Alexis Moving Castle

[22:47]	<[huh]GM>	You awake to the rhythmic swaying you've become so acustomed to in recent years. The swaying as the walking castle "Indomitus" travels over the barren rocky landscape that stretches as far as the eye can see. Well, the name might have been fitting at one point, but seemed to be a bit of a misnomer nowadays. Half of the castle itself was flat-out gone, much more was in danger of collapsing. But in spite of this, the castle was the place
[22:48]	<[huh]GM>	you and your master called home.
[22:51]	<[huh]GM>	Ah yes, the master. Where to start? Some who know him less well might call him a ruffian. The better-acquainted would still call him a ruffian, but a mostly harmless one. Not while fighting (he could deliver a pretty mean right hook), but apart from his distinct lack of taste, sometimes overbearing personality, and occasionally downright dangerous persuits, he was harmless.
[22:53]	<[huh]GM>	How he had gotten this contraption you've never really cared to ask, lest he turn it into an opportunity to make some marvellously overembellished story.
[22:56]	<[huh]GM>	Well, you have nowhere to go outside of the castle, unless you feel like braving the 17 meter drop below the steel&soil terrace that surrounds and supports the castle.
[22:56]	<[huh]GM>	A new day has arrived...
[22:58]	<[Tet]Flonne>	IT'S A NEW DAY!!
[22:58]	* [Tet]Flonne	bursts out of bed, spins around in mid-air, and lands in full meido regalia.
[22:58]	<[Tet]Flonne>	MASTERRRRRRR!! IT'S A NEW DAY!!!!
[22:59]	* [Gtz]Andel	yawns inaudibly and sits up, giving Flonne a light applause for the small marvel of instant clothification.
[22:59]	<[huh]GM>	The master, being a good ways away in another room, does little to respond.
[23:00]	* [Tet]Flonne	does that blur-vanish-and-reappear thing you see all the time in the anime, moving through the castle towards the master's bedroom.
[23:01]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	twitches a little in her lab/bedroom at the shout. Fucking voice harmonics resonate badly with all the metal in her body sometimes. Might be time for oiling, she muses blearily as she staggers awake.
[23:02]	* [Gtz]Andel	shrugs and inquires to her own maid regalia. Or even his own.
[23:05]	<[huh]GM>	Flonne reaches the master's bedroom, two oaken doors slightly more ornate than the rest of the mansion.
[23:06]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	flips her wrist up, extending it out on long metallic joints and limbs, grabbing up her uniform from across the room. Retracting the limb, it pops back into place, and she gets dressed.
[23:06]	* [Gtz]Andel	briefly considers hanging himself over wearing this ridiculous outfit. Upon closer inspection, he finds it to his liking; the dress does not exemplify the breasts or buttocks, but rather the maid as a whole. He's a damn good looking maid.
[23:07]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Heh heh heh. Target acquired.
[23:08]	* [Gtz]Andel	considers many hairstyles in view of a mirror, finally deciding that a ponytail is perhaps the most befitting.
[23:08]	* [Tet]Flonne	stalks up to one of the doors, turns the knob, and... turns the knob, and... turns the knob, and...
[23:08]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Uh...
[23:08]	<[Tet]Flonne>	It's stuck...
[23:09]	* [Tet]Flonne	rattles the knob and yanks back on it, but the stupid door won't stupid budge.
[23:09]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	leaves her hair uncombed and undone; it always gets messed up by her morning wake-up. Everything else she pulls on, slips into, buttons up, ties on, and whatnot. There! Perfect.
[23:09]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Stupid door!
[23:10]	* [Tet]Flonne	continues in this manner for several minutes.
[23:10]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	Now for the good old shot of morning wake-up juice. She reaches for her coffee cup...
[23:12]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Argh!
[23:12]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	...and passes it by, grabbing a fork from her food tray instead. It seems that it's had its tines bent curiously. Leaning over, she jams it cleanly into a wall outlet.
[23:13]	* [Gtz]Andel	wonders what he should be doing right now. He decides breakfast is a good place to start, even if he's not particularly good at making it. As he makes her way to the kitchen, he ignores the antics of other maids.
[23:13]	* [Tet]Flonne	runs back to the wall opposite the door, charges forward, and slams into the door with her shoulder. It holds fast... but the other one pops ajar from the impact.
