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Post by nutcase17133 on May 23, 2009 14:19:30 GMT -5
Nutcase glanced at the TV and said, "He's probobly there in the TV. It's got a cyberspace uplink, after all. Speaking of, better let Clown Man in just to be sure. The two would likely want to catch up."
Nutcase took out his P.E.T and put the cord into the USB port, allowing Clown Man onto the television. Clown Man soon appeared on screen.
"Hey Gantz, nice to see ya!" Clown Man said happily.
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Post by gantzgun74 on May 23, 2009 14:32:49 GMT -5
Gantz waved to Clown Man before picking up a few more books littering the floor. With a mighty heave, he lifted the large amounts of books back into the book shelf. The shelf creeked in protest for a moment, but immediately went silent.
Gantz, after dusting off his figure, turned back to Beatrice. "Ah, I'm not really that good at a lot of things." Noticing Beatrice's stare, he went on. "I dabble in various arts, and various potions, and various runes." He put up his hand, and, with a small amount of focus, a fireball appeared in his hand. "From Black Magic," He walked up to Beatrice, the fire ball transforming into a small ball of light, "White Magic," He placed a hand on Beatrice's shoulder...
FLASH.
She immediately felt a bit of energy returning to her, she wasn't human again, and it wasn't too much energy, but she definately didn't feel as lost on energy as before. "Among various other things." He flopped down into the couch, and crossed his arms. "And as you can no doubt see, I also specialize in Magi-Technology." He very lightly grabbed the toy that had been traversing back and forth on the desk before him, and gave it a slight charge of what appeared to be thunder magic. When he placed the toy back on the desk, it walked with a bit more of a spring in it's step.
"In a way, I guess you could call me a jack of all trades; good at most, but master at none." He chuckled a little, as he readjusted his sunglasses.
"Hello? Who's in there?"
Finally just right behind Clown Man, Star Man appeared from a link to the Internet. "What's going on in-" He stopped when he saw Clown Man. "Well!! Clown Man! Long time no see!"
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on May 23, 2009 14:40:29 GMT -5
"Ah." Beatrice said and clenched her hand into a fist a couple times before leaning back. "I'm just an alchemist... I know kung-fu too, though, and don't forget it!"
Even though Gantz gave her a little energy, she still felt fatigued. No wonder I lost against that stupid bounty hunter earlier... speaking of which, I haven't seen him in a while... Beatrice thought to herself. He was probably hiding somewhere nearby.
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Post by nutcase17133 on May 23, 2009 14:51:32 GMT -5
Clown Man gave Star Man a big hug, saying, "Man you have NO IDEA the trouble we went through to find you!"
Nutcase turned to Gantz and said, "Yeah, before I met Beatrice I saw a guy who looked and sounded just like Otto. He also had the same name as well. But the guy said he didn't know me or you when I brought up your name. I figured he was an alternate version of Otto, and you have no idea how bad I felt at coming so close, yet being so far from finding anyone looking anything like the gang."
Clown Man then said, "Yeah we also had a tough situation not long ago. Gantz, it seems one of our old enemies is here, and he knows you're here too."
Nutcase then said, "Yeah because of Him, Climber thought I was a copycat hired by that cross-dressing loon."
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Post by gantzgun74 on May 23, 2009 14:58:54 GMT -5
Gantz sighed. "I'm to blame for that, I'm afraid." He slouched a little in his seat. "I was the one that told Climber to run and act distrustful if he should run into Him." He turned his head away. "I had every interest in mind to make sure Climber would remain safe, so don't think little of me."
Star Man shook his head, "It's an even worse fix for me; I still have to hide and move around the net in secret so as not to draw attention from city net-battlers."
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on May 23, 2009 15:03:46 GMT -5
Beatrice nodded to Star Man. "Yeah, these days I have to be careful when I'm around people, because I've got so high of a bounty on my head that everyone's trying to kill me. Damn that stupid fish..."
She looked down at her hand again, which was starting to fade again. "Hey, are you guys done having your happy reunion, 'cause I really need to be human again and stuff."
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Post by nutcase17133 on May 23, 2009 15:15:53 GMT -5
"That's right. Gantz, do you think you can find a spell that can break the curse put on Beatrice?" Nutcase asked, hoping there was hope for the girl.
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Post by gantzgun74 on May 24, 2009 16:04:07 GMT -5
Gantz got to his feet and examined Beatrice thoroughly, running his eye across every detail. "Beatrice." That caught her attention. "Can I ask you to get up and stand to your feet?" Beatrice followed this command, whilst Gantz held out a hand...
With a flash, a keyblade appeared in his hand. The keyblade was Gantz's patented 'Wings of Fantasy' Keyblade, and his main weapon in battle. With a slight sweeping movement, he scanned the keyblade across Beatrice's form. "Interesting, an astral projection based on memory and will power." He nodded at this, before pointing his keyblade to his left. "Accio clipboard!"
Suddenly, a clipboard zoomed from a nearby desk, doing as such due to the summoning charm Gantz masterfully performed. Gantz snatched the clipboard out of the air, and after putting away his keyblade, pulled a pen from his pocket. He removed the top page, revealing a fresh sheet of paper and immediately started taking notes.
The piece of paper floated down to the ground, before it zoomed like a rocket through the air and landed in a folder on the same desk the clipboard came from. At this point, Nutcase and Beatrice probably figured that just about EVERYTHING in this room was charmed.
