUmanform,w hich has the fullsize
Body and superspeed and strength." to Akemi.

Beowulf asks, "OOC How badly hurt does Gar look?"

Beowulf asks, "OOC As in, needs immediate healing, or can he wait long
enough to beat Lian down with the whip?"

John says, "OOC He can wait, as he has natural mad healing skillz."

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Kanna moves quickly to help Onoli take down Thropan, using her (normal)
staff to help batter him down or trip him so that she can get further in
to go Hand-to-hand.

Beowulf moves in on Lian with the whip, knocking her down as quickly as he
can.

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Kanna OOCly says, "taking care not to hit Onoli during this, of course."

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The two of you beat down your unfortunate foes, who are simply not up to
fighting two nobles of Amber and four weremeows.

You soon have them down, out and unlikely to escape.

Kanna whews, finally having taking them down.  "Damn, that was
annoying."  She rubs her brow.

Kanna makes sure they're stripped of all purloined WasyuuGear.

Beowulf secures Lian. "Damnit, Lian, why do these things have to happen to
you?"

Beowulf says, "Right. Now we get to try and send them back."

Wasyuu says, "Excellent."  She begins scanning the captives witha 
flashy beeping device.

Kanna -looks- at Wasyuu.  "That's up to the Good Doctor, here."

Beowulf gives Wasyuu a look over the top of his spectacles. "Indeed,
Wasyuu-chan."

Kanna pinches the brow of her nose.  "Well, I do hope they'll at least
listen to reason better than Eowyn has been..."

Kanna makes sure the other Edge Guarders are okay.

Beowulf frowns at Kanna. "They *are* right here listening to us, you
know." He turns to Lian. "I'm sorry we had to do this to you, but we
really are trying to get you home as quickly as possible."

"Filthy Chaosians!  We won't let you burn Paris!  We won't!" she shouts.

Shiela returns, looking embarrassed.  "Well, that wasn't fun."

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Kanna OOCly says, "I thought they were unconcious."

John says, "OOC Out of action, I meant.  ^^;;;"

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Gar says, "Hmm, so much for this outfit."  He rubs his belly a bit. 
"That hurt."

Beowulf says, "You gonna be OK? I've got a spare healing spell if you need
it."

He says, "I think I'll be fine, but thanks for asking.  One of the
benefits of being a were."

Kanna looks apologetic to Beowulf, and sighs, her shoulders slumping.
"Sorry, Beowulf."  She looks at Lian.  "I have no desire to burn Paris...
my mother -likes- Paris, no matter what shadow it's in." She smiles
slightly.

Beowulf sighs. "We're trying to get you back to save Paris. And we want to
get *our* Lian and Thropan back as much as you want to get back." He
sighs. "I hope they're all right."

Kanna says, "Or universe, or what have you."

Kanna says, "My head hurts."

Beowulf asks, "I don't suppose your... Paris? has a resident mad
scientist?"

Lian says, "As you VERY WELL KNOW!"

They do not seem very receptive to reason.  Perhaps having just been
beaten up doesn't help much.

Kanna mutters, and backs off a bit, so her expression can't be seen by the
two captives, but hopefully by Beowulf.  It's the same sort of fatigue
level as she had during the end parts of Marches.  "... -so- did not need
this, bey..." she murmurs.

Beowulf says, "Well... I suppose the only way to prove our bona-fides is
to get you back." He sighs.

Wasyuu finishes scanning them.  "Excellent.  I have the data.  Now we just
need to...hmm, that could be tricky."

She continues, "Oh wait, I know, I can build a second treadmill and have
people run on that to power the first one."

Kanna says, "... dunno -how- Motoko convinced other-Jaqui to get back
home, but she was a full Jacqui, I think..."  She looks at Wasyuu.

Beowulf smiles crookedly back at Kanna. "Yes. Chaosian assassins
attacking us... what are we going to do for an encore?"

Beowulf asks, "Second treadmill?" He blinks. "Ah... what exactly are we
going to have to do, here?"

