New Challengers have Arrived! (Open)

[ShadesofGrey18]

Everything was peaceful and normal (well, as normal as was standard) at the El Grande Mall. At least, until...

"Oof! Ow... why the crap did Yukari drop us here?" A small, violet-colored portal opened up, and Michael dropped face-first out of it, onto the hard floor. "Wait a tick... where's- Ack!" Alice dropped out of the portal back-first, crashing into Michael.

"Oh, dear. I'm sorry, Michael. Are you okay?" Alice and Michael picked themselves up off of the ground. "... and where is Marisa? Wasn't she going to come with us?"

"Yeah, I am. Believe me, considering what usually happens to me, this is pretty mild."

(He's referring to getting slammed into walls hard enough to leave an imprint)

"...Yukari said that there were some issues getting Marisa here; she may or may not join us, so we should try to meet up with someone who looks like they know what might be going on. Let's see... she suggested that we be careful with our danmaku because of the cooldown factor and that our spellcards get cooldown time as well. Speaking of, which ones did you bring? I brought these: 'Sound Sign: Subsonic Backblast,' 'Shriek Sign: Nails on Chalkboard,' and 'Music Sign: Tremolo.'

Alice looked through the cards she had, and said, "I brought 'Curse: Eerily Luminous Shanghai Dolls,' 'Sword Sign: Crusaders,' 'Demonic Control: Return Inanimate,' and two new ones; 'Friendship Sign: MAlice Cannon,' and 'Automaton: Doll Battalion.' Marisa and I use the former in tandem, but I can do the latter by myself."

"All right, sounds good," said Michael. He started looking around. "Now... where can we find someone that can help us?"

[ryocker]

The Red, belt wearing Clubba trudged around the mall. He'd been here for almost a year, watching what goes on, but he hadn't had much excitement since the day he fell in... at the Museum, no less.

"Well, I got food, I know a few places to relieve boredom, but now i just gotta find something to help relieve this serious urge to wrestle I got." Looking around, he quickly furrowed his eyes. "Can't be hard, there's a ton of tough looking-"

Just like that, the portal opened up pretty close to him, making old Chubba jump backwards. "Waugh! hey!" From what he could take, there were two (possible three later), and they were here on... business. Curiously, he walked up to them and cleared his throat.

(OOC: in case we don't know what a Clubba is, Here: www.mariowiki.com/images/e/e3/Clubba.png His color's red, and he rarely uses his club.)

[ShadesofGrey18]

(OOC: I do know, actually; big Mario series fan.)

Michael noticed the Clubba standing behind Alice. Being something of a gamer, he just stood in shock, seeing a formerly-thought-fictional creature right in front of him. Alice looked at him with a confused look on her face.

"Michael?" Alice snapped her fingers in his face a few times. "You still with me?" Alice then turned around; she saw the Clubba and shrieked in surprise "EEEK!" Blushing red at her very unladylike outburst, Alice composed herself, turned around, and spoke. "Who might you be?"

[ryocker]

Chubba (who was just a bit shorter than any human he met, besides Mario) crossed his arms over his chest and grinned big. "The name's Chubba, fourth ranked contender of the Glitz Pit way up in Glitzville." He snorted, then slid his foot on the ground, in between small stomps. "I've almost become a champion, too! But Rawk Hawk knocked me down a few pegs..."

He tensed up, just thinking of it. "Stupid, golden bird... RAGH!" He let out heavy stomp, slamming the ground a bit hard.

[Firebreath Fishslap]

"Woah, who's this?"

A rather tall humanoid walked up to the two that had just been dropped from the portal and the strange caveman. He was rather clearly not human, as he had green skin and antennae, and was quite tall. The sleeves on his sweatshirt were so long that his arms couldn't be seen.

He stepped in front of Clubba and bent down to look Alice in the eye. "Heya there! My name's Chip! It's nice to see some new faces around here!" He grinned and held his hand out to Alice, the sleeves rolling back on their own.

"Oh, don't worry about Dale," Chip said. "He doesn't bite often."

((OOC: Since the image is kind of hard to see on his app, here's Chip's image: i88.photobucket.com/albums/k187/treetune/Continuing%20Saga/chip.png ))

[ShadesofGrey18]

Michael turned to Chubba and Chip. "I'm Michael. Michael Neilsen. This is my friend Alice Margatroid. There was supposed to be another person with us, but she probably won't join us till later."

Michael said to Chubba, "Glitz Pit, huh... interesting."

Michael thought to himself, 'I don't recognize this guy; must've joined up after Mario finished up in that game...'

Alice looked at Chip and said, "...pardon my asking, but what exactly are you? You don't look like any kind of Youkai I've ever seen."

[ryocker]

Chubba tilted his look toward Chip. He was definately an odd one... Compared to the Mushroom Kingdom, that's pretty hard to say. Hearing Micheal, he shot him a look. "What's wrong with working at the Glitz Pit?" he growled, pulling up his belt.

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Chip chuckled, and put a hand on his chest. "I'm a Ridiculously Human Alien, can't you tell? From outer spaaaaaace. Got stuck on Earth around the time of the moon landings."

