Library RP (Donnie, Mark and Flip)

<Gwyd>: :c but flliiiiiiiiiiips]
<Flipside>: [WAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA]
<Wrong_Way>: [flip god]
<Flipside>: [YES]
<Flipside>: [I HAVE ASCENDED]
<Flipside>: [/NOONE/ IS STILTMAN]
<Gwyd>: b-but please, let me live? For all the old times]
<Gwyd>: oh god]\
*** Gwyd is now known as Stilt_Gwyd
<Stilt_Gwyd>: Right
*** Wrong_Way is now known as Stilt_Way
<Stilt_Gwyd>: now thats everyones here
<Stilt_Gwyd>: ..IT IS THE DAWNING OF A NEW DAY AT THE BELINGUR ACADEMY
*** Dibbles is now known as Stibbles
*** Flipside is now known as Stiltside
<Stilt_Way>: [stilt academy]
<Stilt_Gwyd>: Markus is working in the library under the tutelage of flipside, dibbles is being watched in there as he plays with crayons. The scent of old paper permeates the room, as the only thing heard is the ticks of the ccok
<Stilt_Gwyd>: clock*
Stiltside is examining some books from the occult section. She writes down some minor notes here and there.
Stilt_Way is carrying a stack of books and putting them back to their respective places.
Stibbles is surrounded by a pile of crumpled papers as he scribbles on another with some crayons
<Stibbles>: "Hey Mark?"
Stilt_Way is putting away a few books, and turns to Dibbles. "Yes?"
<Stilt_Gwyd>: Stibbles is out of the color black, and blue.
<Stibbles>: "How many paws do cats have?"
<Stilt_Way>: "Uh...4?"
<Stilt_Way>: "You drawing a cat, Donnie?"
Stiltside puts away the third book in the pile.
<Stibbles>: "Not like, like, how many... claws, they would have."
<Stiltside>: Mark, over here.
Stibbles wiggles his fingers to try to convey his point
<Stiltside>: And 12, Donnie. 3 on each paw.
Stilt_Way looks to Flipside and puts down his remaining stack of books next to Donnie.
<Stilt_Way>: "Yes Miss Crespille?"
<Stibbles>: "Thanks, mom."
Stibbles flips his paper to show the blank side and gets up to find more black and blue crayons
<Stiltside>: Mark, think you could put these books back in the occult section? Their position is clearly marked, so do keep it accurate.
<Stilt_Way>: "Really? Okay."
Stilt_Way looks at the books Flipside wants him to take back.
*** Stilt_Gwyd is now known as THE_MANTIS
THE_MANTIS scuttles into the library, small little mantis size. He goes up to the front desk and rings the bell
<Stiltside>: "Okay, so just for reference, don't open them. They tend to- yes?"
<Stilt_Way>: "Alright, no problem."
Stibbles continues the search for crayons
Stilt_Way makes his way to the occult section with the books Flipside wants him to put away
<Stiltside>: "And help Donnie find some crayons too!"
<THE_MANTIS>: Id like ALL the books please
<Stiltside>: "...Excuse me?"
Stiltside looks at the mantis on the desk.
<THE_MANTIS>: I require the books for my master ruse
<THE_MANTIS>: So do you have like a bin or something you can put them all in for me?
<Stiltside>: "We... are you a staff member or student here?"
<THE_MANTIS>: "oh neither"
<Stiltside>: "We can only supply books to staff or students, and even then only at a limit of 10 books."
THE_MANTIS pulls out a very tiny bussiness card
THE_MANTIS hands it to flips
Stiltside sighs, pulling a microscope out from under her desk.
<THE_MANTIS>: It says "THE MANTIS; charmer, ladies man, super villain extraordinaire" and its written in comic sans
Stilt_Way very carefully puts away the occult books in their proper sections, very scared to even look at them.
<Stiltside>: "...Sir, I... don't think we can supply books to you."
<THE_MANTIS>: "But...oh "
<THE_MANTIS>: "Is it because Im an insect american?"
<Stiltside>: "No, it's because you are not a staff member or student at this school."
<THE_MANTIS>: "I bet youve never even spoken to a insect before, well then If I cant have all the books..."
Stiltside sighs internally. She thinks she knows where this is going.
<THE_MANTIS>: "...Ill just have to annoy your students"
<Stiltside>: "...what."
THE_MANTIS goes off to find stibbles
Stiltside wonders if now is a valid time to get the taser.
Stibbles off god knows where in the endless pursuit of crayons
Stiltside steps away from the desk and follows the mantis.
THE_MANTIS finds stibbles next to the crayon box
<THE_MANTIS>: "YO YO
<THE_MANTIS>: "
Stibbles is sifting through the crayon box
<Stibbles>: "What?"
<THE_MANTIS>: "KID, THIS WOMAN IS A SPECIEST"
Stilt_Way finally puts away the final occult book and sighs with relief that the task is done.
