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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on May 24, 2009 19:20:07 GMT -5
"Yeah!" Beatrice said with her usual vigor, though her voice still sounded a little weak.
"...I'm still worried about that 'Him' guy... and that bounty hunter. He mentioned a deal before he ran off..." Beatrice mumbled. But then she laughed. "Nah, it's probably nothing! And once I'm human again, I'm gonna go kick his ass!"
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Post by nutcase17133 on May 24, 2009 20:05:48 GMT -5
Nutcase was in deep thought about what Beatrice said. The psychopath then said, "Taz maybe, but Him shouldn't be underestimated. He is a demon, after all. He may not be the Devil himself, but he comes close. If Him comes back, you'd better leave him to me and Gantz. You and Climber should find a place to hide when and if that happens."
Clown Man looked a bit spooked as he said, "Yeah, no kidding. If some of the others were here, it wouldn't be so bad. But with only two guys with the capability of taking Him on, it'd be very tough indeed. Say, speaking of, do you know where our Otto and Wally are, Gantz? As Nutcase said before, we ran into an alternate version of Otto. It's likely another Wally is out there too. I'm wondering if you were lucky to have found anyone else in our group since we ended up here."
Nutcase turned to Gantz and said, "Yeah, I'm worried about Cindy, Zane, Mallow, Shin, MMSB, Tom, Crow, and the others. I know Cindy's able to defend herself most of the time, but she's not as good a fighter as the rest of us. Tom and Crow are walking disasters waiting to happen. Joel would be furious if anything happened to those two considering how they're practically family to him."
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Post by gantzgun74 on May 24, 2009 23:40:57 GMT -5
Gantz only continued to work on the mixture, carefully mixing magical elements together, all the while referencing from a book on 'Advanced Alchemy'... Though one could tell he flinched a little at the question.
"We've had no luck running into anyone yet." Star Man said sorrowfully. "Though I must say, My P.E.T. battery had been dead the first few days on this world."
Climber stepped in, in Gantz's defense. "He WAS trying to find replacement batteries for it though..." He thought for a moment. "You see, he actually ran into me again at the store where he finally found some; you see, he said he found me, nearly out of energy among the stuffed animals in the toy aisle of the store." He poked the chest area of his person, revealing that something much more solid then his cloth body was hidden inside. "When he got me to his place, he gave this power source that I could run on, and I haven't felt signs of slowing down, or weaking in almost a week."
"I don't have anymore before you ask." Gantz said before anyone could ask. "The energy source I gave Climber is extremely rare." That was the last thing he said before continuing with his work...
Suddenly there was a hissing sound.
"YEEEOOOOOWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Gantz rushed past the lot of his company and instantly threw the, now smoking, beaker into a solid adamantium safe he had in the corner of the room, tossing the mixture in, and slamming the door closed. "FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!!" He instantly hit the floor, Climber, whom had obviously seen this happen once or twice, immediately did the same.
There came a muffled boom, but the safe remained unmoved.
"Sheesh..." Gantz slowly got up, dusting himself off. "That Tree obviously knew what she was doing... I don't whether to call her mixture complete insanity... Or sheer genius..." He walked back over to the desk, and went back to work. "But don't worry! Nothing to worry about!" He mixed the mixture some more. "I think I'm starting to figure it out."
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Post by nutcase17133 on May 24, 2009 23:46:26 GMT -5
Nutcase's eyes were comcally wide, as were the glasses he wore. "Just what in the hell was in that stuff?! Unstable radioactive isatopes!?"
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Post by gantzgun74 on May 24, 2009 23:58:41 GMT -5
Gantz didn't turn from his work. "Hey! Magical elements are VERY hard to mix together. They can be every bit as dangerous as chemicals, if not more so." He went to work once more. "Now, let's see here..." He seemed to enter a quiet focus mode, as he muttered something about 'wormwood', 'Genie powder' and various other ingredients in Alchemy.
[Sorry, just had to respond to that FF. We'll wait for you now.]
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on May 25, 2009 7:33:14 GMT -5
Beatrice sighed. "Yeah, she's crazy, but she's also a genius. She's the only person who's been able to figure out how to make a Fish of Doom not implode on itself within 24 hours of making it in the past 2000 years. Of course, doing so gave the stupid thing sentience, and then it burned down her house, or so I heard."
"Hey, how close are you to being done, anyways?" Beatrice asked.
