Memoirs of a RAFian

[Underseen]

I never read Visser at all...

[Cloak]

I have the book.  But I haven't read it in a while.

Wow -- goin' fast! 

• 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 received 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 knockoffs 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 paparazzi 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 jailer.  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.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXVII: Be A Doll

The RAFians are confronted by a Super Chucky.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXVIII: They're Such Cards

The RAFians are sealed into cards, which end up trapped in an ancient leather-bound book, and it's up to three kids to free them.  An out-of-continuity book.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXIX: Dinosaur Island

Everyone, except those that bear a Mark, begin turning saurian.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXX: Corrupted

The RAFians must deal with the son of Cataclysm, Corruptor.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXXI: Artificial Skins

The RAFians must deal with symbiotes.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXXII: Separation Anxiety

The RAFians must contend with an ethereal virus.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXXIII: A Thing About RAFians

The RAFians must contend with Seekers, which home in onto their Marks.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXXIV: A Planted Idea

The RAFians must contend with a floramaniac.  Twenty chapters planned.

• Book LXXV: Vacation Photos

The RAFians are sucked into a Polarisoid camera.  Five chapters planned thus far.

• 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 oxidation ray 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 and a Diznee Ice Ifrit.  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, Saberhagen) 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.

• Book XCVII: The Box

The RAFians must cage thirteen Revenants released from Pandora's Box -- each representing and amplifying a particular feeling (i.e. hatred), while looking for the perfect host.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book XCVIII: From the Shadows

The RAFians must save their shadows and the shadows of everyone else from being absorbed (eaten) by the Umbraraptors.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book XCIX: Grimm Prospects

The RAFians discover Malice controlling several "wesen" with control collars akin to April's in "Catwoman from Channel Six" and get stuck in one-on-one battles to the death with them.  Might be one of my longer books -- and, no, I haven't watched Grimm.  I've only recently discovered it via "Face Off".  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book C: Loop-De-Loop

Everyone's trapped in a temporal loop, but the only ones that realize it are Cloak, Shadow, Aila, and Aquilai.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book CI: Get 'Em, Shaw

The RAFians face a creature from the planet Gossamer, who's under the control of Malice.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book CII: Threadfall

The RAFians must exterminate an epidemic of Thread.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book CIII: Siren's Song

The RAFians must deal with a siren and her alluring song.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book CIV: Resistance is Futile

The RAFians must deal with a hybridization of the Borg and the Hive chips (Ben 10: Alien Swarm) -- which the Mark cannot protect them from, nor the Unity energy can destroy.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book CV: The Titan

The RAFians must contend with the Titan serum and its effects.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book CVI: A Stony Glare

The RAFians must deal with a hungry Stone-Biter and a petrifying venom of a Diznee Stone Ifrit.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book CVII: Spritely Pests

The RAFians must deal with irritating sprites, which Faerie has had some experience with.  No chapters planned out yet.

• Book CVIII: Destroy All . . . What?

The RAFians must contend with a Furon incursion, and it turns out the Nyacs have knowledge of Furons. . . . No chapters planned out yet.

[Underseen]

In a couple of posts I would have more posts than Blaze for this thread... Wow

[Cloak]

But not me! 

Well, you seem to be only one fully caught up, thus far, so it's really not too surprising.

[Underseen]

I just don't want to be the 2nd top poster... I don't know why... Probably because people have to skip over my posts when they are trying to catch up.

[Cloak]

Eh, some people skip over posts regardless.

CHAPTER SIX:
Prototype Pandemonium

"Well, it's been three days, but let's see how much our labor has been fruiting -- er, that came out wrong." Yarin said.

"Never mind that, let's test fire this baby." Aquilai said.

"Just hurry up, I'm not getting any younger over here." Rotiart sniped.

"Or any nicer," Goom muttered.

They fired the beam and it . . . turned him blue.  Navy blue to be precise.

"IS THIS YOUR IDEA OF A JOKE?!?!" Rotiart screamed.

