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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1845 on: May 05, 2013, 07:48:41 PM »
You . . . uh . . . can't keep a good writer down? ;)


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1846 on: May 06, 2013, 01:29:59 AM »
Nope, you can't. ;)

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1847 on: May 06, 2013, 08:15:22 AM »
Yep.

Well, I'm to planning out Chapter 13 of "League of Assassins" (Book CLXI -- Book 161).  And came up with ideas for Books CLXVI, CLXVII and CLXVIII (see below -- marked by the asterisks(*).)

  • Book XXXVI: Feral Scream
A Wildwethel-centric book, he must deal with his feral side.
  • Book XXXVII: Predators and Prey
The RAFians are being preyed upon by some sentient predators.
  • Book XXXVIII: A Protean Problem
The RAFians must deal with a powerful snot-nosed kid who, quite literally, can do whatever he wants.
  • Book XXXIX: The Horsemen
Four RAFians are captured and converted into four Horsemen of the ancient, rogue Realm Walker Cataclysm.
  • Book XL: Sizeable Pain in the Necks
The RAFians must deal with Heinlein aliens.
  • Book XLI: RAF's Nightmare
The RAFians must survive their own nightmares.
  • Book XLII: Unlucky Charms
The RAFians must contend with a rather bloodthirsty leprechaun.
  • Book XLIII: The Piper
The RAFians must contend with a pied piper.
  • Book XLIV: Starlight Desire
The RAFians race Malice, Abomination, and the Banned to a wishing star (no, not Estelore).
  • Book XLV: A War of Armor
Parker is outraged to see knockoffs of his rather unique armor and what they're being used for.
  • Book XLVI: The Worst Plague
The RAFians must weather the worst plague to ever existed -- the Hate Plague.
  • Book XLVII: Little Alien Napoleons
The RAFians are caught in the middle of a war between Helmacrons and Fmeks.
  • Book XLVIII: Go Away!
The RAFians must deal with the paparazzi who are all of a sudden interested in them.
  • Book XLIX: RAFian Tales
RAFians tell various RAFian-themed stories across a lunch table.
  • Book L: Maul
The RAFians must deal with the result of one of Demos's experiments.
  • Book LI: Erised Orbs
The RAFians must face their greatest desires.
  • Book LII: RAFians Alive!
Read the "Mummies Alive" parody in the RAFize songs thread.
  • Book LIII: The Pain Reliever
The RAFians must deal with an elderly Vulcan styling himself the "Pain Reliever".
  • Book LIV: Beyond the Veils
Aquilai and Aila must confront old foes while the other RAFians must put up with a Czarinian bounty hunter.
  • Book LV: Dangerous Deals
Demos meets up with his half-brother, Shenecron, who has a perchant for making deals.
  • Book LVI: Of One Mind
Malice seeks out the Unimind.
  • 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.
  • Book LVIII: Hematomimic
The RAFians must capture a Plasmavore and put up with it's rather stupid Judoon jailer.
  • 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.
  • Book LX: The Replacements
The RAFians must contend with the fame-feeding Eidolon Consciousness.
  • 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.
  • Book LXII: Personal Tissues
The RAFians must contend with some one misusing Bibliophaetos's discarded book shell.
  • Book LXIII: Memory Today, Gone Tomorrow
The RAFians lose their memory and must find a way to regain it.
  • Book LXIV: Appliance Armageddon
A superintelligent computer controls all electronics, and the RAFians must stop it.
  • Book LXV: Prodigy and Composite
Some RAFians are merged into two separate entities.
  • Book LXVI: The Merging
The Universes begin colliding and merging.
  • Book LXVII: Be A Doll