"Now..." Gantz said, looking to Beatrice curiously. "If I want any hope of curing this position your in, I'd like the details as to how it happened in the first place." Gantz was all business by his tone, and appeared to know what he was talking about. "For instance, can you remember what kind of spell or potion that turned you into this? Tell me about how it happened, and don't skimp on the details." He took a seat and prepped his pen, "And please tell me the full truth." He looked to Beatrice with a concerned stare. "I know this doesn't seem important, but I want you to trust me, kay?"
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on May 24, 2009 17:04:08 GMT -5
Beatrice was still staring at the keyblade before snapping back into reality. "Huh? Oh, right."
"Well, it started off with a Christmas party about two years ago. All of the alchemists I knew from Alchemy Academy were there, including that LOWLIFE BITCH TREETUNE. Anyways, while everyone else was both crazy and drunk, me and Tree were both just drunk. And then Tree somehow convinced me to drink this new experimental formula for her-- don't ask me what kind of potion it was, because I don't remember most of the party anyways-- and then, I was a Fluffy. And I only started being able to do this 'astral projection' business since I got hit with a giant wave of Doom Energy; before then, I was just a normal plushie." Beatrice explained. "Well, as normal as I can get, anyways. 'Cause, I'm awesome, don't ya know?"
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Post by nutcase17133 on May 24, 2009 17:18:04 GMT -5
Nutcase sweatdroped, saying "Yeah...sure..."
Turning back to Gantz, Nutcase said, "This doesn't give us much info... I was honestly hoping we'd be able to help."
"Maybe....... Say Beatrice, does this Alchemy Academy have a cyber network? If it does, Star Man and I can find the cure!" Clown Man said with glee. "Even if it doesn't, we can get into any computer no problem and probobly find the info we need!"
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on May 24, 2009 17:22:42 GMT -5
"Doubt it. And even if it did, me and Tree both had graduated by then, so it wouldn't even be in there," Beatrice sighed. "Your best bet would be to hit up the bitch herself for it, but she's infamous for not keeping records on anything, and what records she did keep all burned down with her house. Plus she's rumored to have gone missing recently too... though, her familliar, Snowy, should know something."
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Post by gantzgun74 on May 24, 2009 18:26:06 GMT -5
"Considering the circumstances we might not have had enough time anyways."
Both of them turned to Gantz whom had just finished taking notes. "Beatrice, stand still for a second." Putting down the clip-baord, he pulled out his keyblade once more. Once again scanning her, he looked at the keyblade which started to glow faintly. "By the read-outs I've got here..." He looked concerned at Beatrice. "You only have a few hours. And that wouldn't have been enough time to do anything."
That notion really seemed to startle everyone in the present company.
"Do you mean..." Climber, whom had just walked back into the room, looked wide-eyed at what he had just heard. He turned to Beatrice, looking very sad. "Beatrice is going to die?"
"Unless we do something, then yes, I fear that will be the case." Gantz nodded, thinking a moment.
"What do we do then?" Star Man asked, sounding more and more sorry for Beatrice with each passing second.
A sigh was his response. Gantz paced around the room, thinking hard... ... ... ...
Minutes passed like hours... ... ...
Suddenly Gantz snapped his fingers. "Beatrice." That caught her attention. "Morph back into your plushie form."
Once the order was followed, Gantz approached and leaned down to the plushies eye level... Nutcase didn't know why he hadn't noticed it till now, but he couldn't help but notice a scalpel suddenly appearing in his back pocket, which Gantz plucked out.
"Beatrice, I want you to listen. We may have a chance. All I need to do is examine your fluff. Maybe it'll give off some kind of magical signature that I can use as a base of study. It may have been a long time since you've last drank the potion, but with any luck, the potions essence will still be inside you."
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on May 24, 2009 18:32:51 GMT -5
Beatrice nodded, and removed the projection, going back to plushie form. She then pulled a needle out from under her hat and undid a couple stitches on her shoulder, revealing a large amount of fluff.
"...You better know what you're doing." Beatrice mumbled.
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Post by gantzgun74 on May 24, 2009 19:06:19 GMT -5
Gantz, very gently, removed a small amount of the fluff from Beatrice's shoulder. "Thanks this should do it." He got to his feet. "Climber! Fetch me my Alchemy set and take it to my desk."
"Got it!" He quickly ran over to where a bunch of tool boxes were sitting on the floor in the corner. Climber looked at each one, looking confused. "Uh Gantz? Which one is it?"
"Far left, Climber." Apparently Gantz had already taught Climber about directions because the mannequin quikly grabbed the right one and rushed it over.
At the desk, Gantz placed the fluff on the desk, and proceeded to examine it with a strange pair of glasses that he slipped over his sunglasses. The fluff DID let off a slight energy signature. Climber placed the tool box on the desk, just in time for Gantz to reach for it, and open it up.
Inside was various test-tubes, glass jars, and other laboratory equiptment one could find in a normal science lab, though, to a trained eye, one could tell that there was some magic based elements about the liquids in them. Gantz pulled out a few test-tube stands and immediately went to work.
[Finding the cure won't be immediate, but it'll still come soon.]
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Post by nutcase17133 on May 24, 2009 19:15:15 GMT -5
Nutcase smiled and said, "This is a good sign, but keep your fingers crossed, Beatrice."
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