Bro clucks his tongue, almost sounding disappointed. He slowly moves out from behind of Sam and moves next to the Shadowy Colleague.
"If you give in so easily, how are you ever going to be the best at that foam battle contest thing you always do?"
He pulls out the snapped disc, which is simply a Memorex disc. Written on it is "Sam's Hopes & Dreams".
"And if you don't give in easily enough, how will you keep yourself safe if something ever happens to me?"
Shadowy Figure pulls up the blowdart gun and fires off another dart into his neck. Bro flips over two undamaged Sburb envelopes, and then a package besides. As Sam slips into unconsciousness, "Do have fun out there, baby bro."
Sam will wake up later on right outside the house, faceplanting into his foam weapon. And the petunias.
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UA: That's really all there is to say on the matter.
Sam gets up, brushes off his trusty S0rd, and gets to going inside and taking a dose of "You Just Got Headbagged" B12. Herrf. Maybe he'll figure out what that package was, and get to installing the beta later. He's been smart about reading speculative articles about how the game will work
Ben picks up the package and quickly removes the packaging revealing a neon orange foam sword, freakin' sweet! Before putting it in the sylladex he looks at it and then his mother who is walking toward the kitchen, and thinks about whacking her over the head with it. That's not a good idea, obviously, but he finds himself doing it anyway. He manages to stop himself, the foam sword hovering over her head, and with any less self-constraint he would have done it. Still...it would be hilarious...and the sword is still in perfect whacking position...
*Whack*
There's a timeless moment where nothing happens. Where Mom just stands there, frozen. As if his weapon had stunned her. Then she turns around like the wrath of gods and thunders:
Evan drops the packages in his sylladex before heading back to his room to examine them. Don't particularly want to run into his cousin again, and the longer he stays out there, the higher his chances.
They aren't really well packaged. But they're from Sam. They're rather short. He DID say he'd be sending everyone a small gift.
"Huh, those must be the games finally arriving, but what the hell is that?" Nick wonders, surveying the large package beneath what he assumes to be the beta discs. "I guess I'll worry about that in a second. NRS, do you feel like cooperating with my captchaloging? Cause I'm tossing a few discs your way and they need protecting!" Nick attempts to captchalogue the green and white envelopes before turning his attention to the package, which he gives the classic "present treatment" of light shaking and rattling. Inspection without destruction, that's every kid's dogma during the holidays. A little shaky shaky won't hurt? Is it even addressed to Nick? Who cares, it's a mystery box and the curiosity has already grown bored of cat hunting.
The sylladex actually doesn't take the discs at at all. Apparently, just talking to it doesn't do it. Huh.
The box itself is definitely addressed to Nick, and something rather solid is inside.
UA: My Brother. Tranq Darts.
UA: That's really all there is to say on the matter.
Sam gets up, brushes off his trusty S0rd, and gets to going inside and taking a dose of "You Just Got Headbagged" B12. Herrf. Maybe he'll figure out what that package was, and get to installing the beta later. He's been smart about reading speculative articles about how the game will work
At least he stops shaking after the B12. The package is definitely in his hands. It's not exactly BIG. Perhaps a little larger, in all dimensions, than a standard video game box.
The sylladex actually doesn't take the discs at at all. Apparently, just talking to it doesn't do it. Huh.
The box itself is definitely addressed to Nick, and something rather solid is inside.
Nick thinks for a second about his Sylladex and it's somewhat finicky habits. "Isn't there a manual to this thing somewhere?" He thinks. With his luck, it's probably the one thing the 'dex actually managed to captchlogue and he's got no idea how to get it out. "Uh, 'dex? NRS? Can you remind me how you work again? Like, initiate training sequence alpha, or something.".
As for the package, Nick attempts to bring it inside and hide it out of sight of his Sis. He knows that getting a present on her birthday wouldn't go over well, like Nick was trying to grab the attention away from her special day. Hiding it is the best course of action until the coast is clear, or at least toast.
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At least he stops shaking after the B12. The package is definitely in his hands. It's not exactly BIG. Perhaps a little larger, in all dimensions, than a standard video game box.