<THE_MANTIS>: "GET ANGRY AND ANNOYED AT HER "
<THE_MANTIS>: http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Mental_Inducement http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Mantis_Physiology
<Stiltside>: "Donnie, step away from the mantis."
<THE_MANTIS>: "See, she wont even call me by my name"
<Stibbles>: "B-but she's my mom..."
Stibbles is feeling quite internally conflicted
<Stiltside>: "Your card said THE MANTIS on it!"
<THE_MANTIS>: "Oh so youre a little racist too?"
<Stibbles>: "Is being a bug a race?"
<THE_MANTIS>: "YOU HAVE TO SAY IT IN CAPITAL LETTERS"
<THE_MANTIS>: "JEEEZ"
Stilt_Way goes back to the stack of books he was originally putting away and picks them up and goes back to putting those back.
<THE_MANTIS>: "Yes"
<Stiltside>: "You can't say things in capital letters."
<Stibbles>: "Well, you're /bugging/ me."
Stibbles snickers
<Stilt_Way>: "Hey Donnie, how's your cat." he says as he puts some books back behind Donnie
<Stibbles>: "Wh-what cat?"
THE_MANTIS says to mark "Hey rerun"
<Stilt_Way>: "Aren't you drawing a cat?"
Stibbles pushes the box of crayons away and quickly turns to face Mark
<Stibbles>: "No..."
<Stiltside>: "Mark, are you done with the occult books?"
THE_MANTIS is annoyed no ones paying attention to him
<Stilt_Way>: "Yep, finally."
THE_MANTIS crawls up marks shoulder
Stilt_Way looks at one of the book covers "Wow, another vampire teen novel."
Stilt_Way makes note of the title for later checking out.
<Stiltside>: "Good, those ones are pretty unknown at the moment, I'll have to examine them later."
<Stiltside>: [brb]
Stilt_Way moves to put away more books with Mantis on his shoulder.
THE_MANTIS whispers dark thoughts into marks mind. "Beat up the blonde haired racist and his racist mother...you know you waaaant to."
THE_MANTIS is still mentally inducing rage into stiltway
Stibbles takes the black and blue crayons and also some yellow (he was running low but not quite out) and simply tp's back to his pile of crumpled papers, and begins throwing them away
<Stiltside>: "And Donnie, make sure to throw away those papers!"
Stilt_Way looks at the books in his hands. Why should he be putting books away for a racist?
<Stibbles>: "Already on it, mom."
<Stilt_Mantis>: "huehuehue yes 'good good let the hate flow through you'"
Stilt_Way drops the books on the floor all dramatically.
<Stiltside>: "...Mark, look at what you've done."
<Stilt_Way>: "Look what I've done? Look what you've done!"
Stibbles has to forcibly stuff the papers down to get them all to fit in the trash, and then goes back to his drawings
<Stilt_Way>: "The library is built on a house of lies! A house of racism!"
<Stilt_Mantis>: "She hates you mark, you know what to do"
<Stilt_Mantis>: "Start breaking shit"
<Stiltside>: "Mark, what are you even- I swear to god you damn mantis." she says, grabbing the mantis on Mark's shoulder.
Stilt_Mantis is picked up rather easily by stiltside
Stilt_Way clenches his fists, willing to break something.
<Stilt_Mantis>: "Watch your language there, are CHILDRENS here"
<Stilt_Mantis>: "See mark, she doesnt even like the childrens"
Stilt_Way looks at the books on the floor
Stiltside grabs a copy of War and Peace from the shelf. She thwacks Mark with it.
<Stiltside>: "Mark, for heaven's sake."
<Stilt_Mantis>: "...I didnt make her do that"
<Stilt_Mantis>: "She is abusive maaaark"
<Stilt_Mantis>: "Now wheres the little hitler racist"
<Stilt_Mantis>: ...
<Stilt_Way>: "That hurt..."
Stiltside heres the Mantis insult her son.
Stibbles glances up to see the fight. Eh, seems like a usual day at Flipside's Wacky Library of Everything+The Occult
<Stiltside>: "Mark, get back to work."
Stibbles shrigs and crumples up his paper, taking another one from the stack and starting anew
Stiltside contemplates squashing the mantis with the book.
<Stilt_Mantis>: You going to let her treat you like that, mark?"
Stilt_Way picks up the books and starts putting them back violently
<Stilt_Mantis>: "THIS IS AMERICA"
<Stilt_Mantis>: "NOT SOVIET BRITAIN"
Stilt_Mantis does a salute with his mantis thingy
Stiltside takes the Mantis away from Mark.
<Stiltside>: "You are beginning to become a burden."
Stilt_Mantis uses annoyance inducement on stiltside
Stilt_Way keeps putting away books, very angrily
<Stilt_Mantis>: "Just...let me have the books"
<Stiltside>: "I told you, I cannot give books to staff or students."
<Stiltside>: *can only
<Stilt_Mantis>: FINE
<Stilt_Mantis>: GIVE ME A JOB
<Stiltside>: "I can't, you need to apply for one, like all American citizens do."
