Cranberry Soda 13

[20:51]	`GM	Dorothy:  "Blleyyaaahh!!"
[20:51]	`GM	[Dorothy jumps back in shock as Medes drops her prosthetics on the ground, and
presses her back against the wall of the adjoining room.]
[20:53]	`GM	Dorothy:  "Wha, what...?!  What are... no, no, no!  What is this?!"
[20:54]	Tyro	"So, now she knows." Tyro's look towards Agamedes turns incredulous. "Which means that any hope of a normal life is probably gone. What were you trying to do, exactly?"
[20:54]	`GM	[Dorothy is breathing rapidly, covering her eyes and looking away.  Sam dashes over to console her daughter, but not before giving the lot of them a filthy glare.]
[20:56]	`GM	[Jenna smoothly gets up out of her chair, grabs Medes by the collar, and drags her out of the room for some "words".]
[20:56]	`GM	Jenna:  "Tyro, Karan, Merry, cover for me for a sec."
[20:58]	Tyro	"...Right." Tyro rubs the back of her head. "As if stepping in right now was a good idea..."
[20:59]	`GM	[Samantha can't help but get in a few words, despite knowing Dorothy needs most of hers.]
[21:00]	`GM	Sam:  "GOOD IDEA?!  Jesus, does this even QUALIFY as an IDEA?!  What the hell are you?!  What the hell are you doing in my house?!"
[21:02]	Tyro	Tyro puts her hands behind her back and shifts her weight from foot to foot. "Sheesh. What are you angry at me for? I didn't do it."
[21:03]	Karan	Karan speaks carefully.
[21:04]	Karan	"We're... Protectors of a sort. As for why we're here, we'd rather not see others try to take you away."
[21:05]	`GM	[Samantha grabs the nearest object she can find--a coaster--and hurls it at Karan's head]
[21:07]	`GM	Sam:  "SHUT UP!  Protectors of WHAT?!  WHAT others?!  The only ones trying to take anyone away is YOU!!"
[21:09]	Tyro	Tyro finds herself contemplating what convenient items lying around the house could be used to gag someone. She stays perfectly still, however, save for her shifting about.
[21:10]	Karan	Karan catches it effortlessly and lobs it to land on a nearby counter.
[21:11]	Karan	"We are asking. The 'others' probably will ask with guns instead."
[21:13]	Karan	"We don't want that for anyone, and especially not you."
[21:15]	`GM	[Samantha now throws the entire coaster rack at Karan.]
[21:15]	Tyro	Tyro is very tempted to ask Karan just who she's kidding, but holds her tongue. With her teeth.
[21:15]	`GM	Sam:  "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE!!"
[21:19]	Karan	This time, Karan neatly sidesteps the mess.
[21:20]	Karan	After a sigh, she continues.
[21:22]	Karan	"You saw Agamedes. If you stay, you will certainly lose your freedom, and probably more. With us, you will remain untouched."
[21:24]	`GM	[Sam has progressed past mindless shouting, and now responds with a more calculated rage.  She shakes her head purposefully and fixes her eyes on the one who keeps babbling platitudes.]
[21:24]	`GM	[Dorothy has just shrunk down into a ball for the time being.]
[21:26]	`GM	Sam:  "...Bitch, you just stay right where you are.  I don't even care that you're with Jen anymore.  I ain't got no reason to believe a word out of your lying whore mouth, and you sure ain't giving me any more reason to right now."
[21:27]	`GM	Sam:  "You leave.  You take your pretty little girl scouts, and you leave."
[21:27]	Meredith	nods and heads out.
[21:31]	Tyro	Tyro stops moving. She conspicuously stays where she's standing.
[21:38]	`GM	[Meredith finds Jenna standing outside, next to an open window and assumedly listening in to the "conversation".  Medes is in the minivan for some reason.]
[21:39]	`GM	[Jenna is currently miming smoking a cigarette, likely for not the same reason.]
[21:40]	Meredith	"I figured it'd be best to leave when she started throwing things at us."
[21:40]	Karan	Karan stares back at Sam.
[21:40]	Karan	"You're right."
[21:40]	`GM	Jenna:  "Oh, is that what she was doing?  I can't actually see from here."
[21:40]	`GM	Jenna:  "Serves her right."
[21:41]	Karan	"But bullets have a way of changing minds. We won't let harm come to you, regardless."
[21:43]	`GM	Sam:  "I swear to God if you say you're taking my daughter away again I will change YOUR mind."
[21:43]	`GM	[Samantha thrusts her finger at the front door, saying everything.]
[21:44]	Karan	"Then we can wait and defend you both, but eventually they'll bring artillery even we can't handle."
[21:45]	Tyro	Tyro thinks that speaking up probably won't help, but takes a chance. "Who says we have to take just her?"
[21:46]	Karan	Karan turns to Tyro.
[21:47]	Karan	"Wasn't the plan always bringing them both? Anyone left behind will be vulnerable."
[21:47]	Tyro	Tyro turns to Sam. "See? So we're not just taking your daughter away. You're coming with us, too."
[21:49]	`GM	[Sam merely responds by holding up her middle finger, and then pointing it at the front door as well.]
[21:50]	`GM	[Dorothy seems to have calmed down a little, and is mumbling various snippets of self-rationalization in between glancing at the various people in the room."]
[21:51]	Agamedes	The girl finally snaps back into reality and whistles Camptown Racist(intended). "Doodahh, lizabeth's cummin' to tooowwnn--oh, what am I doing in the minivan for.. huh."
