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JJ's Random Comment of the Day:

Actually, it's more like a question. Prisk, is there such thing as a "spirit's world"? If there is, is it like an actual place or a different plane of existence (different dimension), but within the same Atlas?

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@Insatiable: Good to hear you’re getting better. I can't GM for the life of me, but maybe asking questions about it can help you decide on what to do? What kind of RP are you (sorta?) planning? It's going to be based on (a) movie(s) right? Any particular one?
@Sixmisth: Wow, didn’t expect JJ's Random Comment of the Day to get this response. It’s interesting to read others' opinions.

Since we’re on the subject of superpowers…

JJ’s Random Comment of the Day:

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Adora! N-n..no… *Sniffs* This is unfortunate...

@Ozerath: Oz! Welcome back!
@Blackwell: A…are you an undead? Glad to see you are still alive, undead or not :) Jack would have been quite lonely without Kat.

JJ’s Random Comment of the Day:

When I read about laws such as "It's illegal to take a lion to the movies”, I can only assume someone did it. How do people intend enforce laws like “It's against the law for animals to have sex in the city limits”? Arrest the animal? Have them pay a fine? I doubt animals (excluding humans) care about human laws. Or are they inadvertently talking about humans? Well I guess city dwellers aren’t allowed to have sex, then.

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Tenish the Mighty said Well, while we are on the subject of cooking...Remi Fact: Remi learned to cook working part of his childhood summers in the kitchen of his mother's restaurant. He hated missing out on some of the play during those lazy summer days, but he did gain an appreciation for the art of cooking.Until the boat ride to Norton City, few of Remi's friends were probably aware of this talent. Like most of Remi's secrets, this is less a matter of intention and more the fact that Remiel never thought to display this fact or have any sort of pride in it....but now I feel like Kim should have known. He invited Remi over to his house and then Remi and Michaela got into a fierce cooking battle, forcing Kim and the rest of his siblings to eat and judge their various creations, clearing out the Appleberry/Faye pantry and nearly killing the others with burst stomachs.Food would've been good though.Anyway, leaving tomorrow morning on a trip, so I won't be around for a couple days, most like.Try not to be completely lost without me.P.S.

Kim & Remi Fact (if Tenish is okay with it!): Every now and then, when the group went back to their hometown or when the Appleberry’s visited them, Michaela and Remi have an intense cooking contest and have the group (or any other innocent bystanders) be the judge. Others were also encouraged to join the competition. The one time Nancy actually participated (only as one of the team's helper) she sent all the judges to the hospital and had been banned from entering or even helping the cooks in “M&R’s Battle of the Greatest Chef” contest.

*Gasps at Woodkid's “Iron”* Remi. If not him, Aaron. Death by Nancy’s cook—… I mean, death by leaving group and being overwhelmed by enemies.

Have fun! I know everyone dies, but try not to die on us!

Prisk said Oh my God! I'm such a walking cliche. Everything that is otherwise super boring is now suddenly super fun just because I have to study. Damn it, damn it, damn it…

It’s called a cliche for a reason! When I had a special exam, I actually started to do things I usually hate doing (cleaning room, dishes, and etc.) instead of actually studying for the exam.

Prisk said Haha! Can't imagine it being anything else! Perhaps the popcorn people have cursed you!

…. I knew it! I knew it was them all along! Bastards! Yeah, sure, I complain about movie popcorns being too salty (obviously to sell more drinks), but my kettle corn was innocent!… My poor, sweet kettle corn…

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Kim & Family Fact: In the Appleberry/Faye household, Michaela has the highest cooking skills; Clair, while not a bad cook, is better at baking; Kimberly is a moderate cook; the one time Ghost “cooked” something (popped popcorn in a microwave) he managed to burn half the popcorn while simultaneously leaving the remaining kernel unpopped; and the food that Nancy made was legendary: her cooking was so bad that it was thought that it could decimate entire populations. Luckily, the military did not discover the potential of Nancy’s cooking as a weapon.

Edit: The part about the popcorn is based on what really happened to me. I still have no idea how I did it... I just put the popcorn bag into the microwave and followed the instructions, but I still burnt half the popcorn and left the other half unpopped... twice, in two different microwaves. It's a talent :)

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Unfortunately, no.

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Prisk said Save your facts in your character sheets, people! I love to read them (over and over again), but it can get quite tedious to scroll through all previous posts. So far, only me and Rockette have random facts in our sheets.Also... I have to study for a resit on the 20th, which is boring as hell. I'll still be here and stuff, just have to share my pain, because it's.. horrible.

...*Looks at past post*

Prisk said It would be nice if we could add our random facts to our character sheets—optional of course—so that we can easily backtrack and do check-ups.

The “optional” part may have to do with the lack of random facts on the CSs.

Also, good luck on your studies!

Rockette said Knowing Julian's rather sadistic nature, he might like an impromptu spanking from the doctor, o;

Dr. Perth: *Stops slapping the air*… Damn it. What’s the point if he likes it?
Dr. Ramirez:….! I know! *Straps Julian down in a chair and gives Dr. Perth a dummy that has Julian’s picture on it* Now spank it!
Dr. Perth: What?
Dr. Ramirez: Spank the dummy in front of Julian! Torture him with the prospect of a good spanking!
Dr. Perth: …
Dr. Ramirez: No? We can tickle him instead! Oh, oh! How about we force him to watch obnoxiously sappy and happy movies for an entire week? A family movie… A chick flick marathon maybe? Or let's dress him in drag and post it on the internet!
Dr. Perth: … (Why do I think Haziq is forgetting that Julian is his senior?)

