Insane Cafe 3: The Curse of the Haunted Hotel

vonboy · **Reply #8120 on:** March 17, 2011, 01:54:07 PM

All the noise woke Von up for a second time. He looked over to see a strange figure staring at him. Obviously it wasn't a metal robot, but Von couldn't see very well, and mistook him for someone else.

"Oh god, it's Bender!"

He jumped out of bed, ran through the door, and scurried down the hallway of the hotel.

Nick22 · **Reply #8121 on:** March 17, 2011, 04:02:32 PM

As Dixie walked up the stairs carrying a glass of water, she was bumped into by a human ' and knocked the glass of water to the ground : Hey! Watch it!1 Dixie said. ' whats your problem?

vonboy · **Reply #8122 on:** March 17, 2011, 04:10:18 PM

"Someone was chasing me" was all he could get out.

Nick22 · **Reply #8123 on:** March 17, 2011, 04:28:35 PM

" Slow down! First, whats your name and what room were you in? Dixie said I'm Dixie, my fiance Scooby and I are on the fourth floor.." She introduced herself..

vonboy · **Reply #8124 on:** March 17, 2011, 07:43:15 PM

Von calmed down a little bit and replied. "Well, my name is Von, and
I'm staying in room 206. Someone sneaked in and said boo."

Kor · **Reply #8125 on:** March 17, 2011, 10:29:49 PM

"How goes things?" Jason said as he walked up to where Sara was with Guilmon and Brooklyn with him.

"Not much I can do except for doing temporary reinforcement." Sara said.

"Good thinking, since who knows how much will have to be rebuilt once this war is all over." Jason said.

"Hopefully soon at that." Brooklyn said.

Serris · **Reply #8126 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:27:58 PM

Ms. Swimmer and the rest of the Pelvanida Group were asleep.

Mr. Bigmouth, Setsuna and Haresh were working in the library. The container of gems and several books were scattered in front of them. All of them had steaming cups of tea in front of them.

"We have more than enough gems to make the generator and some other projects I want to work on," Haresh said.

"But first we need to anneal the gems. The only problem is annealing mass quantities of gems requires making a magical annealer which requires annealed gems," Mr. Bigmouth said. "Though looking at the literature, it seems gems can be individually annealed by slowly channeling magical energy through them with wires. All we need to do as obtain a source of magical power."

Haresh sighed. "We'll have to ask Stripetail. We can't proceed without annealed gems."

Nick22 · **Reply #8127 on:** March 18, 2011, 06:14:31 PM

" should I go fetch him? a wolf guardasked them
Stripetail meanwhile was drinking some tea in the dining room on the ground floor while ponnderung the next move.. ' i hope they have enough gems to create that anti-teleportation shield ' he said quietly . 'the sooner we get it up and running the sooner we can turn our attention to getting back on the offensive.."

Nick22 · **Reply #8128 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:01:23 AM

(the library is on the 7th floor, he and Dixie are on the econd floor)
Well, this place is haunted Dixie shrugged , there are ghosts all over the places. most of them are harmless although somne like pulling pranks. Watch out for the Pie-throwing ghost, she loves pieing peiplwe" Dixie said.. " now Von, if you will execuse me, I must be getting to bed.. it was nice meeting you" she said..

Serris · **Reply #8129 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:13:01 AM

"Please do," Haresh said to the guard.

Mr. Bigmouth then got up and headed to a small closet where assorted scrap metal was located to fetch some wires and other parts.

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Some armed guards walked past Von and Dixie.

"On patrol, eh?" a Vulpine guard said with a chuckle. She appeared to be about sixteen at most. She adjusted the sling on her shotgun and continued on with her group.

Nick22 · **Reply #8130 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:21:54 AM

Actually he had an encounter with a ghost " Dixie responded " And I was heading up to my room, when he bumped into me..
Angel, Agumina, Cunder and Tigress had all gone to bed by this point..
_ the guard nodded and headed downstairs stripetail soon saw the come down the stairs and enter the dining " they are ready for you sir in the library." " thank you' stripetail said, getting up and following up upp the stairs.

_ meanwhile Chongs forces were positioning themselves insides Neptune city.. patrols were clearing debris and using it fr materials..
A few minutes later Stripetail entered the library.. " so what do you need my assistance for? He asked Haresh and Setsuna.

Serris · **Reply #8131 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:32:01 AM

Setsuna was visibly fatiguing from maintaining the anti-teleportation field. She said nothing as she drank some of the now cold tea which she had spiked with her mana potion.