<Stilt_Mantis>: THEN GIVE ME ALL THE BOOKS, SO I CAN SELL THEM AT HALF PRICE BACK TO THE SCHOOL AND MAKE A FORTUNE
<Stiltside>: "..."
<Stilt_Mantis>: As is my master ruse
<Stiltside>: "Yeah, I've heard enough."
<Stilt_Mantis>: Always keeping a good bug down, guess youve never even spoken to a bug before have you?
<Stiltside>: "You don't do your kind justice."
Stibbles suddenly looks up from his work
<Stibbles>: "My auntie is a bug and she's awesome!"
<Stiltside>: "That's true. Bella's a nice lady."
Stibbles resumes doing his thing
<Stiltside>: "That reminds me, you'll be staying with her this Saturday, that okay Donnie?"
Stilt_Mantis bites flips hand
<Stibbles>: "Okay. But, why?"
<Stiltside>: "I have to g- Yow!" she shouts, shaking her hand violently.
Stilt_Mantis scuttles off in the confusion
Stilt_Way finally puts away all the books and sits down somewhere to angst
<Stiltside>: "You fuggin..." she glares at the bug. "Now, I need to go see someone about one of the occult books."
<Stiltside>: "That's why you'll be with Auntie Bella."
<Stibbles>: "Oh, okay. Why aren't I allowed to read those, again?"
Stilt_Mantis leaves the building his master plan accomplished
<Stilt_Mantis>: "Haaha just as planned"
<Stiltside>: "Because opening them does very weird things darling."
<Stibbles>: "But, I'm a wizard now! Weird books is the wizard-est thing you can do!"
Stibbles pouts
<Stilt_Mantis>: welp thats all i got]
Stiltside cannot resist the power of the pout
<Stiltside>: ...Okay, we can look at /some/.
<Stibbles>: Really?
<Stiltside>: Yeah, some shouldn't be too bad.
<Stiltside>: I'll be choosing the ones we look at however.
<Stibbles>: "Thanks, mom!"
Stibbles realizes he's shouting in the library and has had a history of doing this
<Stibbles>: "...thanks mom."
Stilt_Way is still peeved off at these two and sits somewhere in the library.
<Stiltside>: "Mark, get over here. Now!"
Stilt_Way slams his hands on the table he's sitting at and gets up. He goes over to Flip frowning.
<Stilt_Way>: "What?"
<Stibbles>: "We're gonna look at wizard books, mark!"
<Stiltside>: "Here, sit down."
<Stiltside>: "It's only fair that you know what the books contain."
Stilt_Way does want to know a little bit what they contain. "Fine..."
Stilt_Way takes a seat at the table
<Stiltside>: "Okay, lemme go grab them, I'll be right back." she said, standing up and walking to the occult section.
Stibbles slowly crumples his paper up as he and mark sit at the table
Stilt_Way leans back in his seat
<Stibbles>: "So... what's up."
Stiltside looks through the shelves, taking some books, careful not to take the ones with permanent effects. This is harder than she thought.
Stilt_Way is still frowning, "I'm alright."
<Stibbles>: "Did that mantis guy make you mad?"
<Stilt_Way>: "...No.
Stibbles frowns
<Stibbles>: "He made me mad, too."
Stiltside looks at one of the books. "MACBETH II: HE RISES" is written on the cover. She puts it back.
<Stilt_Way>: "...They say misery likes company."
<Stilt_Way>: "I guess we can be mad together." he says, folding his arms.
<Stibbles>: "Well, sometimes you have to think about why you're angry, and then it'll go away."
<Stiltside>: "...no, that one killed at least three people..." she sighs, putting away another book.
Stibbles quietly whistles in an attempt to ease the tension
Stiltside brings the pile over, dropping it on the table.
<Stiltside>: "There we go!"
Stilt_Way leans forward, looking at the pile of the books.
Stibbles looks at the books in anticipation
<Stibbles>: "Awesooome..."
<Stiltside>: "Right, now, the first one..."
Stiltside pulls the book from the top. It is a manga, tattered and old-looking, with various costumed heroes on the front.
<Stilt_Way>: "Ouch...you should have the last person who checked it out pay for a new one."
<Stiltside>: "Not very easy, given what this book does..."
<Stibbles>: "I wonder what it's been through..."
Stiltside smirks, opening the book.
<Stilt_Way>: "What does it do? Have people draw in it?"
Stiltside summons a vending machine, right beside her.
Stilt_Way nearly falls out of his seat when the vending machine appears.
Stibbles looks at the vending machine with growing excitement
Stiltside smiles even wider, pressing a button on the machine. After a brief whirr, a can drops out.
Stilt_Way looks at the can
Stiltside puts the can on the table. On it are stylized flames, with a burning 'F' logo emblazoned on it.
Stibbles silently watches
Stiltside opens the can, slowly raising it to her lips. She takes a few quick sips.
<Stibbles>: "...what's it taste like?"