The RAFians are confronted by a Super Chucky.
  • 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.
  • Book LXIX: Dinosaur Island
Everyone, except those that bear a Mark, begin turning saurian.
  • Book LXX: Corrupted
The RAFians must deal with the son of Cataclysm, Corruptor.
  • Book LXXI: Artificial Skins
The RAFians must deal with symbiotes.
  • Book LXXII: Separation Anxiety
The RAFians must contend with an ethereal virus.
  • Book LXXIII: A Thing About RAFians
The RAFians must contend with Seekers, which home in onto their Marks.
  • Book LXXIV: A Planted Idea
The RAFians must contend with a floramaniac.
  • Book LXXV: Vacation Photos
The RAFians are sucked into a Polarisoid camera.
  • Book LXXVI: A Personal Gremlin
The RAFians must contend with gremlins.
  • Book LXXVII: The Rust is Silence
The Rafians must deal with an oxidation ray wielded by a criminal.
  • Book LXXVIII: The Toyman Cometh
The RAFians deal with a Toyman-esque character.
  • Book LXXIX: RAFian Idol
Yes, just another excuse to put in more of the (as of writing) nearly 800 parodies.
  • Book LXXX: Savage Heart
Cloak battles an ancient being called Garrotik.
  • 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.
  • Book LXXXII: Shredding a King
The RAFians deal with a demonic Shredder-like ghost called Regiphaetos.
  • Book LXXXIII: RAF -- The TV Show
The RAFians are forcibly recruited to Mojo's programs.
  • Book LXXXIV: The Drinker
The RAFians must contend with a Spirit-Drinker.
  • Book LXXXV: The Last Laugh
The RAFians must face Joker Gas.
  • Book LXXXVI: It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Villain
The RAFians must contend with mind control cards which are ineffective on them.
  • Book LXXXVII: Sight Unseen
Six RAFians are rendered functionally blind, optically-speaking.
  • Book LXXXVIII: Don't Let It Snow
The RAFians must face a second Ice Age caused by a Diznee Ice Ifrit.
  • Book LXXXIX: The Rachel Toxin
The RAFians must find a cure to a toxin that increases the fearlessness, hostility and aggressiveness induced in people which the Mark cannot protect the RAFians from.
  • Book XC: Virus Alert!
The RAFians face a dangerous virus seeking a host.
  • Book XCI: A Youthful Thief
The RAFians face a creature that siphons off the youth in its victims, provided they're younger than him.
  • Book XCII: Calendar Creep
The RAFians face the Calendar Creep, a criminal whose crimes are holiday themed.
  • Book XCIII: The Branding
Faerie fights a witch-boy named Salem (and his magical black cat, Saberhagen) for a magical branding iron in Faerie's possession.
  • Book XCIV: The Void Zone
Nothing like a "Subspace Emissary" parody.  Sorry.
  • Book XCV: An Epic Yarn
The RAFians' world is turned into yarn and fabric.
  • Book XCVI: RAFian Gladiators
RAFians are kidnapped by Gamesmaster, another rogue Realm Walker, and force to participate in gladiatorial games.
  • 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.
  • Book XCVIII: From the Shadows
The RAFians must save their shadows and the shadows of everyone else from being absorbed (eaten) by the Umbraraptors, but not everything is what it seems.
  • 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.  One will die.
  • Book C: Loop-De-Loop
Everyone's trapped in a temporal loop, but the only ones that realize it are Cloak, Aila, and Aquilai.
  • Book CI: Get 'Em, Shaw
The RAFians face a creature native to the planet Gossamer, who's under the control of Malice.
  • Book CII: Threadfall
The RAFians must exterminate an epidemic of Thread.
  • Book CIII: Siren's Song
The RAFians must deal with a siren and her alluring song.