Wasyuu says to Kanna, "You feeling up to a nice jog?"

Kanna looks at Wasyuu.  "... um.  Um?"

Wasyuu says, "You see, the device requires running on a treadmill as
part of it.  But I suspect our captives will refuse to run.  So we'll
create a second to turn the first."

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You page, "Realistically, Kanna isn't -that- fatigued, it's just
emotional stress continuing to build." to Akemi.

In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods

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Kanna asks, "This won't have anything... weird happen to those running on
the second treadmill...." she pauses.  "Why were Lian and Thropan running
on the first treadmill, anyway?"

Beowulf Looks at Wasyuu. "I suspect we don't have much of a choice. Just
make sure you don't have the transfer equipment hooked up to our
treadmill, as I've got quite enough to finish here, thank you very much."

Kanna NODS in agreement with Beowulf.

Wasyuu nods.  "Yes, of course. I simply will have you not wear the vibro
suits and we'll all be fine."

Wasyuu says, "Well, they were helping me test my dimensional travel
device.  Unfortunately, it didn't work like it did in the early field
testing."

Kanna ahs.

Beowulf smiles wryly at the two. "Hopefully."

Kanna asks, "I take it wasn't supposed to swap folk's brains?"

Wasyuu says, "It was supposed to send people to other universes.  It
didn't swap Sara's brain.  Not that she has much of one."

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You page, "Hm... Kanna's leery about having an accidental brainswap if
things go wacky and leaving an otherself armed with massive weapons... but
if I get fully swapped, having no -good- gear would suck. But I'd still
have strenght, etc..." to Akemi.

In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods

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Kanna mumbles, "are we sure we'd even NOTICE if they were swapped?"
under her breath.

Beowulf smiles a bit at that, knowing Seta and knowing a bit of Sara. "Oh,
my. I wonder what an alternate universe version of her would be like? If
she were an opposite personality, it might be worth keeping her."

Wasyuu says, "Damn, good point."

Kanna considers, and hands over Merehallow to Beowulf and Beryllina in
pistol form.  "Bey, hold onto these.  If my mind gets accidentally swapped
with somebody else's, I doubt you want to be on the business end of a
patternblade."

Beowulf sighs. "Though I suppose Seta might be upset."

You go down.  Wasyuu rebuilds the machine.  Everything gets set up. 
"Ideally, we need two joggers.  Kanna, you have the strength for it, I
know.  Any other volunteers?"

Kanna looks an Onoli and Sheila.  "Ditto... be ready to restrain 'me' or
me if anybody else gets.... hm, either Sheila in her human body or Onoli
could do it."

Beowulf sighs. "I suspect... you sure, Kanna?"

Kanna says, "Which means Sheila."  She quirks a slight smile, and sighs.
 "You got any -better- ideas on how to get them back, beowulf?"  Her
expression has a hint of desperation to it.

Beowulf says, "I suppose one of us should stay out of it in case we need
to get Thropan's friends... back home." He sighs, and looks very unhappy.
"Unfortunately, not."

Kanna nods, and pulls out a couple of trumps of Jade to hand to Beowulf.
 "These'll get you to Seer's Hamlet in Jade if things go wrong."

Sheila turns human, and gets very BIG.  "I'm ready."

Kanna chuckles a bit, watching as Sheila gets even better built (and
-taller-) than Kanna, at least 7 feet tall.  "Let's do this and bring them
home."

The two of you get up onto the treadmill and start jogging.

Beowulf takes a deep breath and crosses his fingers.

Faster and faster.  Lian and Thropan, on the other side, start vibrating
and being dragged around by the other treadmill.

Kanna mutters prayers to the Pyricorn and Serpent under her breath as she
jogs, keeping speed matched with Sheila.

Wasyuu says, "Run faster!  You have to run faster to make sure it
malfunctions the same way as before!"

Kanna speeds up, then, trusting that Sheila should be able to do the
same.

Faster and faster, and then the other treadmill glows purple, and you
briefly hear chamber music.  And then Wasyuu hits a switch and says,
"Okay, stop running."

