Memoirs of a RAFian

[Sakki]

Catching up with Mithril while drinking tea XD

[Cloak]

The next chapter'll be in my previous post.

And it's funny that you said "drinking tea" . . .

Oh, new page --

• Book XX: The Darwin Gun

The RAFians must contend with a ray that causes its target to devolve or hyper evolve into "ultimate" forms.  Twenty chapters.

• Book XXI: Other Side of the Tracks

The RAFians experiences significant differences which allow them to see the other side's point of view.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXII: Pits of Terror

The RAFians fall into pits that show them their greatest fears. Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXIII: RAF Comix

The RAFians are sucked into a comic book made by Damien. Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXIV: The First Master

Cloak meditates alone in a forest, and has a vision about the first Master . . . the first Elements Master. Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXV: RAF -- The Musical

The RAFians find themselves trapped in a musical where everyone must burst into song occasionally.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXVI: Outage Outrage

The RAFians find themselves losing their powers.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXVII: Infinity and Eternity

The Infinity Gems and the Eternity Stones make themselves known.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXVIII: The Virus Rings

The RAFians are attacked by foes they never thought they'd see again.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXIX: Soul-Suckers

The RAFians are attacked by Dementors, which have a rather large effect on Cloak.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXX: Mayhem of the Music Miser

Cloak recalls the RAFians' previous confrontation with the Music Miser three years ago.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXXI: The Metal-Maker

The RAFians must save their own from a Roboticizer. Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXXII: Richard is Missing

The RAFians must cope without Richard.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXXIII: Emotional Food

The RAFians must confront a different kind of vampire.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXXIV: Transformation Confrontation

The RAFians must confront some strange machines.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXXV: Richard's Horn

The RAFians must get Richard's Horn, a mystical musical instrument, back from Malice, who recieved it from a RAFian traitor.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXXVI: Feral Scream

A Wildwethel-centric book, he must deal with his feral side.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXXVII: Predators and Prey

The RAFians are being preyed upon by some sentient predators.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXXVIII: A Protean Problem

The RAFians must deal with a powerful snot-nosed kid who, quite literally, can do whatever he wants.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XXXIX: The Horsemen

Four RAFians are captured and converted into four Horsemen of the ancient, rogue Realm Walker Cataclysm.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XL: Sizeable Pain in the Necks

The RAFians must deal with Heinlein aliens. Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XLI: RAF's Nightmare

The RAFians must survive their own nightmares.  Nineteen chapters planned.

• Book XLII: Unlucky Charms

The RAFians must contend with a rather bloodthirsty leprechaun. Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XLIII: The Piper

The RAFians must contend with a pied piper. Nineteen chapters planned.

• Book XLIV: Starlight Desire

The RAFians race Malice, Abomination, and the Banned to a wishing star (no, not Estelore). Eighteen chapters planned.

• Book XLV: A War of Armor

Parker is outraged to see knock-offs of his rather unique armor and what they're being used for.  Twenty-two chapters planned.

• Book XLVI: The Worst Plague

The RAFians must weather the worst plague to ever existed -- the Hate Plague.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XLVII: Little Alien Napoleons

The RAFians are caught in the middle of a war between Helmacrons and Fmeks.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XLVIII: Go Away!

The RAFians must deal with the papparazzi who are all of a sudden interested in them.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book XLIX: RAFian Tales

RAFians tell various RAFian-themed stories across a lunch table.  Twenty chapters planned -- a RAFian story per chapter, discounting the intro.

• Book L: Maul

The RAFians must deal with the result of one of Demos's experiments.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LI: Erised Orbs

The RAFians must face their greatest desires.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LII: RAFians Alive!

Read the "Mummies Alive" parody in the RAFize songs thread.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LIII: The Pain Reliever

The RAFians must deal with an elderly Vulcan styling himself the "Pain Reliever".  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LIV: Beyond the Veils

Aquilai and Aila must confront old foes while the other RAFians must put up with a Czarinian bounty hunter.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LV: Dangerous Deals

Demos meets up with his half-brother, Shenecron, who has a perchant for making deals.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LVI: Of One Mind

Malice seeks out the Unimind.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LVII: The End of Time

The RAFians must contend with two Kryptonians (who think they're Time Lords) and prevent them from ending time altogether.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LVIII: Hematomimic

The RAFians must capture a Plasmavore and put up with it's rather stupid Judoon jailor.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LIX: Sins of Youth

Estelore, Richard, Parker, and Cloak must survive when the entire city and forum have been reduced to two-year-olds.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LX: The Replacements