  • 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.
  • Book CV: The Titan
The RAFians must contend with the Titan serum and its effects.
  • Book CVI: A Stony Glare
The RAFians must deal with a hungry Stone-Biter and a petrifying venom of a Diznee Stone Ifrit.
  • Book CVII: Spritely Pests
The RAFians must deal with irritating sprites, which Faerie has had some rather tenuous experiences with.
  • Book CVIII: Destroy All . . . What?
The RAFians must contend with a Furon incursion, and it turns out the Nyacs have knowledge of Furons. . . .
  • Book CIX: Going Backwards
A grievious malfunction in Aquilai's TARDIS causes time to reverse its flow and flow backwards.
  • Book CX: Death Takes A Holiday
The RAFians must convince Death to take up his role again.  A RAFian will die in this book, and it is within the continuity.
  • Book CXI: High Price Stakes
Shanker and Gaz must flee and elude Daphne, the vampire hunter.
  • Book CXII: A Killer Housing Market
The RAFians must survive and either destroy or escape a killer house.
  • Book CXIII: A Silenced World
The RAFians must cope with a world that has become muted and a young sorceress, Melissa Spellman.
  • Book CXIV: The Bureau
The RAFians must save their own from the insideous Bureau of Lost.
  • Book CXV: To Tell the Truth
Broken's apprentice, Melissa, accidentally casts a spell forcing everyone to tell the truth.
  • Book CXVI: Skin Crawlers
The RAFians, repulsed and revolted, must contend with Hundred (who eventually becomes Thousand, then becomes Million, then Billion, and then, finally, Trillion).
  • Book CXVII: School of Stepford Lies
The RAFians must save the children from a school that turns them into Stepford students at Terenia's school.
  • Book CXVIII: Ol' Salty
The RAFians must deal with the Salt Man.
  • Book CXIX: The Great Race
The RAFians hold a race that Aloth cons himself into.  Who will win?
  • Book CXX: Ape Escape
The RAFians must help super intelligent apes -- Caesar the chimp, Brutus the gorilla, and Maestro the orangutan -- reconcil their misanthropy.
  • Book CXXI: A Different Kind of Unity
The RAFians must contend with a parasitic "unity".
  • Book CXXII: The Great Brain Robery
Someone is stealing brains for an unknown purpose.
  • Book CXXIII: The Bounty Hunter
The Knights, in their hypocricy, hire a Tsul'Kalu bounty hunter to collect select RAFians (to taxidermy).
  • Book CXXIV: New Controllers
The RAFians confront Zirconians.
  • Book CXXV: Creeping Crystal
A wave of crystallizing energy is sweeping the land. . . .
  • Book CXXVI: The Element Feeder
The RAFians deal with a creature who feeds on a specific element and matures to a different element each time as it matures. . . .
  • Book CXXVII: The Rider and the Walker
The RAFians come up against the Ghost Rider.
  • Book CXXVIII: Headhunters
What will happen when RAFians lose their heads?  Seriously.
  • Book CXXIX: The Color Purple, Man!
The RAFians confront the Purple Man, who manages to turn the entire government against them . . .
  • Book CXXX: The Nemetrix Beetle
The RAFians confront the Black Beetle with Nemetrix properties.
  • Book CXXXI: It's Tought to Be A Mod
The members of a primitive forum declare Demos and Blue to be mods. . . .
  • Book CXXXII: Who-Zilla?
An energy reaction begins turning RAFians into monstrous creatures in 3XXX.  Out-of-continuity book.
  • Book CXXXIII: Well, Techadon-ally . . .
The RAFians confront Techadons who assign them qualitive quatilities, and refuse to acknowledge any defeats.
  • Book CXXXIV: The Mind's Eye
The RAFians face Spellbinder and his realistic illusions.
  • Book CXXXV: Bas-ic Instincts
Bas awakens and attempts to take control of Cloak and other felines.