"It was not intentional," Aquilai said, then added quietly to the other two, "but it should deflate that ego of his for a time."

After two hours, Rotiart returned to his normal coloration as the three continued to tinker on their new toy.  While Rotiart's disposition hadn't changed in the slightest, the three were ready to test it, but this time, Gaz had elected to be the test subject.  Laserbeak soared to the the nearest table to watch protectively over her.

"Ready, Gazzy?"

"Just fire before I change my mind," Gaz said, evidentally steeling herself for the ray.

They complied . . . and Gaz turned into Swiss cheese.  No, literally Swiss cheese, as in the edible kind.  She was as still as a statue and Laserbeak did not like this one bit.  He viciously pecked the three without mercy.

"Hey!  Hey!  Hey!  Stop that!" the three cried.

"She'll return to normal in an hour, Laserbeak!  Cut it out!"

But he did not relent until Gaz returned to normal and called him off.  As they left, Laserbeak threw his beak up int air at them.

"Ugh . . . that bird needs obedience school." Aquilai grumbled.

"Oh, he was pretty well obedient to Gaz," Goom remarked.

"Easy for you to say!  You hid underneath the desk!!" Yarin protested.

"You use what you got," Goom said cheekily.  "Now let's get back to work on this."

The other two grumbled a bit, and then proceeded to go back to work. . . .

***

"I still don't quite understand," Cloak said.

"Look at it logically," said Aquilai-in-the-jade-cloak, "we are you.  You are us.  We are facets of you.  I'm the representation of your logic."

"So, you're not really Aquilai, then."

"Not really, no."

"Why am I here then?"

"There are things you need to learn about yourself, that you -- that is to say, we -- cannot do on our own." Goom said practically.

Cloak remained silent for a moment.  Then he said, "So you're all facets of me, my personality."

"OUR personality!" Pootang roared.  Which pretty much proved what they were saying -- as the Pootang was not known for speech.

"So, you're my representation  of anger," Cloak concluded to the Pootang.

"No, RAGE!!"

Cloak looked at the Rage Pootang . . . he was massive, raging, and powerful.  Everything he feared.  Cloak feared his rage, his resentment.  Feared of having it take control, of having it conquer him.  But his rage . . . he couldn't suppress it anymore.  Doing so would only make him rather volatile.  Much like Pootang . . .

Suddenly, the Rage Incarnate that was Pootang smiled and vanished . . . becoming part of Cloak again.  Cloak blinked.  So this is what he had to do . . . he had to reconcile with himself.  With these facets.

Come to terms with his Hatred (represented by Brute) and his tendency to hold grudges.

With his Innocence (represented by Shadow) and how his childhood wasn't exactly ideal.

With his Bravery (represented by Faerie), and how he wasn't as cowardly as he thought himself to be.

With his Resilience (represented by Sakki), and how he shouldn't give up so easily on his friendships and family.

With his Logic, and how things are never as black as he sees them.

With his Angst (represented by Ursa), and how he should see that other people are as fallible as him, and his mother did not know how to handle a son like him as he always assumed she would, as irascible, narcissistic, and hypocritical as she can be, she has faults, like the rest of us.

With his Contempt (represented by the donkey Councilor), and see that not everyone is going to accept others, but rather cling to their hatred and bigotry.

With his Curiosity (represented by Underseen), and see that those that are curious must take precautions as best as they can not to harm anyone in their pursuit for the answer.

With his Disappointment (represented by the eagle Councilor), and see that everyone experiences disappointment, and we shouldn't let it get us down.

With his Disgust (represented by the lion Councilor), and see sometimes that bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people, but that's the very nature of the universe.

With his Loathing (represented by the badger Councilor), and pretty much was a rehash of his coming to terms with Contempt.

With his Distrust (represented by the snake Councilor), and realizing not every stranger means to do you harm.

With his Fear (represented by Demos), and realizing fear is natural, everyone feels it, and it's nothing to be ashamed of.

With his Will (represented by the Green Lantern Sam), and realizing that he can't control everything, and being too willfull will distance himself from others.