[23:14]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	twitches spasmodically and erratically as the electricity flows through her, energizing her body and the many and various components therein. Yanking it out after only a second, she stands there, still twitching for a few seconds, and sighs happily.
[23:15]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Now that's the stuff to wake up to.
[23:16]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	Much more alert and animated, now, she combs her hair and fixes it up, setting her headband atop her head as the last part of her ritual, then leaves her room to greet the new day.
[23:16]	* [Gtz]Andel	wonders why this toaster isn't working
[23:16]	* [Tet]Flonne	looks around to make sure nobody was watching that and slips inside.
[23:18]	<[huh]GM>	The master is, amazingly enough, still sleeping.
[23:19]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Heh heh heh. Target acquired. ...again.
[23:20]	* [Tet]Flonne	crouches down and crawls across the floor towards the master's bed.
[23:21]	* [Tet]Flonne	peeks up over the edge.
[23:22]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Ale~xi...
[23:22]	<[huh]Alexi>	Snrrrrkkfkfk
[23:22]	* [Tet]Flonne	stands up slowly. Hey, where'd that pointy thing in her hand come from?
[23:23]	<[Tet]Flonne>	WAKE UP FROM YOUR ASLEEP!
[23:23]	* [Tet]Flonne	raises the pointy thing high!
[23:24]	<[huh]Alexi>	Hah?
[23:24]	* [huh]Alexi	opens his eyes, and they grow wide noticing Flonne's brandished object.
[23:24]	* [Tet]Flonne	lunges! Just like in the movies!
[23:27]	* [huh]Alexi	attempts to roll to the side, swinging his fist in a retalitory strike!
[23:30]	* [Tet]Flonne	misses the master's head, but gets his shoulder at the same time as his (other) fist slams into her jaw.
[23:32]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	[Eye of the Tiger begins to play.]
[23:33]	<[huh]Alexi>	hah!
[23:33]	* [Tet]Flonne	stays in place like that.
[23:33]	* [huh]Alexi	flips off the bed into a standing position.
[23:33]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Good morning, master!
[23:33]	<[huh]Alexi>	Mornin', Flonne.
[23:34]	* [Tet]Flonne	puts the kunai away back wherever it was she got it from in the first place.
[23:34]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Breakfast?
[23:34]	* [huh]Alexi	stretches.
[23:35]	<[huh]Alexi>	Breakfast? Excellent!
[23:35]	<[huh]Alexi>	Time for another day of kickin' ass and takin' names.
[23:35]	<[Tet]Flonne>	That's the spirit! But, um, maybe we should bandage that, just to be safe...
[23:35]	* [huh]Alexi	rushes out of the room, towards the kitchen.
[23:35]	<[Tet]Flonne>	...or not. Okay.
[23:35]	<[huh]Alexi>	No time!
[23:35]	* [Tet]Flonne	shrugs and rushes after him.
[23:36]	* [Gtz]Andel	is mildly troubled by the flaming toaster
[23:37]	* [huh]Alexi	has no such troubles.
[23:37]	<[huh]Alexi>	A flaming toaster? Sweet!
[23:40]	* [Gtz]Andel	finds the master's attention to the toaster unusual, but only gives him mild attention as she finds a wet towel and throws it over the burning toaster.
[23:41]	<[huh]Alexi>	So ,what's breakfast?
[23:41]	<[Tet]Flonne>	PANCAKES!!
[23:42]	* [Gtz]Andel	which also catches fire, as it were dampened in some sort of combustible substance. Andel is not amused.
[23:42]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	walks into the kitchen around then, and notices the toaster.
[23:42]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	...Dammit, is it doing that again?
[23:44]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	picks up the burning appliance, and whacks it, Fonzy-style. The flames go out, and she sets it down, glaring at it, and wags her finger at it disapprovingly.
[23:44]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	No dessert for you tonight.
[23:45]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	turns back and smiles knowingly to Andel.
[23:45]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	You just have to be firm with them, hon.
[23:45]	* [Gtz]Andel	puts her hands up chest high
[23:46]	<[huh]Alexi>	Ah, Fackie.