The RAFians must contend with the fame-feeding Eidolon Consciousness.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXI: Arachnoids

The RAFians must contend with the Arachnoids and finding a cure for one of their own that was poisoned before it's too late.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXII: Personal Tissues

The RAFians must contend with some one misusing Bibliophaetos's discarded book shell.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXIII: Memory Today, Gone Tomorrow

The RAFians lose their memory and must find a way to regain it.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXIV: Appliance Armageddon

A superintelligent computer controls all electronics, and the RAFians must stop it.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXV: Prodigy and Composite

Some RAFians are merged into two separate entities.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXVI: The Merging

The Universes begin colliding and merging.  Ten chapters planned out thus far.

• Book LXVII: Be A Doll

The RAFians are confronted by a Super Chucky.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXVIII: RAF Captors

The RAFians are sealed into cards, and it's up to Jack and Shadow to free them.  May be an out-of-continuity book, haven't decided yet.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXIX: Dinosaur Island

Everyone, except those that bear a Mark, begin turning saurian.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXX: Corrupted

The RAFians must deal with the son of Cataclysm, Corruptor.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXI: Artificial Skins

The RAFians must deal with symbiotes.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXII: Separation Anxiety

The RAFians must contend with an ethereal virus.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXIII: A Thing About RAFians

The RAFians must contend with Seekers, which home in onto their Marks.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXIV: A Planted Idea

The RAFians must contend with a floramaniac.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXV: Vacation Photos

The RAFians are sucked into a Polarisoid camera.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXVI: A Personal Gremlin

The RAFians must contend with gremlins.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXVII: The Rust is Silence

The Rafians must deal with an ocidationr ay wielded by a criminal.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXVIII: The Toyman Cometh

The RAFians deal with a Toyman-esque character.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXIX: RAFian Idol

Yes, just another excuse to put in more of the (as of writing) nearly 800 parodies.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXX: Savage Heart

Cloak battles an ancient being called Carrotik.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXXI: Slave Islands and Juggernauts

Three RAFians are taken prisoners by the Knights and sold into the slavery of New Genoshia, while the others deal with a juggernaut.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXXII: Shredding a King

The RAFians deal with a demonic Shredder ghost.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXXIII: RAF -- The TV Show

The RAFians are forcibly recruited to one of Mojo's programs.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXXIV: The Drinker

The RAFians must contend with a Spirit-Drinker. No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXXV: The Last Laugh

The RAFians must face Joker Gas.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXXVI: It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Villain

The RAFians must contend with mind control cards.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXXVII: Sight Unseen

Six RAFians are rendered functionally blind.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXXVIII: Don't Let It Snow

The RAFians must face a second Ice Age.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book LXXXIX: The Rachel Toxin

The RAFians must find a cure to a toxin that increases the fearlessness, hostility and aggressiveness induced in people.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book XC: Virus Alert!

The RAFians face a dangerous virus seeking a host.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book XCI: A Youthful Thief

The RAFians face a creature that siphons off the youth in its victims.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book XCII: Calendar Creep

The RAFians face the Calendar Creep, a criminal whose crimes are holiday themed.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book XCIII: The Branding

Faerie fights a witch-boy named Salem (and his magical black cat, Zat) for a magical branding iron in Faeries possession.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book XCIV: The Void Zone

Essentially gonna be a "Subspace Emissary" parody.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book XCV: An Epic Yarn

The RAFians' world is turned into yarn and fabric.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book XCVI: RAFian Gladiators

RAFians are kidnapped by Gamesmaster, another rogue Realm Walker, and force to participate in gladiatorial games.  Contains the parodies of "It's Like A B-Movie" and "Worthless".  No chapters planned out yet.

[Underseen]

You said a couple, but oh welll

[Cloak]

And I did mean a couple, Underseen.  I really did.  But I was really brain-dead tired after the last chapter, so . . .

Anyway, I might post a new chapter later on, or maybe not.  I'm not exactly feeling it just now. . . . And I do have things that I've been neglecting to do. . . . Like clean out the refrigerator, and clean the shelves of it. . . .

Probably gonna be a short chapter.  Dunno.  We'll just have to see . . .

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:
The Doctor is In

Cloak cracked his knuckles as he narrowed his eyes and pulled his mouth into a grim smile.

"N-n-now when I said that," Malice stammered, her composure slipping slightly in her swift hurry to backpedal, "I didn't mean it in the way you're thinking."

"Oh?" Cloak said, laying a very light stress on the word.  "Then, pray tell, tell me exactly what you meant."