<Stiltside>: "...Cinnamon, chili, strawberry... it's all hot and tropical and-"
Stiltside glows a bright red, and a bright white flash fills the room.
Stilt_Way covers his eyes
Stibbles lets out a slight gasp of pain. Bright lights and shadow powers don't mix.
Stiltside stands there, encased in a dark grey armor, with bright red and orange decals.
<Stiltside>: "Well then..."
Stilt_Way uncovers his eyes to see cool armor
<Stibbles>: "...What is it?"
<Stiltside>: "Armor. Drinking the cans made by that machine gives you armor... and other powers."
<Stibbles>: "Wait, so we can get /more/ superpowers with this?"
<Stiltside>: "Only for a short burst. In this case..." she pulls her arm back and punches the air, sending a red-hot fireball at the wall.
Stilt_Way moves back in his seat, afraid of the flames
<Stilt_Way>: "Jeez. How many armors are there?"
Stibbles watches the flames in awe
<Stiltside>: "That's the thing. Any time you open this book, it just creates five new sets. Some are even based on groups."
<Stilt_Way>: "Wow."
<Stibbles>: "Is there anything... bad, involved in this? Or is it just a temporary superpower book? Do all the powers get armor?"
<Stiltside>: "I believe all create armor. And it is temporary, around... an hour, maybe two?"
Stibbles is bouncing in his seat slightly
<Stibbles>: Can we drink one?
<Stiltside>: "Go right ahead. Take your pick."
Stilt_Way gets up to look at the vending machine's selections.
Stibbles runs up and presses a random button
<Stilt_Way>: "Jeez Donnie, what if you get a bad flavor?"
<Stibbles>: "Well it's only for like an hour, anyways."
<Stiltside>: Donnie's can has a flower motif, with a purple 'R' on it.
<Stiltside>: As well as the 'F' and 'R' cans, there is a 'V', 'D' and 'G' button.
Stibbles looks at his can curiously
<Stibbles>: "I wonder what flowers are supposed to taste like..."
Stilt_Way does an eenie meanie minee moe for the last three and pushes D
Stibbles cracks the tab of his drink open and begins chugging
<Stiltside>: The drink tastes refreshing, like mint, berries and apples.
<Stiltside>: An onyx-colored can drops from the vent, repeating grey patterns covering it. A 'D', resembling the moon, is on the can.
Stibbles finishes as much as he can in one go, wiping his mouth with his sleeve and letting out a satisfied "Aah."
<Stilt_Way>: http://mibpaste.com/S4PDn2 ]
Stilt_Way picks up the can and opens it. "Here goes nothing."
Stilt_Way takes a long drink from the can.
<Stiltside>: Donnie is covered in purple and dark-grey armor, a bright pink visor on the helmet.
<Stiltside>: The drink tastes of cola, with a dash of cocoa and a light hint of pepper.
Stilt_Way nearly gags on the flavor.
<Stilt_Way>: "Ugh..."
<Stibbles>: "Huh. Maybe it's like my normal powers."
Stibbles tries punching towards the ceiling
<Stiltside>: Mark is covered in black armor, with hints of grey and white.
<Stiltside>: As Donnie punches toward the ceiling, vines extend from his hand, piercing through the ceiling.
<Stilt_Way>: "Neat. You can make a garden with those powers."
<Stibbles>: "Mom, if I make a garden will it go away when my powers do?"
Stilt_Way looks at his armor and decides to try punching to the ceiling as well.
Stibbles tries shaking the vines coming out of his fist off.
<Stiltside>: "I... don't actually know. Most powers tend to not have long lasting effects."
<Stibbles>: "Then that means I can help with your notes!"
<Stiltside>: A black tendril blasts out of Mark's fist, turning into shadow upon contact with the ceiling.
<Stilt_Way>: "Got your powers, Donnie>"
Stilt_Way laughs a bit.
Stibbles tries teleporting through the shadow on the ceiling
<Stiltside>: Donnie does indeed teleport through that shadow, just as it falls back down, as a black ooze.
Stibbles catches himself with some vines as he goes down
<Stilt_Way>: "Wow."
<Stibbles>: "Huh. Real shadows!"
Stibbles begins searching for any pots or such to house plants in the library
<Stiltside>: The ooze regathers into Mark's suit, filling the white lines covering it.
<Stilt_Way>: "Looks like I got a limited amount."
<Stilt_Way>: "Let's see what's in the other books." he says as he goes back to his seat.
<Stiltside>: "Well, we've still got time till the armor fades. Let's fiddle around a little more with these."
Stibbles comes back with a variety of potted plants, holding them all together both with vines and the help of his otter
<Stibbles>: "Mom can I try using my powers on these?"
<Stilt_Way>: "Like what?"
<Stiltside>: "I wonder... it was liquid, then shadow... can you make something solid with that shadow?"
<Stiltside>: "And yes Donnie, go crazy."
Stilt_Way looks at his armor. "Hmm..."
<Stibbles>: "Awesome! And Mark, shadows are kinda oozey all the time if you let them be. You gtta... I dunno, be a little bossy."