Kanna stops running slowly, so that Sheila doesn't get flung around.

Thropan sits up.  "Ugh, I feel like someone's been pounding on me."

Sheila stops running.  "That was us, Thropan."

Lian says, "Damnable Chaosians!  You can't fool me with your tricks!"

Beowulf winces. "Just one of the two?"

Wasyuu frowns.  "Dammit, I think we got Thropan, but not Lian. She must be
sealed in somethign that's blocking the process."

Kanna departs from the Treadmill.  "Sorry 'bout that, Thropan... had to go
for a quick takedown.  You don't have any urges to fight Chaos and save
Paris?... oh no...."

Beowulf facepalms.

Kanna goes slowly ashen.

Kanna says, "Where were you when things happened, Thropan?  Tell us
everything, we need information...."

Beowulf asks, "Greaat... so we're going to have to go there and get her
out of whatever she's in?"

Thropan says, "Julia told me that a Lian showed up and told her she was a
Lian from another universe, and then she trumped to Paris.  So I was on my
way to Paris when you brought me back."

Kanna facepalms.

Wasyuu says, "Well, fortunately, my little device now has the
coordinates of that universe properly loaded, so sending you there the
right way should be _easy_."

Kanna says, "Hopefully.. perhaps.. the Other Thropan will tell them all
what happened and convince them?  Maybe?"

Beowulf winces and looks at Other Lian. "And... what exactly is she
going to be facing in Paris? Are you going to be facing. Whatever."

Sheila says, "Convince them that evil Chaosians, whatever those are, is
holding Lian captive, maybe."

Beowulf rubs his temples. "I *hate* duplicates, cross-universal jaunts,
whatever."

Other Lian says, "No doubt, she was caught by the Trump Monitors and
locked in the dungeons, where Chaosian spies belong."

Kanna sighs.

Kanna asks, "How do we get back, if things go fubar?"

Wasyuu hands you a little remote control.  "This button.  You hit
'rewind' and it cancles the vibrational attunement, bringing you back."

Beowulf smiles crookedly at Kanna. "Are you pondering what I'm
pondering?"

Kanna says, "Provided you have a way to Shadow Shift us over there...."
She pauses.  "So, we'll have to break her out, THEN pop back here, THEN
run the magic treadmill again to flip her mind back here..."

Beowulf asks, "Either that, or..." he turns to Wasyuu. "Are there any
other ways of switching the minds back?"

Wasyuu says, "I'll supply you with a patented WasyuuTech Shadow Travel
Magic Heart Wand.  Guaranteed to get you around Shadow."

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You page, "Throttling Wasyuu sounds more attractive every second." to
Chris.

Chris pages, "The aftermath of this will be ... interesting. There's
only so much Happy Fun Lian can take and still stay Happy Fun. She's
-way- past that point." to you.

You page, "I can understand." to Chris.

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Beowulf says, "I'm wondering if we shouldn't take Other Lian back with us,
if we can shift her back over there; it might save Wasyuu trouble back
here."

Kanna purses her lips.  "Would that -work-?"

Kanna idly checks her watch for the time.

It's now early afternoon.

Wasyuu says, "Taking her with you may be a good idea.  It'll help to
establish that there's multiple Lians running around."

Kanna nods, and sighs.  "Right."  She considers.

Beowulf nods. "Will there be any way to switch them back over there, or
will we still have to bring Other Lian back here to do the mind-switch?"

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You page, "I suspect in this case, since I'm not attuned to Merehallow,
leaving it behind with one of the Edge Guard Crew would be smart, since I
wouldn't be able to use shadow-shifting powers from it over in the other
place. *wl*" to Akemi.

In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods.  And that way you don't risk losing it
in another universe.

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Wasyuu says, "I'm sure any expert in magic could do the switch once
they're both in the same place."

Beowulf looks at Kanna. "Well, I'll miss the Assembly, but this is more
important." He grins. "Rescue brigade, ho!"