[23:46]	* [Gtz]Andel	furrows her brows, puts her hands her hips, purses her lips, and nods in confirmation
[23:49]	* [Tet]Flonne	ignores the smoke and whatall and hums around the kitchen, getting out pans and whatever goes into pancakes.
[23:49]	* [Gtz]Andel	wait until she thinks no one is looking, shakes her fist begrudgingly at the vilified toaster, swearing vengeance shall it dare cross her again, and continues to try to find something more suitable for breakfast.
[23:57]	<[Tet]Flonne>	(Pancakes have eggs in them, right?)
[23:57]	<[huh]Alexi>	(They do.)
[23:57]	<[Gtz]Andel>	(fuck pancakes, let's make a hamburger with an egg on it)
[23:57]	<[huh]Alexi>	(Fuck yeah loco moco)
[23:59]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	(Holy shit this the the most hardcore breakfast ever)
[23:59]	<[Tet]Flonne>	(That was actually an IC wondering...)
[23:59]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	(Lies.)
[00:00]	<[huh]Alexi>	(IC AND OOC COLLIDE)
[00:02]	<[huh]Alexi>	[you find some nice stuff for a breakfast, and make a nice breakfast with them]
[00:04]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	[how nice!]
[00:04]	<[Tet]Flonne>	[NOICE]
[00:04]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Pancakes are ready!!
[00:05]	* [Gtz]Andel	contemplates crafting a hamburger topped with an omelet to suit the master's "awesome" tastes, but is unsure of how to relay such an idea to her fellow cohorts in breakfast besiegery. She then decides besiegery is an awful way to describe making breakfast, and opts to assist in making pancakes instead.
[00:09]	* [Gtz]Andel	or at least, she did five minutes or so ago, seeing as there are now pancakes, and would be paradoxical to assist in making pancakes that has once already been crafted.
[00:10]	<[huh]Alexi>	Awesome!
[00:11]	* [huh]Alexi	not waiting for the others, takes a pancake as bare as it was born and eats it.
[00:12]	<[huh]Alexi>	These are some fuckin' good pancakes, seriously.
[00:13]	* [Tet]Flonne	smothers hers in syrup. Seriously, it's like she's trying to create a lake.
[00:14]	* [Gtz]Andel	plate-tates the table and soundly(yet soundlessly) sits down the silverware, as well as firmly affirms herself into a seat, then bows her head and silently gives thanks for the day's meal. She asks the Lord to forgive the master's minor transgressions, as well as those of her own.
[00:14]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	takes a couple, and drips syrup thinly upon it in the shape of the first 20 digits of pi. Looking at her handiwork in satisfaction, she nods, then smears it around evenly, and begins to eat.
[00:16]	* [Gtz]Andel	she also asks Him for better luck on her next roll. Amen.
[00:19]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Quite very much excellent, Miss Andel.
[00:23]	* [Gtz]Andel	raises at the call of her name, identifies the source, and quickly discredits herself as anything of excellence, pointing to herself and shaking her head, then pointing to Flonne and giving a thumbs-up, fork with sliced pancake in hand.
[00:26]	* [Gtz]Andel	she then quickly pops the morning delicacy into her mouth, then, realizing her appetite, begins to dig in more fervently.
[00:27]	* [Tet]Flonne	is too ecstatically engrossed in her own maple-and-butter heaven to take conscious notice of praise from any source (or another flaming toaster, were one to manifest itself).
[00:28]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	...was it? Oh, I'm sorry.
[00:35]	* [Gtz]Andel	shakes her head at this, and sets her fork down to relay the ideal of socialism through pantomime. It's not very effective...
[00:39]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	cocks her head and chews another forkful thoughtfully as she watches.
[00:39]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Marx... brothers?
[00:40]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	but what do they have to do with "masses?"
[00:42]	* [Gtz]Andel	cuts one of her flap jacks into several equal pieces, separating them into two sides and presents it to 14. Making sure she sees the division between the two, she covers the right side in syrup, and then violently smashes the cut pieces on the left side. She then crosses her arms and nods, believing to have successfully portrayed socialism in a non-vocal linguistic manner, after which she...
[00:42]	* [Gtz]Andel	...proceeds to eat the syruped pieces of pancake.
[00:43]	* [Tet]Flonne	still totally isn't paying attention.