"We need a way to mass anneal gems," Haresh said. "According to the literature we can make an 'oven' that can anneal up to 150 gems at a time. All we need are four annealed gems - preferably high quality rubies - and we need a way to diffuse the magical energy in the oven."

Mr. Bigmouth returned from the closet with some wires and other metal scrap. "I think we can cobble together that oven annealing the four gems needs to be done manually. With two mages, we should be able to do those four in about one and a half hours."

He then gestured to four rather large and nearly flawless rubies on the table. He had extracted them from three very expensive necklaces and a jeweled tiara. Of course, the items he extracted them from were pretty much useless except for their precious metal content. "Those are the rubies we'll need. In the meantime, I'll get to work making the oven."

Nick22 · **Reply #8132 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:39:58 AM

So we won't be getting much sleep tonight' Stripetail frowned, he took a ruby in his paw and begab to concentrate.. in a few minutes his paw began to glow then energy shot i out of his paw towards the other rubies ' What i am doing is is called "chain annealing.. the energy is spread out among the four gems, and cuts down the time needed for the process to work.' he said as he began pouring energy into all four gems at once.. "You think you can keep this up Setsuna/? He asked kindly " If you feel as if you need a break, just tell me..

Serris · **Reply #8133 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:48:59 AM

Haresh added his own energy. Soon, the rubies glowed a vivid red. "All right, that is done," he said, tendrils of red energy disappearing from his body and flowing into the gems.

Setsuna was going to add hers too but Mr. Bigmouth shook his head. "Setsuna, please, your body needs rest."

"No, I will-" Setsuna was unable to say more as she collapsed, her breathing shallow.

The two guards immediately picked her up and carried her to the Great Valley infirmary.

Mr. Bigmouth, heart racing from Setsuna's collapse looked at the gems. "Strange, that was fast. It appears they are magically charged in only seconds."

He then cleared his throat. "The plan involves making a reflective metal box. Each gem will be placed in the lower corners of the box and the energy will be channeled through a tunnel to the center of each box. A rotating reflective disperser will scatter the energy through the box. Each gem will be hooked up to a high voltage power supply."

Mr. Bigmouth then gestured to the pile of scrap metal. "Everything is in there."

Nick22 · **Reply #8134 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:55:18 AM

" So we need to is put the gems inside, the magic will be prevented from escaping the box.. similar with other forms of energy, like steam for instance when you cover a boiling pot with a cover or lid.. same principle.' Stripetail said. " you could use another gem to concentrate the energy of the four lower gems..thenm asthe disperser moves it will force enefrgy out of the main crystal.

vonboy · **Reply #8135 on:** March 19, 2011, 02:02:18 AM

"Wait dixie, don't you want to talk some?" Von tried to keep the conversation going. "I just need someone to talk to right now. I'm kinda shy, and easy to scare. I guess that ghost didn't really do anything to me, so no harm done. I just thought he was someone else. Someone from my past."

Nick22 · **Reply #8136 on:** March 19, 2011, 02:05:05 AM

you do realize its almost midnight? Dixie said.."but .. well I suppose, a few minutes is all right.. " so where are you from Von?' She asked.. ' Are you from the US.. see I live in Coolsville with Scooby and Shaggy.. and while the Pelvanida guys are renting some rooms.. but enough about me..

vonboy · **Reply #8137 on:** March 19, 2011, 02:14:11 AM

Well, I'm from Texas. Fresh out of college, I'm a programmer.

He then shrugged and said "thanks. Nice to meet you dixie. I guess it is getting really late. I'll see you tomorrow."

Kor · **Reply #8138 on:** March 19, 2011, 10:14:02 PM

"I wonder what he will do with those gems." Brooklyn said.

"Maybe wire them to his staff or something to enchant them." Jason said. "'I'm not sure myself." He said.

Nick22 · **Reply #8139 on:** March 20, 2011, 12:47:05 AM

Night Von " dixie nodded as she turned and climbed the stairs to the 4th floor. She got off the staircase and headed over to room 416. she knocked on the door, and a minute later the door was opened by a very tired-looking Scooby.."Sorry I woke you' Dixie apologized ' Ro reed, Rixie." Scooby yawned as he let her in then shut the door behind her and locked it.. "Rou rirls rinds rome ruff rat rhe ralvage?"
_ Yeah, Gems and jewlry for the most part, although i found some cash.. like we really need cash..' She grinned as she chaged into her nightgown, and climbed into bed. Scooby climbed in next to her and settled back against the pillow. Dixie leaned in and kissed him warmly on the lips. ' Night Scooby" She said smiling " Right. Rixir Ri Rove rou... ree rou rin rhe rorning. " I love you too, dear;' Dixie said, as sleep soon ook her.