[21:54]	Tyro	Tyro's patience appears to be wearing thin. "You know, maybe this is the kind of choice we need to protect people from because they don't know better. The boss probably is standing by because she'd rather not use violence, but..." Tyro puts her hands to her sides and takes one step forward, widening her stance. "I guess you can struggle all you want." She gets ready to dodge whatever Sam might throw next.
[21:58]	`GM	[Sam's harrowing expression falters.  She takes a sideways step towards Dorothy.]
[21:58]	Agamedes	"Oh what's going on now?" she gets out of the van and hops down looking at from the outside. " I sorta stroked off there for a mo---oh where are my arms!?"
[21:58]	`GM	Sam:  "Don't you even dare, bitch."
[22:00]	`GM	[Jenna glances over at Medes.  Well, technically she never said she had to STAY in the van...]
[22:00]	`GM	Jenna:  "They ain't mine; I didn't touch them."
[22:00]	Agamedes	She panics for a bit before recalling where she had left them and casually walked in without so much as a knock and b-lined for her arms paying no attention to them. " Oh kay, thankkkkksssss."
[22:02]	`GM	[Dorothy can be seen wincing as Medes comes back in for her arms, the recent memory of all this weirdness not quite forgotten and suddenly very blantantly remembered.]
[22:03]	Tyro	"I wasn't threatening." Tyro's expression softens a little. "I'm not asking you to do anything; I'm telling you how it'll go. And the easier we make it for everyone, the better, right?"
[22:03]	Agamedes	"How doing what goes now? I forgot what we wer doing Tyrone. Wait you're not black.."
[22:03]	`GM	[Sam's focus remains solely on Tyro.]
[22:04]	`GM	Sam:  "You hypocrite...  You preach to me that 'they' are going to come and won't play nice; won't give me any say.  What the hell are YOU doing?!"
[22:06]	Karan	Karan interjects.
[22:08]	Agamedes	"Oh came in a bad time huh...kayyyy ." She pops the arms back on with a loud noise. "Gah, still hurts, oh hi what's going on here?"
[22:08]	Karan	"Giving you the chance to retain any power over your own life. They certainly won't."
[22:09]	Meredith	looks over at Jenna. "Are we doing the right thing here?While we may not have guns, we are certainly threatening her with the hypothetical guns of our enemies."
[22:09]	`GM	Sam:  "Jesus, do you even know what you SOUND like right now?!"
[22:10]	Karan	Karan's cool cracks.
[22:11]	Karan	"Yes, dammit, but I don't want either of you missing chunks like us!"
[22:11]	`GM	Jenna:  "...Congratulations.  Now you know how I'VE been feeling for the last two weeks."
[22:12]	Tyro	"I'm a follower of orders." Tyro adjusts her cuffs. "We're here to protect you. Like it or not. And believe it or not, I am playing nice." Her expression darkens. "Are you going to try me?"
[22:12]	Karan	She then knocks her back near the base of her spine. While muted, the thuds still definitely don't sound natural.
[22:12]	Agamedes	"Okaiii, if she wants to die and what not then lets let heeerrrr. I want chinese food again.. Oooh, maybe some Beijing Beef from taht one Panda Place..."
[22:14]	Meredith	"I..." She sighs, "I feel terrible for saying this, but I wish we'd come in in the middle of our enemy raiding the place. I know what to do when there's a battle, and we'd look like heroes to her."
[22:15]	`GM	[Sam's eyes shift from one girl to the next to the next, sweat dripping off her face and staining her blouse.]
[22:15]	Agamedes	"Jennnnnaaaa! Come in heeereee I needs to talk to you!" She yells out to Big Sis.
[22:16]	`GM	Sam:  "Dorothy, dear, come here."
[22:18]	`GM	[Jenna starts walking away from the window and up to the door, then suddenly thinks better of it and goes back to where she was, ignoring Medes.]
[22:18]	`GM	[She puts a hand on Merry's shoulder, and rubs softly.]
[22:19]	`GM	Jenna:  "You're a Maid, Termagant.  It's what you know."
[22:20]	`GM	[Dorothy breaks away from whatever her musing have been for the last few minutes, gets up, and walks over to her mother, who hugs her closely to her side.]
[22:20]	`GM	Dorothy:  "Mom...  What's happening?"
[22:21]	`GM	[Sam looks down at her daughter, the only face in the room she has any inclination to trust or feel safe with right now.]
[22:23]	`GM	Sam:  "Something unbelievable.  And we're not waking up."
[22:25]	`GM	Jenna:  "But you have to realize...  Whoever THEY are, they're going to be smarter than that.  You'd be better off wishing for your true love, Merry; this is real life."
[22:30]	Meredith	"I understand. But it just kind of sucks." She leans on Jenna a bit.
[22:32]	Tyro	Tyro puts her hands behind her back again and blows some strands of hair out of her face. "Hurry up and come with us already, would you? You can always see if you wake up once we're on our way."
[22:34]	`GM	Jenna:  "At least you can create woodland animals out of thin air."
[22:36]	`GM	[Sam ignores Tyro and hugs Dorothy closer, whispering something to her.]
[22:36]	Meredith	"I can, but it took invasive surgery, and not everyone was so lucky."
[22:41]	Agamedes	"Oh right, so Sammy, what's the plan? Want us to leave and let fate decide or carve your path?"
[22:42]	Karan	"We didn't want this any more than you do, but your chances are probably better with us."
[22:44]	Tyro	Tyro crosses her arms and taps her foot. As badly as she wants to remark that she's never too busy to teach a thing or two about the back of her hand, which is true enough, she figures her style isn't the best option right now.
[22:47]	`GM	[TO BE CONTINUED]