  • Book CXXXVI: Midas Duck
The RAFians must contend with a very strange golden idol and a greedy sneak-thief.
  • Book CXXXVII: War with the Warworlds
The RAFians must defeat two heavily-armed Warworlds.
  • Book CXXXVIII: Solar Sucks
The RAFians must save Estelore from a device able to suck out her stellar substance and lifeforce.
  • Book CXXXIX: Hounded
The RAFians are attacked by hellhounds that only Demos can see, although Cloak can "see" them via Earthsight.
  • Book CXL: Politics
The RAFians, much to Cloak's chagrin and irritation, get caught up in the middle of Realm Walker politics.
  • Book CXLI: Buggy Afternoon
A Bug is after Parker's blood, to "avenge" their brother slain by the SPARTAN.
  • Book CXLII: Cloak's Nightmare
Cloak has an exceedingly vivid nightmare of the Great RAFian Purge. . . .
  • Book CXLIII: Cloak and the Olympians
Cloak confronts and defies the Olympians.
  • Book CXLIV: Down to Earth
The RAFians have gravity-related problems.
  • Book CXLV: Hittin' the Dino-Sauce
The RAFians learn the dangers of Dino-Sauce.
  • Book CXLVI: Blood Feud
Shanker's past comes into light. . . .
  • Book CXLVII: She's Back! A Dino Story
Pretty much a shameless parody of "We're Back! A Dinosaur Story".
  • Book CXLVIII: A Journey into Her Past
Delving into Noelle's pre-RAFian life and her relationship with Ardnalil-Shicom-Maar.
  • Book CXLIX: Mortality and Morality
The RAFians face some rather conceited Leviathons.
  • Book CL: Utter Pandemonium
Cloak, Gaz, Saffa, Underseen, and Hunter investigate odd goings-on at a theme park island named "Haunted Island".
  • Book CLI: A Reality Rewrite
Cloak, Faerie, Broken, and Broken's protege discover a magical, reality-altering typewriter.  Cloak, being a Realm Walker and the other three, being magical, are immune to its rewrites of reality.
  • Book CLII: The Coming of Galacticron
The RAFians must save Earth from Galacticron.
  • Book CLIII: Theft of Intellectual Property
The RAFians must contend with Brainiac.
  • Book CLIV: The Contingency
The RAFians must battle the Talos Project and their living weapon -- Weapon XLIX.
  • Book CLV: Muppet, Muppet Man
Parker and Gaz are turned into Muppets. (;))
  • Book CLVI: Larval Ambush
The RAFians must deal with insectoid creatures who are parasitoids with humans.
  • Book CLVII: As the World Doesn't Turn
The RAFians must stop a group of feline aliens from stopping the world from rotating.
  • Book CLVIII: Princess Pearls
A few girls of RAf discover the Princess Pearls.
  • Book CLVIX: Attack of the Killer Produce
The RAfians must deal and cope with killer produce.
  • Book CLX: Moonscarred Menace
The RAfians investigate mysterious disappearances on Moonscar Island.
  • Book CLXI: League of Assassins
The League of Assassins set a number of Assassins after Blue.
  • Book CLXII: Dark RAFians
The RAFians come up against an evil team modeled after them, attempting to usurp their postions.
  • Book CLXIII: Danger Rising
The RAFians' training sim gains sentience.
  • Book CLXIV: Moody
Gaz and Saffa accidentally have Moodulators attached to them.
  • Book CLXV: Bound Together
Some RAFians get molecularly stuck together.
  • *Book CLXVI: The Legion of RAFians
The 31st century RAFians are being picked off and controlled by a group calling themselves the Fantastic Fatalities. May be an out-of-continuity book.
  • *Book CLXVII: Monster Mash
A deranged Yeerk tries to merge its DNA with a Geonosian Brain Worm to rid itself of its Kadronna dependency.
  • *Book CLXVIII: Jumping to Conclusions
A xenophobic, reliously-zealous, former government man confuses Cloak with a "Jumper".


