[IC][Story][Arc 1] Reach for the Moon
07-02-2018, 09:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-21-2018, 06:06 PM by robkelk.)
07-02-2018, 09:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-21-2018, 06:06 PM by robkelk.)
OOC: Rob's sidestory #5, set after "Thermal, er, Culture Shock"
OOC: WARNING: This story has spoilers for the collaborative Halloween story that is still being written... although anyone who's been reading the OOC threads already knows them.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
November 4, 2016
10:46 pm
As he was getting ready for bed, Rob heard a voice coming from outside - a voice he'd never heard before. "Let us in! It's cold outside! Don't make us freeze out here!" Of course he had to answer that call, he thought as he put his shirt back on. He wasn't so heartless as to let somebody freeze out here... there.
Then he stopped as he saw some words written in big unfriendly letters, apparently hanging in the air. "WARNING! Your nanoswarm has detected that your mind is being influenced telepathically!"
'All right,' thought Rob, 'that's something Washuu-chan didn't warn me about. As for the telepath, he can freeze in the dark for all I care.' Then he heard footsteps in the hallway. Grabbing his keys, he stepped into the hall, to find Ruiko walking toward the front door. "Rui-chan! No! We're being mind controlled!"
She stopped just before touching the door. "We are?"
"We are. Step away from the door. Now."
She did, and then she dropped to her knees in fright. Rob noticed that the voice was no longer whispering in his head ... as he heard the back door being opened.
"Damn! EVERYBODY WAKE UP! WE'RE BEING INVADED!"
"Wow, you can shout loud."
A pyjama-clad Kuroko appeared in front of them, having teleported to the lobby. "What's the situation?"
"Mind control to get somebody to open a door and let whoever-they-are inside. Back door's been opened. You're in charge until Mikoto or Usagi are up. Ruiko and I are running for the sparring room."
"Thank you for getting out of our way." Kuroko teleported away.
10:52 pm
The door to the sparring room was located in the basement, between the laundry room and the storage lockers. The sparring room itself was located in a pocket dimension, created by Washuu-chan - and could be sealed off from the rest of the building so that any attacks inside the room wouldn't damage the building.
Or, in this case, so that any attacks in the rest of the building wouldn't hurt the people inside the sparring room - three humans and three cats.
"Rob, what's going on? How did you know this was an attack?" the youngest cat asked.
"Well, Diana, before you showed up here, Washuu-chan re-built my nervous system. Tonight I discovered she slipped in a defense program that helps me resist mind control."
Chibi-Usa's eyes went wide. "She can do that?"
"She's the greatest scientific genius in the universe; just ask her. Of course she can do that." Luna didn't sound particularly happy.
"Yeah. What else did she slip into my head while she was at it?"
Ruiko put her hand on Rob's shoulder. "We'll get Uiharu-san and Mizuno-san to look at you when all of this is over."
"Yeah. And you're as nervous as I am."
"What? No, I'm not!"
Artemis jumped onto Ruiko's lap. "You slipped back into old habits, calling Kazari-san and Ami by their family names. You're nervous."
Just then, they heard a knocking at the door - one knock, a pause, two quick knocks, another pause, then the pattern repeated. Rob stood up, walked to the door, and asked, "Who's there?"
"The Big Bad Wolf."
He sighed in relief, then unsealed and unlocked the door, opening it to reveal Makoto. "What happened?"
"Mii-san opened the back door and let in a half-dozen people, who shifted into some things that I've never seen before when they saw me coming down the back stairs. Rob... she didn't run away from them."
"Oh, no."
"I kept them from hurting her too badly, but Ami's busy performing first aid. They lost interest in her when I zapped one of them with a Supreme Thunder."
"Oh, good," Ruiko breathed.
"Then they came after me. They'd almost reached me when Usagi hit them with a Moon Sprial Heart Attack from behind me. They collapsed and turned into dust."
"So, we've got some new kind of youma or daimon or droid or something to worry about - one that has telepathic abilities."
Rob shook his head. "Not necessarily, Artemis. They could be some sort of attack drones sent by somebody else."
"They targeted Sailor Jupiter as soon as she made herself known."
