[ We find Istvan, Will, and Kenji suddenly inside a frame of film-tape. ] [ The apparent reason for this is that, just moments ago, Felgolos burped, which produced a wavering, multicolored light that struck you three and one of the cameras. ] [ Istvan seems to be unconscious, and murmuring something about bagels. ] [ Suddenly, everything grows cold, and a very large blue humanoid with an axe is moving towards you! ] [ "There you are!" it bellows. "You've better've brought me more Hostess(tm) Cakes, fleas!" ] [ Session Start! ] I am afraid not. Little Debbie(TM) is the true path. ... the hell? *looks up* ... axe. Big ax. Hoo boy. [ Fortunately, you are all armed and armored. Even if you weren't during your TV appearance. ] What the hey is that thing!? I'm not entirely certain. [ "Infidel!" roars the big thing with the big axe! "Only Hostess cakes can warm my heart! I'll slay you for not having any!" ] ... well, he's big, blue, and has an axe. And it's cold. So he's either an Arctic Smorf... or a frost giant. [ Istvan gets two points. ] I always pictured them as... well... more giant. * Istvan looks up. "He's plenty giant enough for me, thankyouverymuch." And I've never connected them to Hostess(tm) Cakes. [ The giant - who is awfully large - looks offended. ] [ He raises his axe to attack Kenji! "Call ME short, will ya?" ] [ Kenji moves with blinding speed, leaving sakura petals in his wake, and chops into the giant's right leg! ] [ The giant roars in pain and anger! ] [ Will, your turn! ] * Will walks up behind Kenji and lays a hand on him. A brief flash of light surrounds the two of them. [ Istvan, go! ] * Istvan lumbers foward surprisingly quickly, jumping and driving his flaming pick into the giant's chest. "Let *this* warm your heart." [ The giant falls to one knee, trembling. "Wh... where..." he coughs up blue blood. "Where's the fruit filling?" And he collapses. ] * Istvan puts a foot on the giant's chest, and pulls out his bloody war pick. With a muttered word in dwarven, it flares up, burning away the gore and flaming out. "... odd giant." ...great Fortunes. Wow Isty. I never expected a giant to fall that fast. [ Then the scene changes! You're all inside a massive gnomish factory! Right in front of you is a conveyor belt carrying what appears to be frozen pizzas. ] ... this is worse than Vall's sneezes. This is ridiculous. * Will nods in agreement. I'm getting a burning sensation in my gut just from being around this much sausage. ... frozen pizza is blasphemy in the eyes of the Pizza Gods. I'm not certain there IS a pizza god. It certainly isn't something I've heard about as a cleric. [ Kali would probably claim it's in her portfolio. But one never knows. ] [ Suddenly, there is a high-pitched, nasal laugh from somewhere -- everywhere! ] ... what're the chances that's a good sign? Samurai do not count chances. * Will rubs his arms. "That gave me goosebumps." [ Istvan spots a siluette of a vaguely humanoid figure with what appear to be rabbit-ears and a very large nose stalking not far in the distance! ] * Istvan spins toward the thing, and points with his war pick, which light a- fire at his muttered command. "Somethin' there. Humanoid... rabbit ears. Big nose." Well, let's see if it's hostile. * Istvan nods, and advancing slowly towards the... thing. * HKenji marches off at speed. * Will follows as a distant third. [ A frozen pizza comes whizzing out from between a pair of large storage tanks! It strikes Kenji in the side, cutting him deeply! ] The hell? [ The laugh sounds again as Kenji is hit! ] * HKenji holds a hand to his side and scowls when it comes away bloody. * Istvan growls, and charges at where he thinks the thing is. "I'm not playing this hide and seek bullshit..." * Will clutches at his side. "Ouch, so that's what a pizza to the stomach feels like." * HKenji withdraws a blindfold from his sleeve and quickly ties it over his eyes. * Istvan swings at where he thinks the thing is, but miscalculates and ends up swinging at air, nearly throwing him off balance and off his feet. * Istvan scrambles to recover, however, and figure out where the hell the thing actually is. [ Another pizza flies out and hits Istvan! How's it get through the armor? Must be some really bad pizza. ] [ Kenji, Go! ] * Istvan gets slices on his leg, right between two plates. "Dammit!" Isty, how far away would you say that thing is right now? Just follow my blade. * HKenji dashes forward, drawing his katana again and slicing for nothing at all. * Will nods. "Ok." [ Kenji's blade cuts the form! It shieks in the same high, nasaly voice! ] [ Will, go! ] * Will runs a bit closer to Kenji and grins as he releases a spell. "There's no place for you to hide." [ Nothing happens, sadly. ] * Will stands and scratches the back of his helmet. "What the...?" [ Istvan, go! ] * Istvan scowls, and tries to hit where Kenji just swung. [ Istvan hits something! In the light of his flaming pick, he can see that it wears all red, and has an 'N' emblazoned on it's chest. ] [ Kenji, go! ] * HKenji releases his katana with one hand and even as his longer blade is cutting, his shorter is coming out of its sheathe for its own blinding series of cuts. [ Kenji's flurry of blades is not terribly effective; only the shorter blade scores a hit, and only once. ] * Will puts his hand on a nearby Vat. The vat starts glowing when Will withdraws his hands. [ The creature you do battle with is exposed! He is large, malformed, and does indeed have rabbit-ears. He also seems worried that he can't hide anymore. ] [ Istvan, go! ] * Istvan grins. "In the name of good pizza, yadda yadda, I smite you or something." *attacks* [ Istvan gets in two good hits! The Noid screams! ] [ It then pulls out a pair of pizza-rollers and attacks Istvan, still screaming. ] [ He doesn't hit but once, tho. ] [ Kenji, go! ] * Istvan gets cut on the forearm, and grunts. [ Kenji's blades flash dramatically! The Noid takes two cuts from Kenji! ] [ Will, Go! ] * Will holds out his symbol of Bahumat and everybody feels a bit tougher. [ Bahamut almost doesn't grant the spell due to the typo, but it works. ] [ Istvan, kill it already! ] * Istvan attacks again! [ Istvan hacks it once, twice, thrice, and it falls dead at his feet! Avoid nothin'. ] What IS that thing? Or say, rather, what WAS that thing? Don't know. Avatar of the Dark Pizza Gods? * Will walks up to the corpse. "Wierd creature with rabbit ears..." [ One of the pizzas slides off the conveyor belt and lands on its side, erupting into a shimmering blue view of the stage back on campus. ] * HKenji leaps through before he loses his chance. ... and that pizza just opened up a portal. I think the magic professors might wanna write a paper about that one... *hops through* * Will runs to follow Kenji. [ You appear back on the stage in front of an apologetic-looking Felgolos. "Er, sorry about that. Accident. I hope the commercials weren't too harsh on you?" He casts some cure spells on you all, while he's apologizing. ] Not a problem. ... nah. Only mental scarring. What in the world is a pizza throwing creature with rabbit ears?? [ "That'd be the Noid. Old mascot for some pizza company. Are you all capable of going back on the show?" ] * Istvan checks his leg and forearm, then nods. "Capable, yeah." *mutter something about not knowing *why* he's doing the show* [ "Good! 'Cause we're almost on!" ] Good. [ Session End. ]