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1848 on: May 06, 2013, 08:18:03 AM »
Now, a new book -- which is a parody on "All Dogs Go To Heaven 2" and reveal the spy . . . eventually. And Abomination's story will climax here, I suppose . . .
 
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BOOK XXV:
RICHARD'S HORN

CHAPTER ONE:
Parade of the Newbies

Cloak was looking on, watching as the latest batch of newbies were being processed. There was a big security update since the Cybertronian incident a month ago. Personally, Cloak thought it was grossly unnecessary and unneeded. But the newbies scared, and this was thought up to assauge them. They required a special horn thing to open the gates -- although the veterans could come and go as they please, as they had Marks.
 
Mostly, it was just for show. A sort of initiation. Such concepts were quite foreign to Realm Walkers, but Cloak kept his silence about it.
 
Cloak looked idly at his right palm, at the stylized "R" glowing softly, almost like a coo. His Mark, so much like the marks of the Signers in "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds"* . . .
 
Cloak wondered idly if there was a drawback for having them. . . . Well, at the very least, if he didn't know, that means this spy -- whoever it is -- didn't know either. . . .
 
Cloak looked at the Horn, which "opened" the gates of RAF. Cloak couldn't help but think that the thing would prove to be a liability . . . but he put that down to paranoia on his part.
 
The Horn was a harmless tool of initiation, right? What harm could it do?
 
. . . Right?
 
***

"Do it tonight!" Malice commanded in ringing tones. "Undercover of darkness. Bring me the Horn!"
 
"But . . . Mistress," the spy protested. "Mistress . . . my cover . . ."
 
Without really, truly considering the consequences, she said, in a fit of emotion, "that doesn't matter anymore! Bring it to me as soon as the coast is clear."
 
". . . Y-yes, Mistress."
 
Then the communication went out, and, unbeknownst to Malice, Abomination heard everything.
 
So . . . even if he hadn't had his revelation, he was going be replaced by this traitorous little weasel.
 
His path was clear. He would do what he must.
 
He was leaving Malice.
 
---
*Where the initial idea of the Mark originated from.


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1849 on: May 06, 2013, 09:08:52 AM »
*cues the parody -- "I Write Stuff".*
 
Why are you looking at me that way? No, that parody isn't gonna be in this chapter.  What made you think that? Anyway, might be a bit of a short chapter.
 
CHAPTER TWO:
Purloined Property

The traitorous spy snuck out of his thread late at night. He tiptoed, taking in every sound, as he stole into the armament. He managed not to trigger the sensors by somehow disarming them.  This traitor had rudimentary knowledge of the security systems -- revealing a security problem in teaching and training all RAFians elementary knowledge of such things. But the concept of there even being a spy or a traitorous RAFian was absurd.
 
The spy spied the Horn, the loop-de-loop shape of the instrument, hovering in his lit cylindrical pedestal. The identity of the spy was close to being revealed . . .
 
But the spy's movements were too quick, and he snatched the Horn, and made a mad dash for the gate -- since he had a Mark he was able to bypass the normal security restrictions and he was out!
 
However, his flight did not go unnoticed.  The pounding of his feet as he escaped alerted the one RAFian would could "see" with the Earth.  Cloak awoke nearly immediately, dream forgotten, as he fled his thread to find capture the betrayer -- and was at the door before he remembered to put on his cloak. It would be incredibly sloppy of him to forget that.

But, by the time Cloak was properly clothed, it was to late. The spy had left RAF and was swallowed by the night. Cloak could not Earthsight anything.

"Gate burst!" Cloak cursed quietly.

***

The spy ran as far as he could, then he remembered Cloak's Earthsight.  Then he leaped into a tree and brachiated a fair bit, backtracking to lose Cloak's trail and making all sorts of zigzags before arriving in the city. He knew that the RAFians would eventually want to search here, but because of the new restrictions, they would only be able to send two at first.

He walked to the city limits, confident in his duplicity.  Until he realized . . .

Until he realized an awful truth.

He had lost the Horn.


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1850 on: May 06, 2013, 09:47:33 AM »
Now, another chapter. Not gonna reveal the identity of the spy just yet. ;) Shortish chapter.
 
CHAPTER THREE:
Alert!

Cloak sent up the alarm and then he went with the Mods and Aquilai to investigate what had been taken.  They went to the armament first, on a hunch from Aquilai.  From there, it was obvious what happened.  The spy (which the other mods were privy to) must have absconded with it.

"But why?" Phoenix said. "Why take such a trivial instrument?"