"I . . . I . . . I . . ." Malice said, as Cloak stood up at his full eight-foot height.  Malice knew that Cloak easily could outmatch her.  When she challenged him, she thought he would take it seriously.  It was a little dark for him.  It was basically just arrogant bluster.  "It . . . it's Gemini.  He's the real enemy.  It was his plan, his idea."

"Yeah," Cloak said, voice dangerously low, "right."

"He's . . . he's through the door there," she pointed, seeming to feel genuine fear.  "Down the stairs, and in a secret door to the right."

Cloak eyed Malice suspiciously.  This whole fear thing could just be an elaborate act to get Cloak to walk into a trap.  She seemed to shrink against the wall, and shiver with fright.  Something about the way she did it made Cloak feel uneasy.  She was definately up to something.  Cloak knew that if he trusted any of her information on face value, he'd be the king of fools.

Still . . . Cloak was curious.  Curse that feline curiosity of his!  He had to go see if she was telling the truth.  Cloak looked back at Malice and stepped toward her but she shrieked quite believably and Walked out of this universe.  Cloak had hesitated a moment too long.  Now he had a choice -- to go and see the doctor and walk into what was very possibly a trap or to try and follow Malice (which was impossible, you couldn't track the realms a Realm Walker walked to unless they were very conspicuous about it, and Malice had eluded detection by the Realm Walker council, though that was also mostly because the Council did not want to believe she was alive).

The choice was obvious, if not a little forced on Malice's behalf.  Cloak proceeded onward, taking Malice's instructions with a grain of salt.  He was approaching everything very cautiously.  But he realized that he probably didn't have very much in the way of time, so he hurried as much as his cautious nature would allow.  Using Earthsight to see his surroundings, he was unable to detect any danger. . . . But that didn't mean that it didn't exist. . . .

He cautiously made his way down the stairs and easily found the secret door behind the stairwell.  He easily busted through the five-foot-thick steel door that apparently Gemini (or Malice) thought would be sufficient enough to keep Cloak out.  It was made of METAL and Cloak was a master of the element.  Who really thought that was gonna keep him out?

Of course, that could be the entire point.  But Cloak brushed that worrisome thought away and proceeded over the threshold cautiously, as if he expected metallic spiders to suddenly start pouring out of the walls, or something.  Cloak looked around, his feline eyes easily piercing the gloom.  He found the good doctor, sitting in a chair, looking rather bored.

Cloak couldn't stop himself from thinking, This is too easy, far too easy.

Then two more shadowy figures leaped out of the darkness, and attempted to accost the Realm Walker, who managed to bend the air into a shockwave and knock the two off their feet.  But there were more.  More and more seem to come.  It was as if they were multiplying expotentially.  None of them were armed, but merely bodies of flailing legs and punching arms.  They were all human, it seemed, and none very strong at all.

This was Malice's trap?

[Underseen]

What kind of trap is that?

[Cloak]

You see, in the next chapter. . . .

[Underseen]

The next book seems interesting. So does the next chapter

[Cloak]

Hopefully, I can make it live up to your expectations, then, Underseen.   Still a little on the sleepy side right now.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:
Quick Goo

Cloak managed to easily fend of the figures, before realize they were all Dr. Gemini.  Did this mean that Gemini just cloned himself for a quick escape or that he, himself, was a clone?  At the moment, it was meaningless.  While the clones weren't particularly strong or remotely powerful, they did have a numbers advantage.

And Realm Walkers are not immune from exhaustion.

Cloak was prepared to unleash his full elemental might upon the clones, which would have surely levelled the place.  Cloak wasn't sure if he really wanted to do that, however.  He was prepared to, nonetheless, however.  But it turns out that he didn't need to.  The clones stopped moving and started speaking gibberish.  This perplexed the Elements Master.  Even more so when all of the Geminis in the room began to dissolve into flesh-colored goo.  All of them.

"Quick clones!" Cloak declared vehemently.  Then he noticed that even the one in the chair was flesh-colored glop now.  Cloak balled his hands into tight fists and narrowed his eyes.  He saw now that this wasn't so much as a trap, as a diversionary tactic.  Malice must have pretended to be so afraid so the good doctor could escape his wrath, and Gemini made multiple quick clones of himself as he made a timely getaway.  By now, it would be too late to try to Earthsight him.  He could possibly already off the earth and in the sky in a plane or helicopter or whatever.  In any case, Cloak's Earth sight isn't of an unlimited range.

Nothing he could do about it now.  Better just find the others.