<Stilt_Way>: "Alright then."
Stibbles tries to manipulate the plants already in the pots to grow
Stilt_Way thinks of a cube and tries to make it with the armor.
<Stiltside>: The black ooze pours from his hands, taking the shape of a cube on the ground. It glows with a light sheen.
<Stiltside>: The plants in the pot grow slowly, flowers blooming from them.
<Stilt_Way>: "Woah. That's super cool."
<Stibbles>: "Aaaawesoooome."
Stibbles removes the plants from one pot and places them into another, somewhat vacant pot. He rubs his palms together and tries to make a small tree grow from the empty pot
Stilt_Way think of other 3d shapes, like a sphere and a pyramid.
<Stiltside>: The ooze quickly reshapes itself according to what Mark is thinking of. Meanwhile, a sprout appears in the empty pot, coiling slightly as it begins to grow.
Stibbles grins, and continues trying to make the tree grow
<Stilt_Way>: "Man, this is like being Green Lantern...I wonder if I could..."
Stilt_Way thinks of making a hand with the shadow.
Stibbles 's concentration on the tree drops for a second as he turns to Mark
<Stibbles>: "Dude, I never even realized but if you have /my/ powers, maybe someday /I/ can go all Green Lantern with stuff!"
Stibbles thinks of making giant shadowy otter constructs to do cool things with
<Stiltside>: The ooze floats up, turning into a slightly larger than average hand, following the shape of Mark's hand. The tree continues growing, small branches beginning to form.
<Stibbles>: "Awesooome."
Stibbles admires Mark's handiwork for a while until he realizes his tree isn't done yet, and continues working on it
Stilt_Way tries using the hand to take a book off the shelf.
<Stiltside>: The tree continues growing. The hand slowly pulls a book away from the shelf, but it doesn't manage to catch it as it falls.
<Stiltside>: That is when the armor hisses, and falls off of their bodies.
Stibbles dusts off his hands and admires his handiwork as the armor falls off.
<Stilt_Way>: "Aw...". He goes to retrieve the book and put it back on the shelf.
<Stiltside>: The tree indeed stays in place, looking perfectly healthy. The black hand fades into the floor, becoming part of the shadows once more.
<Stibbles>: "Mom! Mom mom mom! The tree is still here!"
<Stibbles>: "I made it from nothing all by myself and I made some of the other plants grow, too!"
<Stiltside>: "That's right, you did... interesting..."
Stilt_Way sits back down and looks back to the stack of books
<Stilt_Way>: "What's next?"
Stibbles is obviously excited to show off his accomplishment
<Stibbles>: "Oh, right! I forgot there were other ones!"
Stibbles runs back to the table
<Stiltside>: "Ooh, now this one is interesting. These magazines change how you see the world." she said, pulling the stack of magazines from the top.
<Stiltside>: Each one, though new-looking, has a design reminiscent of the 1950s
<Stilt_Way>: "Really?"
<Stiltside>: "Yes. Like this one, 'Tales from Dimension X!'"
<Stiltside>: "After reading that, you think you're living in a sci-fi world."
<Stibbles>: "...but you're still in the normal world, right?"
<Stiltside>: "Oh, yes, you just act like you're not." she smiles, opening up a copy of "The Heartbreaker, Madam X!"
Stibbles internally contemplates whether or not this is basically magic book drugs
Stilt_Way looks at the magazines, not sure if he wants to open one.
<Stilt_Way>: "So what are you seeing, Miss Crespillle?"
Stiltside suddenly breaks down and cries
<Stibbles>: "Mom!"
Stibbles runs over to flipside, unsure of what to do
<Stiltside>: "WHO IS THIS CRESPILLE LADY?"
<Stiltside>: "WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR, RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE, YOU BETRAYER!"
<Stibbles>: "You're Ms Crespelle, you're my mom..."
Stiltside just hugs Donnie.
<Stibbles>: "Are you okay?"
<Stiltside>: "I'M SO SORRY... SO, SO SORRY...!"
Stilt_Way pushes the magazines away.
<Stibbles>: "But, you didn't..."
Stibbles cautiously begins returning the hug
Stiltside slowly stops crying
Stibbles looks at Mark with a confused expression
<Stiltside>: "...Donnie? Why am I hugging you all of a sudden?"
Stilt_Way shrigs
<Stilt_Way>: "Oh hey, you're back."
<Stilt_Way>: "...You don't remember?"
<Stibbles>: "You suddenly started crying, and you said you didn't know who anyone here was, and hen you hugged my and said you were sorry."
<Stiltside>: "...Oh. That... must have been the book. Heartbreaker, 50s romantic drama."
<Stilt_Way>: "Spooky."
<Stibbles>: "I don't think I like these books as much."
<Stilt_Way>: "We should move onto something less...dramatic."
Stiltside looks at another magazine. "The Case of Killer X!" she almost tempted to read it. She puts it away.