With his Desire (represented by Sage), and realizing some desires will remain unfulfilled, but that shouldn't ruin your outlook.

With his Hope (represented by Horse), and realizing that no matter how bad the circumstances may be, there will always be hope.

With his Kindness (represented by Kelly), and realizing that kindness isn't something to be shunned.

With his Reliability (represented by Phoenix), and realizing that trying to please someone else when you are either trying to spare their feelings or doing a task you cannot do is not a good thing.

With his Affection (represented platonically by AniDragon), and realizing that it won't hurt to feel some affection for others, instead of spurring the feeling.

With his Compassion (represented by Estelore) and realizing that no matter how little he can do, it will always be sufficient in someone's eyes.

With his Practicality (represented by Goom) and realizing . . . well, nothing really.

After that, Cloak was now alone in the void, although he felt more at peace then he had ever felt.  But suddenly the background turned black, and Cloak was certain something else was coming.

[Underseen]

The chapter name only represents the first half of the chapter, but still great chapter.

[Cloak]

Thanks, but I think that's gonna to be the last one today.  Still, three chapters ain't bad, is it? 

[Gaz]

LOL! That was great. Made me grin.

[Cloak]

Great!  That was the intention! 

Anyway, looks like Underseen overtook Blaze in the number of posts . . . and newest chapter is underway.  Let's see how many I can do today.

[Underseen]

Less than 5 is my guess

[Cloak]

We shall see, Underseen.  We shall see. . . . Though you're probably right.

CHAPTER SEVEN:
Success! . . . Sorta!

"Well, this had better work," Aquilai said bitterly, still nursing the wounds the Cybertronian bird inflicted.

"Don't be so grumpy," Goom chatised.

"Don't make me stomp you," Yarin sniped.  "You may be a mod, with strange mod-y powers, but I'll do it!"

It was, of course, and idle threat.  Goom treated it as such, and paid it no mind.

"Just shut up and get that beam ready, before my reason catches up with me," Phoenix said.  He held his eyes out wide, closed his eyes, pursed his lips, and tensed his body, bracing for the beam.  He was fully it expecting it to do something ridiculous, like turn him into a mound of pizzas or something.

"Firing in . . . three . . . two . . . one." Aquilai said, behind their prototype that looked remarkably similar to the shrinking machine in the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" franchise.  The beam, colored orange and brown, lanced from the barrel and hit Phoenix square in the chest, yet he did not fall backward at all, but his body rippled.  Literally rippled as he returned to his masculine form.

"It . . . worked. . . ." Phoenix said, sounding rather astonished.

"Don't sound so surprised!" Aquilai snapped.

"I halfway expected to be shrunk or something," he replied.

"Hardy har har." Yarin said.

It looked like Phoenix had been restored.  And he had . . . but only for twelve hours.  A mere second afterward he reverted back to his feminine self.  And so did all the other RAFians that the beam "cured".  Some of them were really angry and vocal about it, but Rotiart was the angriest and noisiest of them all.

It was all the three could do to stem the flow of anger -- granted the population was about 90% lurkers.

***

Cloak looked around and saw that he was once again in a void, only with a black background this time instead of white.  He felt ground beneath his feet, but, again, it wasn't Earth, Metal, or Wood.  Cloak did not know what it was.

Suddenly, a piller of wood appeared to his left with a quite audible creak.  It seemed to be roughly the same height as cloak.  Then, with an eerie hiss, a funnel of rotating air appeared next to the wood pillar.  Then, with a distinctive rumble, a pillar of earth, a perfect column, rose from the ground.  Then, with a surge of noise, a geyser of water shot up and continued to gush.  Then, with hellish "FOOOM", a column of fire sparked into life.  Then, with a sound like plunging a knife into fabric, a column of metal shot up from the ground.

Cloak knew that those were the Six Elements.  The elements that any Elements Master must master before attaining such a title.  And not all Realm Walkers can be Elements Masters -- he and Shadow are the only living ones.  Shadow learned from him, and he from his late maternal grandfather.  Beyond that, he didn't know any other Elements Master ancestors of his, aside from marginal knowledge at best about Guardian.