"I don't know," Richard said. "Surely whoever this spy is knows of its triviality."

"Not if Malice disregarded it," Cloak said shrewdly. "Malice tends to disregard things that seem trivial at first, but turn out to be rather important, to her cost."

"But who is this traitor?" SuperNate pointed out practically. "That should be a priority as well."

<It could be any of us, though,> Esplin pointed out.

"No, not just any one." Aquilai countered. "Clearly, the spy did not linger or return. Otherwise, the Horn would still be here."

"They could have possibly hidden it," Goom said.

"Not if Malice wanted it," Cloak replied.  "Malice doesn't have a very long patience, and, since this spy serves her judging by her actions when Richard was kidnapped by the Vox, the spy wouldn't want to incur her wrath. Believe me when I say, I know what it is like to fear a very frightening woman . . ."

Cloak eyes darkened slightly at the last sentence.

"Moving on," Aquilai said quickly, "how do we unmask this traitor? Simply get a roll call."

"Not gonna be so simple," SuperNate pointed out. "Several RAFians are out. Itellsya left early on today to visit his grandmother, Gulliver and Rotiart are attending some sort of convention at the community center in the city. And those are just the ones at the top of my head."

"Call an assembly," Richard said, deciding.

***

The spy walked towards Malice's well-hidden, and excellently-concealed hideout. He was nervous. He had failed her mission. He had failed her request. But . . . Cloak's tales of Malice's disposition had to be false, right?

He felt a fear such as he had never felt before. He wasn't this afraid of betraying the RAFians, those whom he at one time called friends. . . .

KNOCK! KNOCK!

The knocks were eerily and ominously loud.

"M-Mistress?" he said, unable to keep the quaver from his voice.


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1851 on: May 06, 2013, 09:57:26 AM »
So, we have an essential detail about the spy: he's male. :P

Yeah, the security system is a bit weird - I dunno, it sorta feels like herding animals. I guess I have a soft spot for newbies that way, maybe 'coz I'm essentially still one myself. Confused and scared - yeah, that's pretty much the story of my real life.

...

Uh, Cloak. Do yourself a favour and post more awesome chapters instead of listening to my rant. :P ;)

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1852 on: May 06, 2013, 09:59:56 AM »
So, we have an essential detail about the spy: he's male. :P

Ah, so you caught that? ;)  ;D

Yeah, I'll probably post another two chapters a little later. But don't hold me to that.

EDIT: It's later.

CHAPTER FOUR:
Mission . . . START!

". . . As such, the security system will only allow two out at present time." Richard was explaining.

They were in the auditorium, assembly hall, whatever term you prefer. They had to be gathered.

"But why would one of us, a RAFian, steal the horn?" Saffa asked, pretty much anticipating the answer. But she wished to be mistaken.

"Time to come clean, guys," Kelly said. "They've a right to know."

The mods faces were masks, masks hiding their feelings, their thoughts.

"Don't be like that," Cloak chided, "it's clear he or she isn't here."

"Who?" Abby interjected, perplexed.

"Ever wonder just how Malice knew Richard was missing?" Cloak answered. "Or paused to wonder just how those Cybertronians knew where our doorstep was? Much less why they knew to keep hammering away at Code Avalon?"

Abby blinked, as did most of the assemblage. Saffa looked down, she had wondered . . . her ESP telling her something wasn't right but not clarifying.

"No?" Aquilai said, genuinely surprised. "You guys hadn't wondered any of this?"

"There was a spy," Phoenix said gruffly. "A traitor in our midst."

"A traitor? That's impossible!" Gaz protested. "No one would betray us!"

"I dunno 'bout that, Gaz," Saffa said, "Rotiart certainly fits the bill."

Gaz could not refute this, although she clearly did not want to believe it.

"So, any of the RAFians not present are suspect?" Dino said, voice heavily.

"Yes," Cloak said, then as an afterthought, added, "Except for Esty. She's been at that nebula-quasar-star-birth thing for ages now."