[00:46]	* [Gtz]Andel	decides socialism is worth less than half her pancake, and figures she will refrain from destroying it in the future for such causes
[00:50]	* [Gtz]Andel	finishes eating and finds her hunger quite vanquished, and quietly awaits the others to arrive at the same conclusion.
[00:53]	* [Tet]Flonne	mops up the last of the syrup with the last of the pancake using the last of her fork.
[00:54]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	takes it easy and finishes her pancakes warmly.
[00:56]	* [Gtz]Andel	watches as the girls finish their meals, and prepares to de-plate-tate the table once they're ready.
[00:58]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Aaaah...
[00:58]	* [Tet]Flonne	sits back and basks in the afterglow.
[00:59]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Were they as wonderful good for you, too?
[01:01]	* [Tet]Flonne	smiles and turns her head lazily towards "Fackie".
[01:01]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Oh, yeah... it's never quite so good as when you do it yourself, y'know?
[01:04]	* [Gtz]Andel	nods, and proceeds to pick up the plates and tableware, taking them to be cleaned in the sink, assuming such a contraption as the Indomitus does in fact have a sink. She decides it would be ridiculous for a walking house not to have its own running water, and puts the assumption to rest.
[01:04]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Mm... I need have to agree.
[01:06]	<[huh]Alexi>	Yeah, they were great.
[01:12]	* [Gtz]Andel	gently rolls up her sleeves and begins to wash the dishes. She gets carried away playing with the bubbles, making herself her very own bubblebeard.
[01:12]	* [huh]Alexi	is working off breakfast by doing kickflips.
[01:13]	* [Tet]Flonne	has vanished somewhere. Just like on the TV!
[01:16]	<[huh]Alexi>	We should... be arriving... at a new place... today. If... Fackie... got the navigation right...
[01:17]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	decides to offer to help Andel wash the dishes.
[01:17]	* [huh]Alexi	says between bratsh.
[01:17]	* [huh]Alexi	breaths*
[01:18]	* [Gtz]Andel	finds herself acting quite silly in Fourteen's presence, and quickly removes her bubble-stubble.
[01:19]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	giggles at Andel's antics as she rolls up her sleeves and helps pitch in. She calls out back over her shoulder to the master.
[01:20]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	If? Since when have I given you reason to doubt my sources?
[01:22]	<[huh]Alexi>	Never... my dear... just syaing... it's a possibility...
[01:25]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Are you okay, master?
[01:25]	* [Tet]Flonne	"vanished" under the table, it turns out.
[01:26]	<[huh]Alexi>	Perfectly... fine... never felt... better...
[01:29]	* [Gtz]Andel	, washing rather absentmindedly, reaches for a plate, but instead finds something soft... it's Fourteen's hand! She quickly withdraws and blushes at her mistake, unsure if she should try to make reperations with her fellow maid or try to play it cool... She then realizes there's nothing wrong with touching someone's hand in a sink, no matter how gender-ambiguous you are.
[01:29]	* [huh]Alexi	stops doing kickflips. having run out of his alloted ellipses for the session
[01:34]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	starts slightly at the hand-touching, and looks over at Andel, but smiles warmly at her. She's awful cute...
[01:37]	<[huh]Alexi>	But before that... it's been awfully boring lately. Isn't it time something happened?
[01:37]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Maybe we'll wander into another war!
[01:38]	<[huh]Alexi>	That last one could hardly be called a war. Those bastards hardly qualified as a skirmish.
[01:39]	<[Tet]Flonne>	Well, it was a war to them...
[01:39]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	makes a note to restock the missile bays.
[01:40]	* [Gtz]Andel	quietly sighs to himself, recalling that he has zero experience in the ways of women, partly credible to being convincibly similar to one, as well as his apparent inability for vocal communication. He thinks, even if a girl liked him, it'd never go past the "just friends" phase simply because the sexual revelation would be too much for any normal girl. In his disparaging thoughts, he...
[01:40]	* [Gtz]Andel	...doesn't notice Fourteen's warm offering, and considers if perhaps he's a homosexual. He shudders.
[01:42]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	'accidentally' brushes her hand against Andel's.
[01:44]	* [Gtz]Andel	's shudder is suddenly interrupped by a familiar feeling, both in his chest and upon his hand. He looks towards Fourteen, and quietly inquires to the situation with a tilted head and a slight pinkness of the cheek.