<Stibbles>: [mom pls]
<Stiltside>: [I wanna be a 50s detective though]
<Stibbles>: [pls mom]
<Stiltside>: Okay, the next ones are similar... "The Short Stories of John Doe."
<Stibbles>: Sounds less... emotional.
<Stilt_Way>: "What are they about?"
<Stiltside>: "These don't make you see things, they make you live them."
<Stibbles>: "Like what?"
<Stiltside>: "Here's one. 'The Terror at Schwartzwald Manor.'"
<Stiltside>: "It's a horror book, so if I open it..."
<Stilt_Way>: "Maybe you shouldn't..."
<Stibbles>: "..maybe we should do that other one instead."
<Stiltside>: "...Yeah. Maybe 'Bound by Fate' will be better. A romance novel?"
*** Stiltside is now known as Bloodstain
<Stibbles>: "That might be awkward, considering the only people here are..."
*** Bloodstain is now known as Flipside
<Stibbles>: "Well, us."
<Flipside>: "Well, see... I haven't tested them in groups, but if I'm right, we should be fine."
Stibbles and his otter exchange worried glances, they then both shoot one to Mark
*** Stibbles is now known as Dibbles
<Stilt_Way>: "Uh, maybe another time?"
<Flipside>: "...tell you what Mark, you try it."
<Flipside>: "I've had my chance at the love game, and Donnie's 8. It's only fair."
*** Stilt_Way is now known as Wrong_Way
Dibbles lets out a sigh of relief
Wrong_Way looks at the book. Well, it wouldn't hurt to try it once....
<Wrong_Way>: "Fine." he says, taking the book from Flipside.
<Flipside>: "Right, so just open it up."
Wrong_Way carefully opens the book, almost as if it might explode.
Wrong_Way slowly starts reading the book.
<Flipside>: At that moment, a young girl, around Mark's age, runs into the library. She hugs Mark tightly, declaring him to be "her love".
<Dibbles>: [can we see this?]
<Flipside>: [yup]
Dibbles looks at the newly formed girl in surprise.
<Wrong_Way>: "Uh, you might have me confused with someone else..."
<Flipside>: "No, it's you, my love! Only you!" she says, hugging him tighter, just as a man in... what appears to be 16th century garb, walks in.
<Flipside>: "YOU VILLAIN! YOU DARE TO STEAL MY DAUGHTER'S INNOCENCE?!"
<Wrong_Way>: "W-what?"
<AgentAlexander>: [you fiend]
Dibbles lets out a knowing "Ooooooh. I think I get it."
<Flipside>: "YOU FIEND!" he shouts in his booming voice. The girl looks at her father pleadingly.
<Flipside>: "Please father, I love him with all my heart!"
<Flipside>: "I REFUSE TO LET YOU LOVE A COMMONER!"
Flipside can't help but laugh at what is happening.
Wrong_Way looks at the book, very scared
<Wrong_Way>: "Oh please sir, I haven't seen this lady before..."
Dibbles looks a little saddened by the events unfolding
<Flipside>: "YOU FILTHY LIAR! YOU STEAL MY DAUGHTER'S INNOCENCE THEN PROCLAIM YOU ARE NOT GUILTY?!"
<Wrong_Way>: "I didn't steal anything sir!"
<AgentAlexander>: [just like you stole alina's]
<Wrong_Way>: [shush alex]
<Flipside>: "...d-do you deny what we did?" the girl said, looking at Mark.
<AgentAlexander>: [the children have your eyes]
<Wrong_Way>: "I-I...I'm sorry, you must have me confused..."
Flipside rolls her eyes, grabbing the book and shutting it.
<Flipside>: "That's enough of that." she said, as the figures faded.
<Flipside>: "I will say from experience, they can't hurt you, so at least there's that."
Wrong_Way sighs with relief, laying his head on the table.
<Wrong_Way>: "Never again..."
<Dibbles>: "I don't like these books very much..."
Wrong_Way thinks for a moment. "...Will they remember me if I ever open it again?"
<Flipside>: "Nah. It's like a movie, they just go through the motions. It might not even be the same story when you reopen it."
<Wrong_Way>: "Huh."
Wrong_Way looks back to the stack of books. "Is that it?"
<Flipside>: "Nah, there are some more. Believe me, it's hard to find books with non-permanent effects."
<Dibbles>: "Are any of the stories... happy?"
<Flipside>: "Oh, of course they're all happy Donnie. It's just that stories always have that middle bit where things look bad."
<Flipside>: "There's a happy ending for everyone. If it's not happy right now, that just means the story isn't over."
<Dibbles>: "So as long as we finish the story, we get to the happy ending?"
<Flipside>: "Well, yes."
Dibbles smiles
<Dibbles>: "Okay, I like that."
<Flipside>: "Now then, what else do we have here?"
Flipside looks at the leatherbound book. "MYTHS, MONSTERS & THE MEN WHO LIVED THROUGH THEM." is the title.
<Flipside>: "Ah, this one is my favorite!
<Wrong_Way>: "What's in that?"