Cloak knew clearly that he was in for some kind of test.

[Cloak]

Gonna be a short chapter, methinks.  Looks like I may have skipped a chapter or misnumbered the chapters, but no matter.  And Underssen, you're right.  I tried, but it isn't gonna be more than two today.  Or not.  Don't hold me to it.

CHAPTER EIGHT:
Beams, Pillars and Booms

Meanwhile, on another faraway planetoid, very similar to Androgynecopraesent, called Gendreconcido but called "Xi Viriginis 5" to scientists,  Abomination stood.  Gendreconcido was virtually identical to Androgynecopraesent in being barren and lifeless, but it was one of five that were so, and they orbited binary stars, one yellow, one red.

"Now, my love," Abomination said, making sure the alignment was right and perfect.  "My love, you'll see my usefulness.  You'll love me again.  This has to work."

Then when the moment was right, perfect down to the second, Abomination set the very last bomb to blow in five minutes. . . .

***

Back at the forum, Goom, Aquilai, and Yarin had spent the rest of the night perfecting the permancy of their ray's effects.  They were doing final adjustments.

"Now, if this doesn't work, I don't know what will." Aquilai said, eyes looking somewhat blearily.

"Maybe this'll settle 'em down," Goom said.

"I wouldn't count on it," Yarin said, tiredly, but knowingly.

"Just fire the blasted thing on me, and get it over with," Faerie said, irritatedly.  Nerves were easily frayed at this time of night.  They complied and it worked, as they knew it would.

"Well, we'll just have to wait twelve hours to see if it was permanent." Aquilai said, trying and failing to stifle a yawn.  "Until then, we can see to returning everyone back to what they were before, for a brief respite, at least."

But it turned out that the ray had succeeded as it should have.  And the permancy lasted longer than twelve hours.  How ironic that in another thirteen hours' time, they wouldn't have needed to labor so arduously.

***

Cloak looked and glared at the element pillars, unsure of what was about to happen.  But he knew that they weren't just their to be looked at, they had formed a circle around him.  Cloak recoiled from the fire pillar, and stepped a bit closer to the stone pillar.

Suddenly, something happened.

With many ominous creaking and groaning, the wooden pillar became a perfect likeness to Cloak.  And with many other noises, the other pillars followed suit.

"I must reconcile with the elements now?"

"More than that," said the metal Cloak, in his voice.  "You must reconcile with your fear of us."

"But I don't fear you," Cloak said, knowing very well that this was not the complete truth.

"You may not fear me," said Earth Cloak, "as I am your favored element." -- the other five didn't take exception to that -- "But you do fear one of us above all the rest."

"You fear me," said Fire Cloak, "and your reasoning for such has its merit, but is not without its flaws."

"What?  What do you mean?"

"You know perfectly well what I mean.  It is true fire grows and feeds, if left unchecked.  But fire is also the source of life -- both Dweller and Walker depend on fire for warmth, for light." Fire Cloak elaborated.  "Without fire, the world would be a very dark, very cold place."

"And it is not only fire that is destructive," intoned Air Cloak.  "Hurricanes and tornados cause vast amounts of damage, injuries and even deaths."

"And floods as well," Water Cloak added.  "And torrential rains that can cause exposure."

"Wood in baseball bats that can be used to bludgeon." Wooden Cloak added.  "And wood is responsible for many a vampire death."

"Metal is the most common element used for death," Metal Cloak said, "Knife blades, guns and their bullets . . . all of them metal."

"But bludging, shooting, stabbing -- the elements have no say in how they're used in those instances."

"But they are used because they are lethal." Air Cloak said.  "No element is free from the taint of murder, be they the murderer or accomplice."

Cloak stopped a moment to ponder this.

[Underseen]

Just came back from Thanksgiving shopping and enjoyed these chapters.

[Cloak]

Thanks -- looks like I've a busy week ahead of me.  So, at most, I'll only be able to post one chapter a day.