[01:45]	<[huh]Alexi>	[The winds start picking up, then howling outside. You don't need to look to know that a sandstorm is starting.]
[01:47]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	squeezes her hand gently and winks at the blushing girl. Definitely cute.
[01:50]	<[huh]Alexi>	hah. In for a rough ride, it seems. Fackie, you've made sure this thing's sandproof, right?
[01:51]	* [Gtz]Andel	's blush jumps into high gear, and he looks away, unsure of what to do. Suddenly, a perfectly timed master speaks to Fourteen! Surely, this will break the hold as well as the awkward moment.
[01:54]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	glares at the Master's use of that detestable nickname, and replies, meanwhile forgetting to let go of Andel's hand.
[01:54]	* [Gtz]Andel	...however, wishes the moment could last a little bit longer, and wishes it could carry on under his true identity, that of a boy. But alas, life's stifes spare not those who hold their tongue just as they do not spare the loving maiden from the woes they behold. In his own mind, he finds this quite poetic, and considers writing it down, until he recalls the nice woman holding his hand and...
[01:54]	* [Gtz]Andel	...quickly pushes the idea out of his mind and returns to being quietly flustered.
[01:56]	* [huh]Alexi	carries on perfectly unaware of the great struggles of meido-psyche that seem to be occuring, and simply wants to know if his big machine will work when dirty.
[01:57]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	It most certainly definitely is, Master. All the livable habitable areas and those connected to them are, plus anything holding containing supplies. Pretty much anything critical is, except for the parts that are already ventilated aerated enough to let the sand pass and blow through anyway. So yes, everything is tightly completely sealed.
[01:58]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Except for your room.
[01:58]	<[huh]Alexi>	Lovely.
[01:58]	<[huh]Alexi>	Forward ho, then.
[02:02]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	rolls her eyes as her last barb misses its mark, and returns to washing the dishes, only notice she's still holding Andel's hand.
[02:03]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Eh..? Oh, I'm sorry, dear! I became was a little preoccupied there...
[02:04]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	blushes a bit, herself, and gives Andel another little squeeze before gently letting go.
[02:05]	* [Gtz]Andel	in a great effort to overcome the simple, yet profound effect touching has held upon him, takes note of Fourteen's disdain and tone towards the unseemly nickname the master has granted her. He grabs her attention to make sure she's looking, points at her, then brings his pointing hand to his ear. He relinquishes his hand from her grip as gently as he can, and puts that hand palm-open over...
[02:05]	* [Gtz]Andel	...his chest, closing his eyes and bowing his head slightly.
[02:08]	<[huh]Alexi>	[the doorbell can be heard.]
[02:08]	<[huh]Alexi>	We have a doorbell?
[02:10]	* [Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6	blushes a little deeper at the gesture, and responds in a slightly distracted tone.
[02:11]	* [Gtz]Andel	waits silently for a moment, wondering if the message he was trying to convey was too vague, or perhaps his body language isn't as apparent as he thinks it is. He peeks out a single eye to gauge her reaction, revealing a reddish hue, but is soon alarmed to the sound of bells...
[02:13]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	I, uh... yeah, I put it on Leg #3, near the bottom, since that's near one of the crane lifts...
[02:14]	<[huh]Alexi>	...but leg #3 is moving, who the hell would ring...
[02:14]	<[huh]Alexi>	it must be a challenger!
[02:14]	* [huh]Alexi	punches the air!
[02:15]	* [Gtz]Andel	quickly glances to be sure the dishes are finished, and stands waiting with Fourteen for possible assistance.
[02:15]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Another one? They always appear.
[02:17]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Would you like us to go have a look from the port-side loading bay?
[02:18]	<[huh]Alexi>	Right. See if he's good enough to be a challenging challenger. If not, ger rid of 'em.
[02:18]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Yes, sir.
[02:19]	<[Atai][14^3]Factorial_over_6>	Andel, would you join me?
[02:21]	* [Gtz]Andel	doesn't fancy himself much of a fighter, but would like to be able to help if such a challenger appeared. He nods, holds up a finger, dashes off, and then returns with a five-foot wooden staff, standing firm and nodding in readiness.
[TO BE CONTINUED!]