*** AgentAlexander is now known as Alina
<Flipside>: "Oh boy, just you wait and see!" she said with a grin, opening up the book wide.
<Flipside>: The room goes dark.
<Flipside>: A few spotlights shine from nowhere, as a jingle starts to play.
Dibbles straps on his goggles and they begin to glow a faint white, giving him DARK VISION
<Flipside>: "And now, on 'Monsters & Men', with your host, Madam Mirela Crespelle, iiiiiiiiiis.... the Minotaur!" an announcer cries out, again from nowhere.
Wrong_Way holds onto his chair, "M-minotaur?"
<Flipside>: Slowly, a minotaur steps out of the darkness, taking a seat on the chair that has appeared from nowhere.
<Flipside>: "Miss Crespelle." it murmurs, extending a hand.
<Flipside>: "Hey, thanks Johnny!" Flipside shouts back, shaking the Minotaur's hand.
Wrong_Way moves his chair a little bit away from the minotaur
<Flipside>: "So, tell us about yourself, Minotaur."
Dibbles moves his chair to sit from a more traditional audience's perspective
<Flipside>: "Well, I'm... /the/ Minotaur. I live in the labyrinth, chase the offerings they give me, the usual." he says with a shrug.
<Flipside>: "Alright, I see. So, tell us about your past."
Dibbles giggles as he watches his mom interview a minotaur
<Flipside>: "Well, my mother was the Queen of Thebes. After she angered a god, he... gave the King a bull, who the Queen then... well..." he looked nervous, glancing at the floor.
<Flipside>: "Oooooookay, that's one angle we'll leave for the late-night edition!" Flipside said suddenly, spinning on her chair.
<Dibbles>: "I wonder what that was about."
<Flipside>: "We'll be passing over to my co-host Mark, and who is he interviewing Johnny?"
<Wrong_Way>: "W-what?"
<Flipside>: "Well, today, Mister Mark Rossi will be interviewing... a Succubus!" Johnny shouted. Oohs and aahs came from an invisible audience.
Wrong_Way rubs his face "Aw jeez..."
<Alina>: [have fun]
<Flipside>: A blue-skinned woman, with long, bat-like wings, descends onto the red chair. Her clothing is... minimal, to put it lightly.
<Flipside>: "Well hello, Rossi darling." she says, kissing Mark's cheek.
Wrong_Way flinches at the kiss "Uh...uh....Hi.."
Wrong_Way forces a smile
<Flipside>: "Oh come on now Mark, I know about your relationship status, even I wouldn't try my luck." she says with a laugh.
<Wrong_Way>: "R-right..."
<Wrong_Way>: "...Wait what?"
<Flipside>: "Oh please, everyone knows about that girl. She's a keeper that one!" she cackles, her wings flapping with each laugh.
<Wrong_Way>: "Right...Right!" he chuckles.
<Wrong_Way>: "So uh...let's get to know about you. What have you been up to recently?"
<Flipside>: "Oh, you know me, I've been..." she giggles, licking her lips, "...travelling."
<Wrong_Way>: "T-that's cool. Um, any hobbies?"
<Dibbles>: "Mark is dating?"
Flipside holds up a piece of paper saying "BE MORE CONFIDENT!"
<Flipside>: "I don't know Dibbles, ask him." Flipside said.
<Dibbles>: "HEY MARK WHO ARE YOU DATING"
Wrong_Way looks at the paper and nods to Flipside
<Wrong_Way>: "Donnie, later!" he shouts to him.
<Dibbles>: "LAAAAAME."
Dibbles crosses his arms
<Dibbles>: "I bet I'd tell /him/ if I got a girlfriend."
<Wrong_Way>: "But yeah, you must have a lot of...freetime. What are you doing when you're not doing TV interviews?"
<Flipside>: "I'm sure you would Donnie." Flipside assured him.
<Flipside>: "Oh, well that's easy. I'm fond of culture and foreign lands. Food, clothing... people."
<Dibbles>: "What's a Succubus, mom?"
<Wrong_Way>: "That sounds lovely, any lovely destinations you've been to recently?"
<Flipside>: "They're a kind of demon, Donnie. I'll explain more one day." Flipside explained, patting Donnie's head.
<Flipside>: "w
<Flipside>: [bleh]
Dibbles grumbles and continues crossing his arms, no longer interested in the interview
<Flipside>: "Well, I was in Germany recently... tried to... "hold conversation" with the knights..."
<Wrong_Way>: "Huh. They still have knights there?"
<Flipside>: "Oh, this was a long time ago silly. I'm ancient!" she cackled.
*** Flipside is now known as Reverb
*** Reverb is now known as Flipside
<Wrong_Way>: "Really, well you don't look a day over a hundred! Eheheh."
<Flipside>: "Oh you charmer!" she giggles.
<Wrong_Way>: "Uh well, I'm sure you're on a very busy schedule...it was nice having you here in the studio."
<Flipside>: "Happy to be here!" she said. Mirela laughed, and said, "Well folks, it's been a pleasure! See ya next time!"