Silence settled over the room, broken only when Underseen asked, "You said that two of us could --"

"Leave, yeah," Aquilai said, intercepting the question. "Cloak and I are going."

Richard hesitated for a moment, then nodded his agreement.

Then the two left, not wasting a second.
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Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1853 on: May 06, 2013, 06:48:04 PM »
Last chapter today. May be a bit short.

CHAPTER FIVE:
Transit and Taken

"Where to look first?" Aquilai asked as the continued in the linear path.

"Best guess?" Cloak replied. "The city. If this spy somehow lost the Horn in the woods . . . I'd rather not think about it."

"Fair enough," Aquilai responded. "But something occurs to me . . . won't the spy recognize us?"

"If they delivered that Horn to Malice, it won't matter. . . ."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know exactly," Cloak admitted, looking at Aquilai in the eyes. "But I have an inkling something very bad would happen."

***

As it turns out, the Horn had fallen very near a small stream with pebbly shores that were lined with thick vegetation about a yard from the stream's banks.

It was discovered by a shadowy figure in silhouette, who picked it up and, like the RAFian spy, absconded with it.

***

"You dare came here empty-handed?" Malice said, surprisingly calm and collected. Her eyes were narrowed with contempt.

"I'm sorry, Mistress," the spy said, kneeling with his eyes down.

"Fortunately," Malice said, her voice even, "I still have need of your services. My other, ah, associate decided to take an . . . an extended leave of absence."

"I won't fail you again."

"See to it."

The spy got to his feet and turned to leave, but Malice called him back -- she had an idea.

"Your premise to leave the forum was what again?"


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1854 on: May 06, 2013, 09:19:20 PM »
It's not female, so that renders out a bit less than half of us.
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« Reply #1855 on: May 06, 2013, 11:01:48 PM »
Yep. I noticed that too. I'm very impatient to wait for the next chapter. :)
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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1856 on: May 07, 2013, 01:36:37 AM »
Yep, the man really knows how to keep us guessing. :)

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1857 on: May 07, 2013, 06:04:46 AM »
Well, it looks like the spy's identity may be revealed in chapter 8 instead of chapter 13. And who you think? Probably should guess again. But go ahead and take a guess. >:D

CHAPTER SIX:
The Grandmother and Forum Fever

Meanwhile, back at the forum, the posts had stopped, as the newbies dropped into an advanced state of lethargy. Then one stood up, acting rather crazy, saying, "Oh no . . . I've got the madness . . . I've got forum fever!"

Then another popped up and said, "I've got it too!"

Then music started up and all the newbies sang --

"Forum fever!"

Then a third newbie sang --

"I've got forum fever,
it's burning in my brain!
"

A fourth sang:

"I've got forum fever,
It's driving me plain!
"

Then sll the newbies rang out,

"We've got forum fever!
We're flipping our bandanas.
We've got forum fever!
We've been stuck here so long,
we've simply gone bananas!
We've got forum fever!
We've lost all sense we've had!
We've got forum fever!
We're all goin' mad!
"

Then a fifth newbie sang, in a square dance caller voice:

"Grab your partners 'round the ears,
press them to the wheel,
Do-si-do,
Step on their toes,
Listen to them squeal.
Now, a little to the left,
A little to the right,
It's time to post or sink.
Sling your partner
And toss them in the drink.
"

Then the sixth and seventh newbie were dressed like faux aristocracy as they sang snobbily, trading each lyric between the two, except for the last one:

"We've got forum fever,
No 'if's, 'and's, and 'but's.
We're demented,
And disoriented.
And a little offset.
"

Then the entirety of the newbies sang:

"We were posting, posting,
The forum was at our side!
"

Then an eighth newbie, one dressed as a mummy sang:

"Then it died."