Alright. welp.
Sam goes back to his room, stopping and checking for the usual array of trip wires and passive infra-red sensors and the like that his older brother uses to test his mettle. And by "Test his mettle" we obviously mean "prove once again that Agent Felix is simply the best there is."
Once fairly certain he's alone, he puts the SBURB install discs into the trays of his computer so they can spin up and install once he finishes unwrapping this package.
Nick thinks for a second about his Sylladex and it's somewhat finicky habits. "Isn't there a manual to this thing somewhere?" He thinks. With his luck, it's probably the one thing the 'dex actually managed to captchlogue and he's got no idea how to get it out. "Uh, 'dex? NRS? Can you remind me how you work again? Like, initiate training sequence alpha, or something.".
As for the package, Nick attempts to bring it inside and hide it out of sight of his Sis. He knows that getting a present on her birthday wouldn't go over well, like Nick was trying to grab the attention away from her special day. Hiding it is the best course of action until the coast is clear, or at least toast.
No response. The thing is completely useless right now.
Sis seems to be on the couch, watching the show that's up just before NRS. Nick still has a few moments. Still...
Sam goes back to his room, stopping and checking for the usual array of trip wires and passive infra-red sensors and the like that his older brother uses to test his mettle. And by "Test his mettle" we obviously mean "prove once again that Agent Felix is simply the best there is."
Once fairly certain he's alone, he puts the SBURB install discs into the trays of his computer so they can spin up and install once he finishes unwrapping this package.
No traps this time. Or, at least, nothing that he sees or trips. He's getting lucky. Or better. Or his brother is throwing false leads.
SBURB starts to install. It'll take some time.
And... The package contains a sylladex! Finally, Sam has one of his own. He's the last of his friends to get one. This one isn't quite activated just yet. Huh.
No traps this time. Or, at least, nothing that he sees or trips. He's getting lucky. Or better. Or his brother is throwing false leads.
SBURB starts to install. It'll take some time.
And... The package contains a sylladex! Finally, Sam has one of his own. He's the last of his friends to get one. This one isn't quite activated just yet. Huh.
Sam likes to not think about it too much. Stressing about how secure your safehouse is can be as bad as not securing it in the first place. Now, let's see.. Sylladex..
Sam sets the device aside and starts looking for documentation in the packaging. Usually the best way to start. These things tend to have instruction manuals
No response. The thing is completely useless right now.
Sis seems to be on the couch, watching the show that's up just before NRS. Nick still has a few moments. Still...
"NICK! Hurry up! You'll miss it!"
Nick puts the SBURB discs in his pocket, like people had to do in the days before awesome, if not stubborn, technology. "After the show, I'm going to solve you!" Nick mutters under his breath, talking to his 'dex as if it were some disembodied Rubik's Cube. "I'm almost there!" he yells to his sister, while throwing some coats over the package shipped to him. It's a terrible disguise, but it'll have to do.
Nick grabs a few drinks from the kitchen before heading into the living room and plopping down to watch the latest NRS next to his sister. Finally, a nice chance to relax and watch the antics of a ninja-skilled robo-squirrel that does nothing but kick ass and is programmed for awesome. And is apparently cute.
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Sam likes to not think about it too much. Stressing about how secure your safehouse is can be as bad as not securing it in the first place. Now, let's see.. Sylladex..
Sam sets the device aside and starts looking for documentation in the packaging. Usually the best way to start. These things tend to have instruction manuals
It seems there's an on-switch. The rest of it is in some sort of moonspeak.
Nick puts the SBURB discs in his pocket, like people had to do in the days before awesome, if not stubborn, technology. "After the show, I'm going to solve you!" Nick mutters under his breath, talking to his 'dex as if it were some disembodied Rubik's Cube. "I'm almost there!" he yells to his sister, while throwing some coats over the package shipped to him. It's a terrible disguise, but it'll have to do.