<Flipside>: Flipside shut the book, and everything returned to normal.
Wrong_Way wipes his forehead "Phew..."
<Flipside>: "Yup, that book basically puts you in an interview with someone from myth, fairytale, whatever."
<Wrong_Way>: "It was cool..just wish I had more questions.."
<Flipside>: "You'll get into the groove of things. Luckily nothing bad ever happens with this book. It's great for a laugh."
<Flipside>: "Though admittedly I've yet to meet someone the Succubus wouldn't flirt with."
<Dibbles>: "Why do they do that?"
<Wrong_Way>: "R-really? Weirrddd." he says, nervously drumming his hands on the table.
<Flipside>: "Oh, succubi are that kind of demon. Flirty and playful."
<Dibbles>: "Huh. Sounds fun."
<Flipside>: "...Yup. And don't worry Mark, it just means you're... special in some way."
<Wrong_Way>: "...That better not mean what I think it means."
Wrong_Way looks at the book pile. "Anything else you can show us?"
<Flipside>: "It just means that, well, whoever it is you're crushing on, a demon wouldn't want to mess with them." she grins. "But, it looks like my pile of books is out for the day."
*** Alina is now known as FIipside
<Wrong_Way>: "Well, that wasn't so bad."
<Wrong_Way>: "Does that mean the other ones are too bad to look into?"
<Flipside>: "Not so much bad, just... well, their effects are permanent or more... risky."
<Dibbles>: "I wonder if most people here would be stronger than a demon or not..."
<Dibbles>: "I wonder if everyone getting superpowers messed with demons and stuff..."
*** FIipside is now known as Alina
<Flipside>: "That... might be a question worth looking into."
<Wrong_Way>: "No idea. Maybe some other succubus in school likes the Mark-ster." He chuckles.
<Dibbles>: "Wait, so you said you're dating someone?"
<Flipside>: "Well, he'd have to be dating, or seriously crushing on someone for the Succubus to get like that."
<Wrong_Way>: "W-what? No...not yet at least."
<Dibbles>: "Huh."
Dibbles scratches the back of his head
<Wrong_Way>: "She probably confused me with someone else...T-that's all."
Wrong_Way is thinking of the one person who's crushing on.
<Flipside>: "Maybe. Or maybe... Mark's got a crush, Mark's got a cruuuuuuuush."
Dibbles contemplates whether he or his mother is the child in this situation
<Wrong_Way>: "W-What? No! I mean, there's some cute girls in this school."
<Wrong_Way>: "But yeah! I'm just, looking at my options, that's all."
<Dibbles>: "I'm sure it'll work out in the end, Mark."
<Flipside>: "Hehe, come on, we won't tell. Who's the lucky girl, eh?"
<Wrong_Way>: "I'm not telling." he says, folding his arms.
*** Flipside is now known as Reverb
<Dibbles>: "Mom I don't think we really need to bug him about it."
<Wrong_Way>: "Thanks Donnie."
Dibbles shrugs
<Flipside>: "Hehe, you're always standing up for your pals, Donnie." she smiled, ruffling his hair.
Flipside will harass Mark about it later.
<Dibbles>: "Well it'd be easier if my mom didn't antagonize them is all"
Wrong_Way checks the time on his phone.
Dibbles smiles as his hair gets ruffled
<Wrong_Way>: "I guess I should go feed Theo Junior or something."
Wrong_Way gets up and then looks to a bookshelf
Wrong_Way pulls out a book and looks at it
<Wrong_Way>: "Uh, do you mind if I check out a book?"
<Flipside>: "Sure thing, see you tomorrow Mark. Good luck with that girl."
<Flipside>: "Oh, righto. Sure, you know how to work the scanner."
Wrong_Way takes his teen vampire novel and goes to scan it.
Dibbles looks back to the stack of papers and pile of crayons where he's sitting
Wrong_Way scans it. He waves to the two sitting at the table
<Dibbles>: -No, Donnie, you have to put them away.-
<Flipside>: "So, mind telling me what you're drawing kiddo?" she says, looking at Donnie.
<Dibbles>: "How- right, you're me. OH, uuuh"
Dibbles looks around to see if there are any drawing visible at the table. Nope, thrown away.
<Flipside>: "Hey, no secrets from mom. Not until you're 16, at least."
<Dibbles>: "Uh, nothing. Y'know, just doodling."
Wrong_Way goes to his room and starts reading his novel.
<Flipside>: "20 pages worth of doodles?"
<Dibbles>: "...I'm a young creative mind."
Dibbles smiles nervously
<Flipside>: "...Alright, I know you won't tell me. It's fine." she smiles, shrugging.
<Dibbles>: "...okay."
Dibbles 's internal screaming dies down. "I think I might go to bed now."
<Flipside>: "So early? Alrighty then kiddo." she smirks.
Dibbles picks up the stack of unused printer paper and his otter takes the crayons, putting them both away relatively close to their respective places