Rockette said I need to finish his character sheet so he's more official and real in the story... I just keep putting it off.Ghost and Mags can totally gush over sweets together, it'll happen.

Can't wait to learn more about Julian :) Ghost and Mags will gush over sweets together... someday.

Oh, also PMed you with some questions.

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JJ’s Random Comment of the Day:

Discovered that onion ice cubes was an actual thing.


@Rockette: Ah Julian… you are a sadistic psychotic spoiled child. Though, he may want to be careful with Dr. Perth. She will not take his abuse ;)

Dr. Ramirez: Athene, what are you doing?
Dr. Perth: *Slapping the air* Practicing.
Dr. Ramirez: …for what?
Dr. Perth: For when I need to smack someone’s, not saying who's, bottom for being a very bad, bad boy.
Dr. Ramirez: ????

Kim and Family Fact: There are very few things in the world that Kimberly doesn’t like to eat (most likely due to the wide range of animal spirit’s tastes), the very few being Sweet Dreams’ products. Sweet Dreams is a company notorious for it’s bizarre candy, which Nancy absolutely loved, including Balut ’n Cream with Licorice flavored lollipops.

Ghost, on the other hand, doesn’t like really spicy foods or bitter tasting things, but has an extreme sweet tooth. If he had his way, Ghost would eat cake for breakfast, chocolate for lunch, ice-cream for dinner, and wash everything down with honey.

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Busy day for me. I have a feeling I’ll be busy tomorrow too, so I posted a short one.

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-----Battle II-----
“What’s this…? There’s no room for this…, Kim. That man dies before we move…,” Olivia pointed her Gunblade at the soldier’s neck. “It’s not our job to take prisoners… so, either you do it or I do it”

Kimberly pushed Olivia away from Storm Guard Delta, picked up the unconscious body, and held it close to his body. The giant shook his head feverishly. “Who said… it can’t be? No one… forbids us… from… taking prisoners. Why… why can’t we… take prisoners?” The bear hug around the Nautilus soldier tightened more. “I thought you… wanted to fight… xenomorphs… not slaughter people…” Kimberly stared right into his Captain’s cold gaze. She changed.

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---Norton City---
Kimberly’s sensitive ears heard Olivia scolding him even with the distance between them. “What’s wrong with you?! Do you even know what you just said? How do you get off calling someone’s friend a ‘useless dead carcass’?”

Kimberly froze for a second. Several thoughts came to him at once. He had many questions, but only one thought stood out from the rest.

Olive cares more about dead bodies than an actual person’s life?

Something inside Kimberly twisted its shape, turning into something dark and ugly. The animal spirits inside him were unsettled.

Kimberly whispered, “their spirits... moved on… there’s nothing left... in a dead body.” He wasn’t sure if Olivia or the bawling soldier heard him. He wasn’t sure if they would have cared.

She cares more about a dead body… than a person’s life.

Ghost burst out laughing. The hysterical laughter continued to ring in Kimberly’s ears as he worked on the other soldiers. It only eventually died out when WARG began their decent into the sewers.

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-----Norton City: Sewers-----
The Norton City’s sewers emulated Kimberly’s mood perfectly. It was dark, gloomy, cramped, noisy, hard to breathe, and filled with a Kami awful smell that seeped into Kimberly’s helmet. It was difficult to imagine that people could work in such an environment.

I don’t know how Mr. Rose managed to clean sewers for a living.
“Obviously he didn’t have much of a choice in the matter did he?” Ghost flew over the contaminated wastewater. “Hey, maybe Nancy’s dad is floating around here somewhere!”
I honestly doubt it.

As the group continued their journey through the narrow sewers, Kimberly became increasing distracted by an unusual noise. He wasn’t quite sure what it was, especially with the loud ruckus above him. He could have ---should have--- brought it to his Captain’s attention, but he didn’t. His sensitive hearing always picked up things that could be ignored. It was possible that he was just hearing the heated battle occurring above ground. The past few conversations with Olivia also made the giant reluctant to talk to his Captain.

He should have warned the team, regardless. They may not have been able to dodge the tail swipe, but if Kimberly had warned them ahead of time, the group may have been prepared for the hideous aquatic creature.

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---- Boss Fight I----
Kimberly was the last person and thing to get hit by the wave of sewage and the aquatic xenomorph’s tail. He half expected himself to be flung across the confined area, but even to his surprise, Kimberly had grabbed onto the monster’s tail, feet firmly planted to the ground. He could feel the earth spirits holding onto his feet, helping their host stay where he stood. After mentally thanking the spirits, the arms around the tail held onto it with renewed strength. The giant did his best to keep the gargantuan fish-like-amphibian’s wild thrashing to a minimum, hoping that it would give his friends enough time to recover.

Summary

• Kimberly manages to grab onto Boss’s tail and keeps it from attacking the others immediately, hopefully giving enough time for the teammates to recover from Tail Swipe