Nick grabs a few drinks from the kitchen before heading into the living room and plopping down to watch the latest NRS next to his sister. Finally, a nice chance to relax and watch the antics of a ninja-skilled robo-squirrel that does nothing but kick ass and is programmed for awesome. And is apparently cute.
The sylladex doesn't respond. The package is nicely hidden.
And the episode is awesome. NRS proceeds to generally kick ass and chew bubble gum. While walking. At the same time. It's amazing stuff. There's some sort of seven person power squad that's causing havoc. Trying to be heroes. That sort of thing. They get royally thrashed by the monster of the week, as usual. But this time, the super power up they try to use doesn't work. In comes NRS to save the day! He uses the power of cute to convince the seven to let him fight in their stead, and then continues on to use super ninja skills to dodge attacks and royally beat down the monster. All in less than half an hour.
The sylladex doesn't respond. The package is nicely hidden.
And the episode is awesome. NRS proceeds to generally kick ass and chew bubble gum. While walking. At the same time. It's amazing stuff. There's some sort of seven person power squad that's causing havoc. Trying to be heroes. That sort of thing. They get royally thrashed by the monster of the week, as usual. But this time, the super power up they try to use doesn't work. In comes NRS to save the day! He uses the power of cute to convince the seven to let him fight in their stead, and then continues on to use super ninja skills to dodge attacks and royally beat down the monster. All in less than half an hour.
Awesome episode, surely a classic in the series.
"Ah yeah! See Sis? Proof that NRS is the only hero you will ever need. That episode was INSANE!"
Nick proceeds to attempt some of the sweet ninja moves from the episode. He does a few ninja rolls back and forth and eventually attempts one of NRS's harder feats, the roll-backwards-into-a-handspring-forwards-with-a-sword-ground-pound technique. Actually, after thinking about it, let's call it flying death. Yeah that's a good name for this thing that Nick's attempting.
As Nick does his best NRS impression, flying through the air, he screams "FLYING DEATH!" as if Sis didn't already know what's happening.
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"Ah yeah! See Sis? Proof that NRS is the only hero you will ever need. That episode was INSANE!"
Nick proceeds to attempt some of the sweet ninja moves from the episode. He does a few ninja rolls back and forth and eventually attempts one of NRS's harder feats, the roll-backwards-into-a-handspring-forwards-with-a-sword-ground-pound technique. Actually, after thinking about it, let's call it flying death. Yeah that's a good name for this thing that Nick's attempting.
As Nick does his best NRS impression, flying through the air, he screams "FLYING DEATH!" as if Sis didn't already know what's happening.
Sis just stares at him.
As he screams, his Sylladex fires out a plushie of NRS in that exact same position. This manages to hit Sis in the face.
"WHOA! It's working! Oh, are you alright Sis? I honestly had no idea that was going to happen. My 'dex hasn't been working for me today."
Well, any response from the 'dex is good response at this point. For experimental purposes, Nick decides to scream again, this time screaming "TIME FOR CAKE" so at least the subject of his scream is somewhat relevant. All the screaming is probably freaking Sis out a bit. Still, if this scream manages to summon activity from his sylladex again, maybe the mystery will begin to unravel a bit. Before Nick screams though, he takes the time to "aim" whatever might pop out the 'dex. Bruises on Sis makes for a bad birthday and probably bruises for Nick too.
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"WHOA! It's working! Oh, are you alright Sis? I honestly had no idea that was going to happen. My 'dex hasn't been working for me today."
Well, any response from the 'dex is good response at this point. For experimental purposes, Nick decides to scream again, this time screaming "TIME FOR CAKE" so at least the subject of his scream is somewhat relevant. All the screaming is probably freaking Sis out a bit. Still, if this scream manages to summon activity from his sylladex again, maybe the mystery will begin to unravel a bit. Before Nick screams though, he takes the time to "aim" whatever might pop out the 'dex. Bruises on Sis makes for a bad birthday and probably bruises for Nick too.
Hmm. It's not the loud noises, so what could it be? Maybe it was the acting like NRS part, not the screaming. Nick thanks the high heavens that he doesn't have to scream any more than normal, which is hardly at all.
In response to Sis questioning Nick's intelligence, Nick performs the bow that NRS does right before he's about to go into full-stealth kick-ass mode. Sis should take it as a snarky non-verbal response and Nick should find out if playing NRS charades has any effect on the 'dex. That thing must have got a virus or something for how much of a hassle it's been.
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Hmm. It's not the loud noises, so what could it be? Maybe it was the acting like NRS part, not the screaming. Nick thanks the high heavens that he doesn't have to scream any more than normal, which is hardly at all.
In response to Sis questioning Nick's intelligence, Nick performs the bow that NRS does right before he's about to go into full-stealth kick-ass mode. Sis should take it as a snarky non-verbal response and Nick should find out if playing NRS charades has any effect on the 'dex. That thing must have got a virus or something for how much of a hassle it's been.
No such luck, it doesn't do anything from that one.
"Are you trying to figure out how that works, or something?"
There's a timeless moment where nothing happens. Where Mom just stands there, frozen. As if his weapon had stunned her. Then she turns around like the wrath of gods and thunders:
"WHAT DID YOU JUST DO, YOUNG MAN?!"
STRIFE!
Ben uses escape to bedroom, but there is a high failure chance, so Ben knows it's risky. At least it gives him some time to think of an excuse. Which he comes up with at the stairs.
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Ben uses escape to bedroom, but there is a high failure chance, so Ben knows it's risky. At least it gives him some time to think of an excuse. Which he comes up with at the stairs.
Mom uses Hair Grab! But it fails.
"You get back here right this minute! What do you think you're doing you little hooligan?!"
"You get back here right this minute! What do you think you're doing you little hooligan?!"
Mom uses Rage.
"Hey, it was just a joke. It can't hurt you!" Ben says. Then Ben has another thought, which is great, because it would both be hilarious, and strengthen his argument.
Ben uses Neon Orange Foam Sword on himself...but it didn't hurt much at all.
"See, just having some fun!"
Ben uses Neon Orange Foam Sword on himself again.
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"Hey, it was just a joke. It can't hurt you!" Ben says. Then Ben has another thought, which is great, because it would both be hilarious, and strengthen his argument.
Ben uses Neon Orange Foam Sword on himself...but it didn't hurt much at all.
"See, just having some fun!"
Ben uses Neon Orange Foam Sword on himself again.
Mom uses No Nonsense.
"It could have left a bruise. Or it could have poked someone's eye out. Didn't I teach you better than to hit people with sticks?"
No such luck, it doesn't do anything from that one.
"Are you trying to figure out how that works, or something?"
"Ugh, yes. My 'dex has been giving me fits all day and I'm too embarrassed to say anything about it." Nick says. He's always had the headstrong attitude that he's going to fix any problem he comes across and he'd prefer to do it on his own. Not that he doesn't like help or doesn't play well with others, it's just that his video game lifestyle has him accustomed to the "hero" lifestyle. Like he's the one person with the skills to defeat the evil lich/protect the earth from space invasion/jump on a turtle's head a bunch of times. Whatever the challenge may be, Nick feels the need to battle or solve it with his own resources. Asking for help is like using cheat codes. Blech.
Still, Sis seems to have caught on to his sylladex shenanigans, so he might as well enlist her aid, if she can provide it.
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"Ugh, yes. My 'dex has been giving me fits all day and I'm too embarrassed to say anything about it." Nick says. He's always had the headstrong attitude that he's going to fix any problem he comes across and he'd prefer to do it on his own. Not that he doesn't like help or doesn't play well with others, it's just that his video game lifestyle has him accustomed to the "hero" lifestyle. Like he's the one person with the skills to defeat the evil lich/protect the earth from space invasion/jump on a turtle's head a bunch of times. Whatever the challenge may be, Nick feels the need to battle or solve it with his own resources. Asking for help is like using cheat codes. Blech.
Still, Sis seems to have caught on to his sylladex shenanigans, so he might as well enlist her aid, if she can provide it.
Sis stares at him for a moment before rubbing her forehead. "That's the one I gave you, right? You know it came with a manual?"
She simply shakes her head before saying, "It's the NRS sylladex. You must shout 'battle moves' to get items out of it. And it takes the first catch-phrase-like thing you say after activation as the 'load up' command to put items into it. So you have to come up with a catch phrase to load it first."
Sis stares at him for a moment before rubbing her forehead. "That's the one I gave you, right? You know it came with a manual?"
She simply shakes her head before saying, "It's the NRS sylladex. You must shout 'battle moves' to get items out of it. And it takes the first catch-phrase-like thing you say after activation as the 'load up' command to put items into it. So you have to come up with a catch phrase to load it first."
So, it's catch-phrase to captchalogue and battle move to eject? Do they need to be different per item?
"Oh, duh. I think I woke up without a brain today. Sorry Sis."
Nick whips out the SBURB discs from his back pocket. He thinks of the episode of NRS where he was facing another robo-animal out to murder NRS, ninja style. Ninja Robo-Bunny was evil and much quicker than NRS. NRS had to resort to guile and ninja illusion trickery to win this battle. He snuck up on a confused Robo-Bunny and yelled
"GOTCHA!"
Before ending it for the Robo-wannabe. Hopefully this awesome moment from NRS also worked to captchalogue an awesome game that Nick will soon get around to playing.
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So, it's catch-phrase to captchalogue and battle move to eject? Do they need to be different per item?
Yup. The catch phrase loads whatever you had, and the anime-style battle cry will eject them. Learn to catch.
And when I say anime style, I'm talking about "FIST OF THE NORTH STAR" or "DRILL THAT PIERCES THE HEAVEN" or "GO BIG-O" style.
"Oh, duh. I think I woke up without a brain today. Sorry Sis."
Nick whips out the SBURB discs from his back pocket. He thinks of the episode of NRS where he was facing another robo-animal out to murder NRS, ninja style. Ninja Robo-Bunny was evil and much quicker than NRS. NRS had to resort to guile and ninja illusion trickery to win this battle. He snuck up on a confused Robo-Bunny and yelled
"GOTCHA!"
Before ending it for the Robo-wannabe. Hopefully this awesome moment from NRS also worked to captchalogue an awesome game that Nick will soon get around to playing.
She watches with some slight amusement as he yells the word. And, of course, nothing happens. The discs stay in his hand.
She watches with some slight amusement as he yells the word. And, of course, nothing happens. The discs stay in his hand.
"What was that supposed to be? A prank?"
"Yeah, I thought it was pretty funny too."
Nick gets serious now. He holds out the discs and says "You looking to take me on? You must be nuttier than a squirrel!", one of the taunting insults NRS throws around to get his enemies to let down their guard. Nick feels like it's pretty catch-phrasy, enough so to finally get his discs in his 'dex. Maybe. Hopefully.
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Sam gets up, brushes off his trusty S0rd, and gets to going inside and taking a dose of "You Just Got Headbagged" B12. Herrf. Maybe he'll figure out what that package was, and get to installing the beta later. He's been smart about reading speculative articles about how the game will work
There's a timeless moment where nothing happens. Where Mom just stands there, frozen. As if his weapon had stunned her. Then she turns around like the wrath of gods and thunders:
"WHAT DID YOU JUST DO, YOUNG MAN?!"
STRIFE!
They aren't really well packaged. But they're from Sam. They're rather short. He DID say he'd be sending everyone a small gift.
The sylladex actually doesn't take the discs at at all. Apparently, just talking to it doesn't do it. Huh.
The box itself is definitely addressed to Nick, and something rather solid is inside.
At least he stops shaking after the B12. The package is definitely in his hands. It's not exactly BIG. Perhaps a little larger, in all dimensions, than a standard video game box.
My helpdesk should you need me.
Nick thinks for a second about his Sylladex and it's somewhat finicky habits. "Isn't there a manual to this thing somewhere?" He thinks. With his luck, it's probably the one thing the 'dex actually managed to captchlogue and he's got no idea how to get it out. "Uh, 'dex? NRS? Can you remind me how you work again? Like, initiate training sequence alpha, or something.".
As for the package, Nick attempts to bring it inside and hide it out of sight of his Sis. He knows that getting a present on her birthday wouldn't go over well, like Nick was trying to grab the attention away from her special day. Hiding it is the best course of action until the coast is clear, or at least toast.
Alright. welp.
Sam goes back to his room, stopping and checking for the usual array of trip wires and passive infra-red sensors and the like that his older brother uses to test his mettle. And by "Test his mettle" we obviously mean "prove once again that Agent Felix is simply the best there is."
Once fairly certain he's alone, he puts the SBURB install discs into the trays of his computer so they can spin up and install once he finishes unwrapping this package.
No response. The thing is completely useless right now.
Sis seems to be on the couch, watching the show that's up just before NRS. Nick still has a few moments. Still...
"NICK! Hurry up! You'll miss it!"
No traps this time. Or, at least, nothing that he sees or trips. He's getting lucky. Or better. Or his brother is throwing false leads.
SBURB starts to install. It'll take some time.
And... The package contains a sylladex! Finally, Sam has one of his own. He's the last of his friends to get one. This one isn't quite activated just yet. Huh.
My helpdesk should you need me.
Sam likes to not think about it too much. Stressing about how secure your safehouse is can be as bad as not securing it in the first place. Now, let's see.. Sylladex..
Sam sets the device aside and starts looking for documentation in the packaging. Usually the best way to start. These things tend to have instruction manuals
Nick puts the SBURB discs in his pocket, like people had to do in the days before awesome, if not stubborn, technology. "After the show, I'm going to solve you!" Nick mutters under his breath, talking to his 'dex as if it were some disembodied Rubik's Cube. "I'm almost there!" he yells to his sister, while throwing some coats over the package shipped to him. It's a terrible disguise, but it'll have to do.
Nick grabs a few drinks from the kitchen before heading into the living room and plopping down to watch the latest NRS next to his sister. Finally, a nice chance to relax and watch the antics of a ninja-skilled robo-squirrel that does nothing but kick ass and is programmed for awesome. And is apparently cute.
It seems there's an on-switch. The rest of it is in some sort of moonspeak.
The sylladex doesn't respond. The package is nicely hidden.
And the episode is awesome. NRS proceeds to generally kick ass and chew bubble gum. While walking. At the same time. It's amazing stuff. There's some sort of seven person power squad that's causing havoc. Trying to be heroes. That sort of thing. They get royally thrashed by the monster of the week, as usual. But this time, the super power up they try to use doesn't work. In comes NRS to save the day! He uses the power of cute to convince the seven to let him fight in their stead, and then continues on to use super ninja skills to dodge attacks and royally beat down the monster. All in less than half an hour.
Awesome episode, surely a classic in the series.
My helpdesk should you need me.
"Ah yeah! See Sis? Proof that NRS is the only hero you will ever need. That episode was INSANE!"
Nick proceeds to attempt some of the sweet ninja moves from the episode. He does a few ninja rolls back and forth and eventually attempts one of NRS's harder feats, the roll-backwards-into-a-handspring-forwards-with-a-sword-ground-pound technique. Actually, after thinking about it, let's call it flying death. Yeah that's a good name for this thing that Nick's attempting.
As Nick does his best NRS impression, flying through the air, he screams "FLYING DEATH!" as if Sis didn't already know what's happening.
Sis just stares at him.
As he screams, his Sylladex fires out a plushie of NRS in that exact same position. This manages to hit Sis in the face.
My helpdesk should you need me.
Well, any response from the 'dex is good response at this point. For experimental purposes, Nick decides to scream again, this time screaming "TIME FOR CAKE" so at least the subject of his scream is somewhat relevant. All the screaming is probably freaking Sis out a bit. Still, if this scream manages to summon activity from his sylladex again, maybe the mystery will begin to unravel a bit. Before Nick screams though, he takes the time to "aim" whatever might pop out the 'dex. Bruises on Sis makes for a bad birthday and probably bruises for Nick too.