"That could mean they wanted magic, not necessarily a Senshi. But that's something to figure out later. Right now, I need to call Washuu-chan and get her here to help Ami treat Mii."
To be continued...
OOC: WARNING: This story has spoilers for the collaborative Halloween story that is still being written... although anyone who's been reading the OOC threads already knows them.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
November 4, 2016
10:46 pm
As he was getting ready for bed, Rob heard a voice coming from outside - a voice he'd never heard before. "Let us in! It's cold outside! Don't make us freeze out here!" Of course he had to answer that call, he thought as he put his shirt back on. He wasn't so heartless as to let somebody freeze out here... there.
Then he stopped as he saw some words written in big unfriendly letters, apparently hanging in the air. "WARNING! Your nanoswarm has detected that your mind is being influenced telepathically!"
'All right,' thought Rob, 'that's something Washuu-chan didn't warn me about. As for the telepath, he can freeze in the dark for all I care.' Then he heard footsteps in the hallway. Grabbing his keys, he stepped into the hall, to find Ruiko walking toward the front door. "Rui-chan! No! We're being mind controlled!"
She stopped just before touching the door. "We are?"
"We are. Step away from the door. Now."
She did, and then she dropped to her knees in fright. Rob noticed that the voice was no longer whispering in his head ... as he heard the back door being opened.
"Damn! EVERYBODY WAKE UP! WE'RE BEING INVADED!"
"Wow, you can shout loud."
A pyjama-clad Kuroko appeared in front of them, having teleported to the lobby. "What's the situation?"
"Mind control to get somebody to open a door and let whoever-they-are inside. Back door's been opened. You're in charge until Mikoto or Usagi are up. Ruiko and I are running for the sparring room."
"Thank you for getting out of our way." Kuroko teleported away.
10:52 pm
The door to the sparring room was located in the basement, between the laundry room and the storage lockers. The sparring room itself was located in a pocket dimension, created by Washuu-chan - and could be sealed off from the rest of the building so that any attacks inside the room wouldn't damage the building.
Or, in this case, so that any attacks in the rest of the building wouldn't hurt the people inside the sparring room - three humans and three cats.
"Rob, what's going on? How did you know this was an attack?" the youngest cat asked.
"Well, Diana, before you showed up here, Washuu-chan re-built my nervous system. Tonight I discovered she slipped in a defense program that helps me resist mind control."
Chibi-Usa's eyes went wide. "She can do that?"
"She's the greatest scientific genius in the universe; just ask her. Of course she can do that." Luna didn't sound particularly happy.
"Yeah. What else did she slip into my head while she was at it?"
Ruiko put her hand on Rob's shoulder. "We'll get Uiharu-san and Mizuno-san to look at you when all of this is over."
"Yeah. And you're as nervous as I am."
"What? No, I'm not!"
Artemis jumped onto Ruiko's lap. "You slipped back into old habits, calling Kazari-san and Ami by their family names. You're nervous."
Just then, they heard a knocking at the door - one knock, a pause, two quick knocks, another pause, then the pattern repeated. Rob stood up, walked to the door, and asked, "Who's there?"
"The Big Bad Wolf."
He sighed in relief, then unsealed and unlocked the door, opening it to reveal Makoto. "What happened?"
"Mii-san opened the back door and let in a half-dozen people, who shifted into some things that I've never seen before when they saw me coming down the back stairs. Rob... she didn't run away from them."
"Oh, no."
"I kept them from hurting her too badly, but Ami's busy performing first aid. They lost interest in her when I zapped one of them with a Supreme Thunder."
"Oh, good," Ruiko breathed.
"Then they came after me. They'd almost reached me when Usagi hit them with a Moon Sprial Heart Attack from behind me. They collapsed and turned into dust."
"So, we've got some new kind of youma or daimon or droid or something to worry about - one that has telepathic abilities."
Rob shook his head. "Not necessarily, Artemis. They could be some sort of attack drones sent by somebody else."
"They targeted Sailor Jupiter as soon as she made herself known."
"That could mean they wanted magic, not necessarily a Senshi. But that's something to figure out later. Right now, I need to call Washuu-chan and get her here to help Ami treat Mii."
To be continued...
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown