NPF Avatars 6 Ch. 4: The trouble with Moogles.

[Loyal]

As the group walked along the road, to the town, Loyal, now back in control of his own body, was hanging alongside Mauve to try and explain things... as best as he could manage.

"...So you see, while I'm here (And hopefully ONLY while I'm here), Nexus and I are sorta sharing the same body. What you saw in the battle back there was just him taking control of my body - My abilities with his ruthlessness, not a pretty combo as you might imagine - but he says he's working on... 'improving' his technique so he can make the process a bit more perfect.

"I'm not really sure just what he means by that, but since I don't want him hurting me - us - by not being able to control my body properly when he DOES go and do it... Well, I just find this scenario a bit more favorable."

[Thadius]

Thadius, with his enhanced hearing, was suddenly both pleased and worried. This was an adventure of truly epic proportions! This would help him gain a level for sure! This was near suicide! This was a typical PC plan, and he shouldn't be so worried. However, he would have to gain the trust of the other party members...

He started to mentally form a plan as to which shops he would hit first. Probably the shops containing weapons, then the potions, and probably end with the magic. Any loot other than that, such as coinage...well, he'd pocket for himself. And he'd give the rest of the party first picks on everything else. That should do for now.

[phil_]

Phil was troubled. His beholders being ineffective wasn't the big issue; he knew that there was about a 50-50 chance that they'd try to eat him rather than stare at the things he wanted mundaned, so he was glad to get off with out such dramatics. No, it was Pyros's plan.

"Hey, Mike, what do you think of this whole 'Make a new NPF' business? Can we really do that? I'm thinking the best we can do is make something like Ultimate Java or that other Qeeko forum that collapsed. It just isn't NPF if it's not run by the mods and formed by Kurosen."

"Or, at least, that's what I think. Should we pick up some pet food in town and try to tame some monsters?"

[_mike]

"Really, remaking something lost is still making a new thing unless the new one is merely a reassemble job using the original parts. Any 'New NPF' this group makes would be grossly underpopulated, for one thing, and like you said, it would have different leadership and purpose. A year ago I would have said we're better off finding a new place to settle, but in my travels I've found no place comparable to NPF. A copy can never be the original, but we can still try to make a new haven on the internets."

Turning towards town Mike changed the subject. "What kind of food do you think we'll find in town, and how're we gonna carry it?"

[phil_]

Phil gave his brother a blank look. "Dude, seriously, I didn't ask for your life story."

Then, without pausing, Phil rapid-fired, "And, I guess we'll just have to see if there's a taming shop or something. How would I know what they have? Shut up, leave me alone! Ur [sic] face will carry it! Whaddaya think of that, smart guy?!"

Phil calmed down a bit after his outburst. "Sorry, I just feel so lonely, playing an MMO without a pet..."

"I want Precious..."

[Relm Zephyrous]

Relm walked on happily, for once, things seemed to be going relatively fine for her. "Now, how old am I again....?" She began counting pointlessly, trying to figure things out, knowing just how much her sense of time was screwed up right now. She then exclaimed to herself. "Hey, I'm over thirty!" And began humming a litle tune to herself, overjoyed by this fact. She decided that since she was now well into adulthood, she had to go be a 'grownup' and talk to Arhra about that little thing she wanted to do earlier.

But, at the same time, something, like a bunch of interlocked solid metallic black pieces, fell into her hands. Nethertheless, she went over to Arhra I, looking over at her as they went on on the road to wherever they were headed. "So Arhra, what were you saying earlier about... whatever it was?" Relm mentioned to her with a sweet smile while at the same time messing around with the stuff in her hands, seeming to continuously change in form, solidity, and just about every feature at the slightest provocation. Soon after finishing up her question jumping a bit from a small shock coming out of the stuff.

[GARUD]

"Online and no battle, but thats fine. I can deal with rejection."

*Garud hangs his head as he walks with the group, before he realized something.*

"Revenge on Arhra. Quick, Thorque, Arhra is your friend. go give him a hug."

"Friend! FRIEND!"

*In a rush, Thorque knocks Garud out of the way, and heads to Arhra arms open wide.*

[Red Mage Black]

Looking over to Loyal, RMB only shook his head. "I had multiple personality disorder once. I believe the other side was named 'Nikose'. I believe I killed him, though I swear to god he keeps coming back. Where is that bastard anyway?" He asked, solely looking around. This was fun, friendly fire for all and he even got to sit upon the Mauve ones shoulder until he fell off. "Hey hey hey, do you want me to kill your second personality? First kill is 25% off."

[mauve]

Mauve was brushing the dirt off herself, readjusting to her normal five-foot-nine stature. One minute she was forty feet tall and was being majorly destructive, with RMB acting as an evil conscience on her shoulder, and the next she was normal sized and hatless. She didn't like being hatless.

"I accomplished far less stomping than I had planned on," she grumbled. "I was also planning on 'accidentally' stepping on a few people although I shouldn't have said that out loud..."

She stopped to listen to Loyal, who apparently showed up while Mauve was kicking Roc tailfeathers.

"So both you and Nexus are here, huh?" she said. "I'm sure the inner conversations are far from pleasant."

She retrieved her precious hat and dusted it off, before putting it back on her head. Now she was better.

"Okay. Now I'm ready."

[Bells]

"I surely did not wake this morning planning on going onboard a tail of Epic proportions revolving around meta-multi-verses!"

Somewhat shaken from what he had heard, Bellsouth walked around the place the group was, pondering about so many things. And Yet, so little.

"We're trapped in a quest to find a place i can only describe as a probable new Nirvana, considering that we already have a small army of gods and Extra-dimensional beings planning on Kill or main a great bunch of us, AND the people Speaheading us towards that new Nirvana apparently have a lot to do regarding the complete destruction of the Last Nirvana they were in!!"

Stopping on his tracks, he looked around, to anyone willing to listen to the mad mad rant he was in

"Is it possible that i'm the only one who thinks that this could be source of a great deal of Bad Karma?!"

Tanking one, single, deep, breath, he grasped another slice of Apple pie

"And let me tell you this!" He said taking a huge bite of the pie "I wilf nof Puff muh shef un dagher wiffough guu weazong!" He looked at the pie, taking another bite, really savoring the slice this time "Hummm!... Fis iz Duhllecius! HUM!... So... Guud! hmmm hmmm. Enon wonff a barf? Iff Affle fie... Enon?"