Sis just deadpans at him before shaking her head.
"You really are an idiot, you know that right?"
That shout does absolutely nothing.
My helpdesk should you need me.
In response to Sis questioning Nick's intelligence, Nick performs the bow that NRS does right before he's about to go into full-stealth kick-ass mode. Sis should take it as a snarky non-verbal response and Nick should find out if playing NRS charades has any effect on the 'dex. That thing must have got a virus or something for how much of a hassle it's been.
Sam makes sure the installs are going smoothly, and decides to fiddle with his sylladex, flipping the ON switch
No such luck, it doesn't do anything from that one.
"Are you trying to figure out how that works, or something?"
Congratulations! It's on.
My helpdesk should you need me.
Ben uses escape to bedroom, but there is a high failure chance, so Ben knows it's risky. At least it gives him some time to think of an excuse. Which he comes up with at the stairs.
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Then he decides he might as well get it over with and unwraps the other as well.
Mom uses Hair Grab! But it fails.
"You get back here right this minute! What do you think you're doing you little hooligan?!"
Mom uses Rage.
It's some sort of foam weapon from Sam. Looks like... Twin daggers.
My helpdesk should you need me.
"Hey, it was just a joke. It can't hurt you!" Ben says. Then Ben has another thought, which is great, because it would both be hilarious, and strengthen his argument.
Ben uses Neon Orange Foam Sword on himself...but it didn't hurt much at all.
"See, just having some fun!"
Ben uses Neon Orange Foam Sword on himself again.
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Mom uses No Nonsense.
"It could have left a bruise. Or it could have poked someone's eye out. Didn't I teach you better than to hit people with sticks?"
My helpdesk should you need me.
"Ugh, yes. My 'dex has been giving me fits all day and I'm too embarrassed to say anything about it." Nick says. He's always had the headstrong attitude that he's going to fix any problem he comes across and he'd prefer to do it on his own. Not that he doesn't like help or doesn't play well with others, it's just that his video game lifestyle has him accustomed to the "hero" lifestyle. Like he's the one person with the skills to defeat the evil lich/protect the earth from space invasion/jump on a turtle's head a bunch of times. Whatever the challenge may be, Nick feels the need to battle or solve it with his own resources. Asking for help is like using cheat codes. Blech.
Still, Sis seems to have caught on to his sylladex shenanigans, so he might as well enlist her aid, if she can provide it.
Sis stares at him for a moment before rubbing her forehead. "That's the one I gave you, right? You know it came with a manual?"
She simply shakes her head before saying, "It's the NRS sylladex. You must shout 'battle moves' to get items out of it. And it takes the first catch-phrase-like thing you say after activation as the 'load up' command to put items into it. So you have to come up with a catch phrase to load it first."
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"Oh, duh. I think I woke up without a brain today. Sorry Sis."
Nick whips out the SBURB discs from his back pocket. He thinks of the episode of NRS where he was facing another robo-animal out to murder NRS, ninja style. Ninja Robo-Bunny was evil and much quicker than NRS. NRS had to resort to guile and ninja illusion trickery to win this battle. He snuck up on a confused Robo-Bunny and yelled
"GOTCHA!"
Before ending it for the Robo-wannabe. Hopefully this awesome moment from NRS also worked to captchalogue an awesome game that Nick will soon get around to playing.
And when I say anime style, I'm talking about "FIST OF THE NORTH STAR" or "DRILL THAT PIERCES THE HEAVEN" or "GO BIG-O" style.
She watches with some slight amusement as he yells the word. And, of course, nothing happens. The discs stay in his hand.
"What was that supposed to be? A prank?"
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"Yeah, I thought it was pretty funny too."
Nick gets serious now. He holds out the discs and says "You looking to take me on? You must be nuttier than a squirrel!", one of the taunting insults NRS throws around to get his enemies to let down their guard. Nick feels like it's pretty catch-phrasy, enough so to finally get his discs in his 'dex. Maybe. Hopefully.