He bent over in an almost bow and stared into Alice's eyes. "Though you're not from Earth either are you, little girly? Well, almost. You're a youkai, so.... Gensokyo? Ooh, it's Gensokyo, isn't it?"

[ShadesofGrey18]

'Crap! He's probably as strong as Yuugi, if not stronger. I don't want to die here!'

"A-Absolutely nothing! I've just heard some interesting things about that place before."

Alice pulled Michael aside and whispered to him, "Michael, what the hell are you talking about?! I've never heard of such a place!"

Michael whispered back, "Trust me, Alice. It's a place from a video game I've played. Remember, different dimensions collide here. Right now, I'm trying to avoid a fight."

[ShadesofGrey18]

Michael and Alice then turned back to the two.

Alice said, "Ah, you know of Gensokyo? I suppose that's to be expected. Wait, you said the moon landings. Did you even encounter the Lunarians?"

[ryocker]

Chubba turned his full attention to Chip. "Wow, you're a pretty interesting guy, Chip. Oh, by the way, My name's Chubba. I'm Pretty glad to meet you!" He cheered, extending his stubby little paw. Proffesional fighter or not, it was important to remember manners.

Then he heard the stuff about landings. "Huh? Landings? On the moon?" He scratched his mohawk of yellow hair. I know there are recorded life forms there, buuut... this isn't my moon they're talking about, now is it? he thought, looking back and forth between the three.

Or rather, back, forth, up and down. MAN, Chip was Tall! About as big as... a Pokey, perhaps.

[Firebreath Fishslap]

"Lunarians?" Chip tilted his head to the side, and it was clear he wasn't comprehending. "I just got shot down and landed in Roswell, so... I guess that was before the stuff with the moooon."

He flopped his sleeves, which had suddenly become flimsy and clothlike, back and forth as he swayed the same way.

He looked down at Chubba's hand, but didn't take it. Instead he went back to focusing on Alice.

"These Lunarians are aaaaliens, aren't they? Rabbits hopping around, pounding mochi and being useless sex objects?" Chip asked, smiling.

[ShadesofGrey18]

Michael laughed at Chip's comment. "Aliens... yeah, I guess you could say that. I don't really know any of the moon rabbits there, just the one that lives in Gensokyo, and the only experiences I've ever had with Lunarians have not been pleasant ones."

Alice chimed in, "The first time was roughly the eigth Incident to occur in Gensokyo. The moon was corrupted, so several teams went out to restore it. Marisa, a kleptomanic witch who's a friend of ours, went with me. Michael had a Tengu reporter named Aya join him. We got to where they were and had to fight one of those moon rabbits." Alice turned to Chip and continued speaking.

"You say sex objects, I say 'maybe.' I couldn't see completely straight for nearly a week after fighting her."

Michael then picked up from where Alice left off. "Long story short, we kicked both Eirin, who created the Hourai Elixir, and Kaguya, the exiled Lunarian Princess', behinds and restored the proper moon. Kaguya sent us out on a 'Trial of Guts' in which we fought her immortal rival Fujiwara no Mokou, who I'm now a good friend of."

Michael continued, "The second encounter with Lunarians was far less pleasant. Basically, these two other Lunarian princesses, Watatsuki no Yorihime and Watatsuki no Toyohime, came to Gensokyo; I still am not sure why. Yorihime could summon the Shinto gods, if you can believe that, and Toyohime had a fan that could 'purify' 'read: make explode' things at the atomic level."

Alice said, "They countered or stopped pretty much everything we threw at them. To beat Toyohime, we had to sic Utsuho, a Hell Raven with the control over Nuclear Fusion on her. When Toyohime tried to 'purify' the sun that Utsuho threw at her, she caused it to explode out of control, basically blowing herself up! Non-fatally, unfortunately, due to spellcard rules, but still. Michael distracted Yorihime with... some kind of audio torture long enough for Reimu, our resident Miko, to blast her with Fantasy Heaven."

Michael shrugged. "I made Rebecca Black's 'Friday' play continually in her head. Anyway, I dislike long-winded exposition. What brings you two here?"

[ryocker]

He couldn't hold back a frown at Chip. Well, his paw was tiny, but STILL. He re-redirected his attention toward the other two people there, listening to as much as he wanted. ...About to the part of some song named "Friday." He didn't know, and something (the guy RPing him) told him he didn't want to.

When asked why he was here, Chubba crossed his arms again. "Meh, I was taking a break from wrestling, went to go visit my family for a few, then I went back to Rogueport- this really old, nasty sort of city- and took up a daily job as a box mover. next thing I know, a portal shows up and I'm stuck in the museum's Mt. Rugged exhibit, Clefts 'n all." He looked back up, popping his neck. "After that, it's just been a boring old romp up and down here. I've sight-seen, spent a few coins, the good stuff.

"The one thing I've been missing out on is a good ol' fashioned Brawl. Man I feel rusty..."

[ShadesofGrey18]

Michael seemed to consider what Chubba said. "Well, I wouldn't mind a spar, but I don't really fight like a standard fighter."

Alice merely looked perplexed at Michael.

Meanwhile, further away from that group, another violet portal opened, and Marisa fell out of it, landing hard on the ground.

"Ooow... why did Yukari just drop me here, ze? That really hurt!"