***

"UGH!" Underseen was agitated.  "How do we get out of this place?  This is the fourtieth dead end!"

"It was the third," Gaz replied calmly.

"But Underseen's right, enough is enough." Parker said, aiming his fusion cannon at a mirror.

"Seven years bad luck, Parker," Gaz pointed out, smirking.  She had no reflection to confuse her.

"I'm not the superstitious sort." Parker replied, deadly serious.  But before Parker could do anything, the mirror just fell inward, but strangely did not shatter.

"You're good," Underseen noted.

"I didn't do anything." Parker stammered, surprised.

Gaz examined the mirror's frame.  "Well, that's rather . . . the exit was hidden by a mirror."

"That's a little convienent, don't you think?" Parker said, skeptically.

"Hey, don't look a gift horse in the mouth."

"I don't much like being a gift like that," a voice said drily.  Turns out the exit to the room wasn't an exit at all, but just one of the labyrinthine passageway that linked to the tumbling room.  Horse, Bear, Ash, Faerie, and Demos all looked quite disgruntled, if not a little dizzy.

"What happened to you?" Underseen asked, looking moderately alarmed.

"Brain. Dizzy.  Room.  Spinning.  Brain still doing a pirouette." Demos mumbled.

"What?"

"We were trapped in a spinning, rotating room." Demos said, revealing he was feigning dizziness.

"Oh," Underseen said, attempting to chose his words carefully.  "Sounds . . . uh, fun."

Bear gave Underseen a glowering look, as Demos said, "Yes!  Wonderfully fun!"

Then Ash slapped Demos upside his head, which incited Demos to reply, "Hey!"

"I still don't know why anyone would think a room like that would be fun!" Faerie fumed.

"Could be why this entire park went bust." Gaz said, thoughtfully.

Then they walked down a path which lead them to be reunited with Blue, Blocky, Aquilai, Noelle, and Dino, who were all walking in a perpendicular passageway.  They decided to leave this not-so-fun funhouse, and find Cloaky.

But the task was easier than anticipated, as a disgruntled Cloaky was standing outside the funhouse.

"What's the matter?" Aquilai asked.

"I'll fill you in on the way to Laserbeak." Cloak said.

"You know where he is?" Gaz asked.

"He should be winging his way to Kelly, by now." Cloak said, with a rather weary quality to his voice.  "He collected a great deal of evidence."

"Though we're already guilty in the eyes of public opinion . . ." Parker muttered more to himself than anyone.

[Gaz]

Good update, Cloaky! Hopefully today I can get a beast wars recap done. My back is finally starting to feel better.

[Cloak]

Glad to hear it, Gazzy!

Anyway, two more chapters before I can begin Book XX. . . . Hard to believe that there's been nearly twenty books.  And if Blocky hadn't posted in this thread -- I would have deleted it!  I'm really glad I didn't though.

EDIT: Hmmmm . . . maybe another chapter . . . later . . . maybe I'll just go ahead and finish the book. . . .

[Underseen]

What if you did delete this?- That would really suck.

[Cloak]

There's really no chance of that now, though, Underseen.  Probably gonna be a short chapter.

CHAPTER NINETEEN:
Public Opinion

Laserbeak was perched on a tree, momentarily resting, on his way to Kelly.  He may be Cybertronian, but he wasn't immune to exhaustion.  And it was not an easy trip to make.  Especially since Abomination didn't give up easily on getting his rather beefy hands on him, but was aerially superior to the rogue Realm Walker, so he was able to dodge his attempts.  But such maneuvering took energy, and he had a trying trip ahead of him anyway.

Pity that Abomination went back to swallowing every little lie that Malice tossed his way.  Abomination was that desperate for love and affection, it would seem.

Anyway, soon enough, Laserbeak landed on Kelly's thread window.  Kelly was absorbed in her work to defend the RAFians, and so did not notice Laserbeak's arrival or his insistent chirping.  It was only when Laserbeak began to tap sharply, smartly and a bit angrily on the window when Kelly looked up, and threw the window open.

"Laserbeak?" she asked.  "Does this mean you have evidence?"

Laserbeak opted to show her than chirp affirmatively.  The confrontations with the RAFians and their clones, along with Malice's confession.  It was a lengthy video file, but Laserbeak prided himself in being able to relay all of it, without any lag times or anything.  As well as display in a full three-dimensional holographic display.

"Excellent," Kelly said, rubbing her chin pensively, "that should be enough evidence to exonerate them."

Laserbeak chirped proudly.