Then a ninth sang, with a bad Mexican accent:

"I've got forum fever.
I think I lost my grip.
"

Then a tenth said, with some limited multidimensional awareness apparently:

"I'd like to get my hands on
Whoever wrote this script!
"

Then the eleventh newbie -- a male singing in falsetto:

"We're behaving like lovable fools,
Dreaming of an azure lagoon,
And now I'm crazy as a loon.
"

Then all the newbies joined in for the final chorus:

"Forum fever!
It's grabbed all aboard.
This once proud forum
Has become a static psycho ward!
We were posting, posting,
To who knows where
And now that we're all here . . .
We're not all there!
Forum fever!
"

Then Genies, who had been watching this, said drolly, "It's only been an hour."

***

"Itellsya?" Cloak said, surprised to come across him. He glanced at Aquilai.

"We thoughtnyou were visiting your grandmother," Aquilai said.

"I am," he said. "There she is."

They looked where he indicated and saw an old crone who resembled a more wrinkly, more feminine version of Itellsya with a more prominent nose. She was dressed like Granny from "Looney Tunes".

"What's up?" Itellsya asked. "Why so serious?"

Cloak wished he hadn't said anything. His mother once asked why he was so serious, not really acknowledge her emotional abuse made him that way.

"Something has been stolen from RAF," Aquilai said, stealing a glance to Cloak. Imperceptibly, Cloak gave a little nod.
« Last Edit: May 07, 2013, 07:05:58 AM by CloakedFigure »


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1858 on: May 07, 2013, 08:23:21 AM »
Nice kick-your-feet-up-and-dance tone you've set there :)

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Re: Memoirs of a RAFian
« Reply #1859 on: May 07, 2013, 09:50:44 AM »
Well, considering they sung it again after they finished . . .

Now a single chapter away from the revelation of the traitor -- and, unlike Corocoro, I'll be true to my word (I'm looking at the fact they decided to give us nuttin' for March, other than a game I really don't care about instead of XY news).

Anyway, shortish chapter.

CHAPTER SEVEN:
Crohn's Offer

"Stolen?" Itellsya asked. "What?"

The two subtly exchanged looks, and thereby subtle messages. They both knew of Itellsya gossiping tendacies. But they could risk too much information to his loose lips.

"A horn." Aquilai said, striving to keep the guarded, repressive tone from it.

"Is that this 'Richard's Horn' you were telling me about, Itellsya?" Itellsya's grandmother, this Irma Crohn, said. Her voice was as if someone decided to merge the voice of Wanda Sykes, the Evil Hag of "Snow White", Angela Lansbury, and Julie Andrews together into a singular voice and inflection.

The two RAFians eyes narrowed a fraction of an inch. They were right to assume that Itellsya couldn't be trusted with more information.

"Nana, please," Itellsya said with an imploring tone.

"Something like that," Cloak replied, unsuccessfully suppressing the repressive tone. He was suspicious of Itellsya, though his story checked out. But the spy could quite easily not be him.

And, if Cloak was truly honest with himself, he was honestly hoping that Rotiart was the spy, the traitor.

"What do you think, Nana?" Itellsya deferred to his grandmother. "Can we help?"

This defference struck Cloak as suspicious, but really . . . was this all that different from how used to be with his mom in what he felt was a different life? He deferred to her to make all the decisions because she neer really trusted him as a child to make any, and undermined his confidence.

Itellsya could be in a similar position. Although, Cloak hoped not -- it was a terrible time in his life, the only and brightest light being . . . being Shadow.

Cloak wondered idly if Shadow knew just how much of a light she was in his miserable, neglected existence.

Pull yourself together, now he thought to himself, you're on a mission.

"Well?" the elderly woman, this human female, asked.

"Huh?"

Aquilai whispered, "She asked if she could help us find it."

The two looked at each other, and both knew it was a bad idea.

"No," Aquilai said, "we don't think we'll take you up on that."

"Have it your way," she said, and Cloak thought he heard a note of anger in her voice. He sensed a note of familarity . . . he waited until they were far enough away before telling Aquilai.


Book 189: "Shenecron's Pets"
Chapter 4: "First Attempt"
(January 7, 2020)

RAFians Referenced Specifically: Demos.