Kanna considers, and hands Merehallow over to Onoli, taking it from
Beowulf.  "Bey can't keep up to speed with me, and I've only got so many
hands.  We don't want to get it lost, at ALL."

Kanna takes back Beryllina, shifts it to blade form, and hangs it on her
belt.

Onoli nods.  "Alright."

Kanna says, "What I'm thinking is myself and sheila providing the speed,
carrying Bey and the other Lian."

Wasyuu nods.  "That sounds quite reasonable to me."

Beowulf nods. "Right." He turns to Thropan. "I don't suppose you... over
there, whatever... had a trump of Other Lian?"

Beowulf looks to Kanna. "You were planning on leaving Merehallow *here*,
right?"

Kanna says, "Also, if brains swap and not bodies.. you should HOPEFULLY be
able to parry beryllina."  She hehs a bit, and gives the trumps of Jade
she handed to Bey to Onoli.

Thropan says, "I don't even have a trump of the right Lian."

Kanna says, "Yes, Onoli and Thropan and Gar and Tirga should stay here, in
case things fubar and they have to help Wasyuu pacify whatever comes
through."

Beowulf sighs. "We'll have to do something about that when everyone's
back, Thropan. Right ho."

Kanna says, "I've got a trump of Lian.  Sis, provide Thropan a trump of
Lian."

Gabrielle provides Thropan with said trump.

Kanna looks at Onoli.  "And... if we don't make it.... go see King
Tylor, my uncle, or Queen Corrine, my mother, with Merehallow. 
Wasyuu'll be able to show them to you, and they'll know what to do."

Beowulf taps the Aeris badge. "Honey? Can you let Lily and Uncle Miki know
what we have to do, and that we're going to miss the Assembly?"

Everyone loads up, and Wasyuu gets the device ready.  She has everyone put
on silvery suits, which will transfer the vibrations to you.  And she
gives Kanna the remote control.  Wasyuu says, "Piffle, you'll make it just
fine."

Aeris says, "Will do, Daddy.  Have fun in the other universe!"

Kanna picks up the Other Lian.  "Sheila, carry Beowulf."

Beowulf grins back. "Thanks, honey. See you in a little bit."

Sheila hefts Beowulf.  "Ready."

Kanna makes sure to also hold onto her gear and the remote, carefully.

Kanna says, "Let's make a Run for the Paris Border, then."

Beowulf begins humming the William Tell Overture.

Kanna says, "Waiting for your signal, doc."

Wasyuu says, "Okay, JOG!"

Kanna says, "Sis, let mom know what's going on, and if I don't make it
back..." She cuts off what she was going to say, and starts jogging.

Beowulf holds on.

You run and run, and then everything goes purple and...

And we cut here, as the DM needs to go to bed soon, or at least to try

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Kanna OOCly says, "Oh, and either Bey or Kanna have the magic travel rod
by now, I think..."

Beowulf OOCly nods.

John says, "OOC She gave Bey the Travel Rod and Kanna the 'Come Home
Remote Control'"

Kanna OOCly drrrghs.  When good for me/chris/travis to play again?

John says, "OOC I know Chris can play on Thursday, right?  I'd run y'all
tomorrow, but with Kugar, we'd have to start way too late."

Beowulf OOCly nods. "Yah... as I suspect this isn't going to be a quick
in-and-out rescue, though we may get lucky."

John says, "OOC I believe we can get Lian back home in one session. 
That may be just my addle-patted crack delusions, but..."

Kanna OOCly says, "I'm good thursday."

Kanna OOCly says, "WE BETTER."

Lian OOC HOPES that it'll be done in one session.

Beowulf says, "OOC Yah, we *better*. x.x"

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You page, "if Lian's gotten mind-tortured, etc 'cause of this... Kanna
will NOT be happy with Wasyuu.  more than not happy than she is right
now." to Chris.

Chris pages, "Nah. She's just sitting in jail." to you.

You page, "Sitting in Jail she can deal with." to Chris.

Chris pages, "Lian can't." to you.

You page, "And hopefully Bey's Mad Negotian Skills will help explain
things." to Chris.