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Post by nutcase17133 on May 25, 2009 10:13:50 GMT -5
"I learned from experiance it's not good to rush these sort of things. Otherwise it'll be a magical Hiroshima in here." Nutcase commented as he had slipped into some very thick protective armor without anyone noticing.
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Post by gantzgun74 on May 25, 2009 13:33:46 GMT -5
Gantz continued to work with the test tubes and mixtures. "I think I've almost found the mixture we're looking for..." He pulled out what appeared to be a series of glass pipes, connected to burner, test-tubes, and various other things before a full set was set on the table. "Now let's see here..."
Gantz poured the mixture into the first test tube in the series and soon the mixture flowed through the series of glass tubes.
"Come on... Come on...." Gantz whispered to himself as the mixture went through a burner before continuing to what appeared to be a glass jar filled with an odd looking blue liquid. "Yes, that's right... Go in..."
The tiniest little drop fell into the jar... Plop.
POOF!
A small cloud formed from the mixture, confusing a few people, but Gantz was smiling up a storm. "YES!!!! It's done!" Gantz ran over and plucked the jar. "I was able to establish the potion that Tree herself created!! Now all we need to do is simply reverse the formula, and the antidote is ours!"
Climber was jumping up and down. "Does that mean Miss Beatrice will be okay?"
"Yep you crazy doll!" Gantz was grinning up a storm as he gently pushed aside the series of tubes and burners. "That's exactly what it means. We've got a good halfway point, and that's a good sign."
"Work your magic, Gantz!" Star Man cheered.
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Post by nutcase17133 on May 25, 2009 14:02:17 GMT -5
Prying off the armor he put on, Nutcase said, "Shall I go ahead and break out the drinks for the celebration?"
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on May 25, 2009 14:41:29 GMT -5
"Don't," Beatrice replied to Nutcase. "If alchemy's taught me anything, it's that anything can go wrong at any moment. Y'know Nicholas Flamel? His first test of the Philosopher's Stone turned lead into gold. Second test made an elixir of life. Third test turned his daughter into a steampunk robot."
She looked over at Gantz. "Speaking of Flamel, if I hadn't met the guy myself, I'd say that you were him. Some of the stuff you've got around here looks like it came right out of his lab. 'Specially the little machines."
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Post by gantzgun74 on May 26, 2009 11:17:06 GMT -5
Gantz waved his hand innocently. "Nah, I'm more then sure Flamel could make me look like a kid in the sandbox." He shrugged at Nutcase. "Either way Nutcase, she's right. We'd best not celebrate now. We may have reconstituted the original formula, but it'll still take quite a bit of luck to create an antidote." Gantz poured some of the formula into empty test-tubes, "Thankfully, I can think ahead. With these Test-tubes holding a bit of the potion in each, we won't have to loose everything after one miss."
The Climber walked over to Gantz, "Need anything else Gantz?"
The boy waved him off, "Just get comfy; with any luck, I'll get the mixture on the first try."
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Post by nutcase17133 on May 26, 2009 11:30:55 GMT -5
"You know Gantz, its a shame that neither Cranky or Mumbo Jumbo are here. Their voodoo magic skills would likely speed the process of this antidote up." Nutcase said, looking out the window. oping one of said characters would just pass through the streets below somehow.
"Yeah, Cranky would likely have seen a case like Bea's before. And Mumbo's own magic would be of great use." Clown Man said as he reclined on a cyber-based easy chair.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on May 26, 2009 11:52:07 GMT -5
Beatrice looked a little confused. "Cranky? Mumbo? Who's that? Someone you know? Though I doubt that their Voodoo would work too well in this case, y'know. Alchemy doesn't like mixin' with other magics."
At that moment, there was a knock at the door, though it sounded more like something large and soft was being knocked up against it.
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Post by nutcase17133 on May 26, 2009 12:05:47 GMT -5
"Uh oh. Gantz, what do we do? What if it's the bounty hunter trying to off Beatrice? Or worse, what if it's Him?" Nutcase said in a worried tone.
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Post by gantzgun74 on May 26, 2009 13:41:50 GMT -5
Gantz looked surprised at this, but continued work normally. "Climber, be a pal and see who it is please?"
Climber nodded, and walked up to the door. After a moment, he peeked through the peek hole on the door. [Or whatever they call those little glass holes on the door where you can see who's outside. Now to wait for FF's response to see who it is.]
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