"Don't get ahead of yourself, now, Laserbeak," Kelly said.  "The battle's not won yet."

***

The court case against the RAFians was proving to be a grueling one for Kelly.  But she was more than ready to prove that she was as tough as any RAFian.  Sure, she may not be able to spout flame or energy from her hands or mind read or strip powers away or anything like that, but she was tough as any of them.  Yeah, she had the power of healing, but it was a rather passive power that required physical contact with the person to be healed.  And it didn't work on non-organics and Realm Walkers.  But she was now in her element, with a different kind of entity.

The prosecutors tried to spin the evidence so that the RAFians would look guility, but they were having a hard time trying to discredit the new evidence in a believeable way, instead concocting rather outlandish and farfetched stories.  But it all came down to the jury . . . and they've been trying this case for about three days already, and closing comments were coming about today. . . .

The jury only took about twenty minutes to decide a verdict . . . of not guility.  The courtroom erupted in a mix of angry protests and cheers.  It was as Parker indicated, that they were already guility in the court of public opinion.  But not everyone subscribes to that opinion, as the judge agreed with the jury and dismissed all charges against the RAFians.

Outside, reporters began clamoring for interviews -- one asked the fate of the clones, and Kelly answered with a simple, "Destroyed", before moving along, shielding herself from the barrage of microphones and cameras.  The RAFians returned to RAF, returned home.

---
NOTE: I'm not a law major or really know anything about law -- I could have gotten the process wrong.

[Underseen]

Cybertronian is a word? The more you know...

[Cloak]

Cybertronian = someone from Cybertron

Now, let's end this book.

CHAPTER TWENTY:
Behind the Facade

Cloak had sequestered himself within his thread, pondering on the past events.  Gemini was still at large.  Cloak was absolutely convinced that Malice had a hand in it, as well.  But why?  Why would Malice be so interested, so invested, in keeping Gemini alive and at large?  She never did anything unless it suited her in some way . . .

But there were too many questions about this.  Cloak knew that only real motivation for using Dwellers like this is for sheer entertainment.  If some of them get seriously injured, made pariahs, or even killed, it made no never mind to her.  After all, she was one of those Realm Walkers who considered Realm Dwellers lesser beings.

Perhaps that's why she took such a vested interest in Cloak.  Cloak was one of the few Realm Walkers, his niece included, who did not see Realm Dwellers on par to pondscum, but as living, breathing creatures with rights to live unmolested by the machinations of a Realm Walker such as Malice.  Truth be told, Cloak initially came to the Prime Universe after a large fight with his mother and he was tired of the languid lifestyle that Realm Walkers tended to adopt.  And he was glad he did, for, as a RAFian -- the only Realm Walker RAFian -- he had found friends, found adventure, found acceptance . . . Cloak didn't have the most charmed childhood, and he didn't really care to recall the pain he had endured there.

Most Realm Walkers would not understand Cloak's alliance to the Realm Dwellers and RAF, but he didn't care.  What they thought was of little consequence to him.  His position as Elements Master could be used to throw a little weight around, but he found himself not really liking to do that.  He was far more content to spend it with the like-minded Realm Dwellers instead of the stuffy, pompous members of his own kind.

And there is the catastrophes and atrocities that rogues like Malice would bring about to the Realms, had he and his RAFian allies not interfered.  Of course . . . Cloak thought, these events may not have even occurred if he were not a RAFian . . . I may be doing more harm than help just by my mere presence here . . .

Cloak continued to muse about this by himself, for some time.

***

Meanwhile, in some out-of-the-way, undisclosed place where a lonely shack stands, Gemini is huddled.  This is the real Gemini, not another quick clone.  He pressed a sequence of gnarled knots in the rotting wood, and a secret trapdoor opens with a whoosh.  He jumps down, closes the trap door, and walks to a nearby armchair.   The fabric was threadbare and a bit dusty and moldy, but Gemini didn't care.

"They'll never find me here," he muttered gleefully to himself, as he turned on rather dim lighting.  This was one of his safehouses, one of the lesser visited ones.  Gemini was confident that law enforcement would never find it, and, to make it even better, he managed to pay off some of the corrupted ones and some of the closeted Knight ones.

"Dweller law enforcement might not," said a voice from the darkness, "but I found it easy enough."

"What?  Who --?" Gemini stammered.

"Don't you remember just who helped you escape justice?  Just who enabled your escape?"

"M-Malice?"

She stepped into the light, and said, "Yes, dahling.  And I've a new project for you."

[Underseen]

I knew what it meant, but just didn't know it was a real word.