You page, "Agh. :P |P *sigh*" to Chris.

You page, "Will there be anything Kanna can do to help, in any sense,
given how long she's known her by now?" to Chris.

Chris pages, "Not really, besides being there." to you.

You page, "Kanna can do being there." to Chris.

You page, "Kanna will definitely suggest a little fast-time in Jade to let
stories get swapped and the edge guard to get home, tho, before rejoining
the rest of the crew." to Chris.

You page, "(Kanna, Bey, Lian, Edge Guard, that is.)" to Chris.

In a page-pose to you, Chris nods.

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Lian would have prefered tomorrow, so I could actually get some action in
thursday, but with KUGAR ... x.x

John says, "Gomen."

Lian says, "This will be ugly. Lian won't be talking with Wasyuu for a
long, long time."

Beowulf says, "But she's your mother... ;_;"

Lian asks, "So?"

Jacqueline says, "uh oh, more nice-nice for beowulf to try to do :)"

John says, "Hey, Wasyuu set out to make sure you got saved.  Otherwise,
you'd be probably be in that cell for the rest of UnS and the foreseeable
future.  ^^;;;"

Kanna says, "Mothers don't fling their daughters to other universes with
mental swaps, normally."

Lian says, "It's her fault I'm in that cell in the first place."

John says, "Oh, yes, indirectly... :)"

John says, "Wasyuu didn't think that would happen, though."

Lian says, "And PAris will sooooo die. I try to be nice and helpful,
save Lorraine from the Chaosian horde, and what do I get ... a nice
little jail cell.- .-"

Beowulf says, "Did you try to pretend... nah, shouldn't know about it OOC
yet, would be more realistic going in blind. ;_;"

Gabrielle says, "Oh, you'd do the same thing if Paris-Lian had shown
up."

Lian says, "Nope."

You page, "Oh, in progress:
http://www.eyrie.org/~aerianne/uns.logs/log.index.htm" to Akemi.

John says, "Dude, they asked for any sort of proof you could make of
your claims, and yuo refused to give any."

Lian says, "I didn't refuse. I just said I couldn't prove it."

Jacqueline says, "try vibrating back to your universe  ;)"

Gabrielle says, "Which was a lie."

John says, "They'll be pretty embarrassed when they do find out you're
telling the truth."

Lian says, "Aw, how nice."

Kanna says, "'Hi.  We're here to get our friend back.  WE're being nice.
 Hand her over now.'"

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You page, "(this seems to be the Suck Week, or something. *sigh*) [Kanna
hugs.]" to Chris.

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Lian says, "By the time they do find out, Lian will be deep in dark
thoughts. Way deep."

John says, "I will say upfront that if you go in guns-ablazing, the
Parisian Royal family will stomp you like bugs :)"

Kanna says, "Well, sorta figured."

Gabrielle says, "But... they're French."

Beowulf says, "Would Not Be Good Idea, yes."

Kanna shakes his head at Merc.

Gabrielle asks, "Shouldn't they, like, surrender in about ten minutes?"

Kanna says, "Merc, they may be 'french', but they seem to have analouges
of our own cast."

Kanna says, "Figure it out. |P"

John says, "They're France as imagined by Corwin.  You think he'd
surrender in ten minutes? :)"

Lian says, "Phil? Make sure you use the remote as soon as they are
switched. Then Lian can go and blow up the Borg instead."

Kanna nods.

Gabrielle says, "Well, we don't know what Corwin was doing during the
second world war...."

Beowulf says, "What's more, there's gonna be a 'whole lot more 'f 'em
there than there are of us. o.o"

Gabrielle says, "Oh, wait. We do. Pacific Theatre."

Kanna says, "What -ever-."

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You page, "Anyway.... night?" to Chris.

Chris pages, "G'nite, Phil." to you.

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Gabrielle says, "If this is a Corwinverse, Washuu's machine sorta
worked. You made it to a universe defined by Corwin's pattern. Just not
the RIGHT one."

Kanna OOCly anyway, bed.