Bunny Apocalypse, Part 1
Requested by groundhog22, for whom a Bunny Melee apparently wasn’t enough.
We *shudder* to think what lies in store for this thread.
Date: April 10, 2008
Categories: Hot-Pink Bunnies, RRRs, RPWs, and RPGs, The Musiverse
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
Requested by groundhog22, for whom a Bunny Melee apparently wasn’t enough.
We *shudder* to think what lies in store for this thread.
Date: April 10, 2008
Categories: Hot-Pink Bunnies, RRRs, RPWs, and RPGs, The Musiverse
*shudders* *sees bunnies coming* *takes shelter underground*
Sorry if this is a double post, but here’s some background information: The bunnies have bunnified most of the humans and taken over the world. Humans are now a minority and are taking shelter underground, where the bunnies constantly try to weed them out. Some humans have given up and joined the bunnies to save themselves (which could be the smart thing to do) while others are still clinging on to their freedom. We have special anti-bunny technology, fortunately, so we aren’t all that helpless.
Well, that’s my idea of what this thread will be like.
*Goes with Ã߀ƒ
Ok, here’s the story: The bunnies decide, after many years of waiting, that the time is ripe to take over the world. Starting with us MBers, since we are the greatest threat to their rule, and they’d like to get us out of the way first. They also have some allies among us. So…
*paraphrases Aragorn at the Black Gate*
People of MB, of the Kokonspiracy, I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Musers fail, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of Muserdom. But it is not this day. An hour of HPBs and shattered minds, when the age of Muse comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight!! By all that you hold dear on this good Musiverse, I bid you stand, People of MB!!!
LLLLETS GET READY TO RUMBLLLLLE!!!!!
*puts on bunnyproof suit, whips out lightsaber and starts zapping bunnies*
Oh, dang. I didn’t realize you’d posted a backstory already, Ã߀ƒ. *thinks* Maybe we can let the bunnies win the first battle, and then we can come back as the resistance?
Forth, Eorlingas! Whoops. Whoa!
Bunny #1: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
Bunny #2: Resistance is useless!
Bunny #3: Avada–*I jump out and zap all three bunnies*
Evil Bunny leader, William: YOU FIGHT VALIANTLY, HUMANS, BUT OUR VICTORY IS INEVITABLE. SURRENDER, AND WE MAY SPARE YOUR LIVES.
Me: “Never!” *pies waves of bunnies*
William: THEN YOU WILL ALL DIE.
*sends bunny reinforcements, armed with huge pie launching machines*
Me: “Arrgh! They’re mowing us down! Call a tactical retreat!” *starts backing up* *continues pieing bunnies*
William: MEHEHAHAHAHAHAHA...
Can I help? *whips out pie catapult* *pies bunnies*
Hm… there’ve been at least two “apocalypses” since I was born… but this time, you’re telling me it’s for real?
*Shivers*
**splatsplatsplatsplatsplat…pies William, leader of the bunnies..**
**crash—AVADA KED—splat. sends bunny sailing through the air.**
**FORTH EORLINGAS!!!!!**
“forward pie warriors!! steel your hearts to face ferocious bunnies!”
*is scared*
“ATTACK THE BUNNYS! ATTACK!”
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NOTE:
THIS is not in MuseWorld or The “Real” Word (The “Real” World is Hare and Hedgepig, MA, Asylum.) I think this is a Third world.
We need more bunny pictures. Bunny pictures rock.
I was hoping this would be like a RPG more then another crazy pie-throwing Melee. Maybe we should try to talk in first person narration instead of third person…
13- No, I thought this is supposed to be set in real world and in the future. Bunnies have nearly wiped out the human race, and we’re making a last stand.
William: YOU DARE TO PIE ME, HUMANS? YOU SHALL ALL PAY! SEND THE HELIBUNNIES!
*helibunnies come swooping down and smashing into unfortunate souls*
“Arrgh! There’s too many of them! We have to evacuate!”
“Were to?”
Oykle.
So. Post-apocalyptic bunny stuff? Awesome. Here’s my backstory.
I now live in Sierra, a small nation which more or less consists of northern California, northwestern Nevada, and a tiny bit of southeastern Oregon. It is the westernmost outpost of the widespread human resistance that pervades the Rocky Mountains.
I am a scientist stationed at a base in what was once Lassen National Park, and I work for the Sierra chapter of BEACON Initiative.
My phone beeped. “Dr. Canix, you’re needed in the lab.”
I pulled it out of my pocket and flipped it open. “On my way, Wyatt. What have you got for me?”
“I’m not sure, sir, but I think it’s Bunnius aerialis. The ball-and-socket joint at the base of the ear, the rigid cartilage, the powerful cranial muscle… ”
“So why are you unsure? It seems to have all the hallmarks of a standard aerialis.”
“It breathes fire.”
I paused and shook my head, swallowing until my ears popped. “What?”
“It breathes fire, sir. Burned Grayson badly before the patrol brought it down.”
I paused again, the momentous implications of the statement striking me with the force of a 16-ton weight. I’d thought the rumors about the new aerialis/draconis hybrids were hoaxes or exaggerations, but if they were founded on fact…
I took a deep breath, then spoke again. “Keep it confined, Wyatt, and don’t depigmentize it until I give the word. This is monumental. I want you to notify groundhog22, Earl Gray, Fiona O’Connell- every bunny researcher within range of our transmitter. They have got to know about this.”
16- “We need to retreat back to Sierra! Hurry!”
William: WHY RUN? IT IS USELESS! WE WILL DESTROY YOU ALL EVENTUALLY! BAHAHAHAHAHA!
I would love to join this, if possible.
The helibunnies were swooping down on us in great numbers. As if in a daze, I smelt their hellish hot pink breath, saw their blindingly pink hides, smelt their bunny smell, and realized that I was on the verge of being bunnified. THis was enough to startle me into action. With all the strength I could muster, I yelled, “Scatter and get to the lairs through whatever tunnel is possible. Try to get them off your scent so we don’t reveal our hiding place.” Praying that I would be listened to or that a better plan would be devised (as mine obviously had some enormous holes), I followed my own advice and ran madly away from the hell-hares. As I sprinted, I let fly a couple of pies. Fighting and planning really weren’t my strong points and I noticed that the pies flew far off their marks.
What? 19 posts on a bunny thread and not a dot of pink? How is that possible?
Here they are, the first ones-
18- “Fiona O’Connell”? is she related to Hector?
19- Got it Adgent IBCF! Unit 3 will be Transported there very soon!
On my way to the lab, I passed through the situation room. General Valentine was there, with a huddled group of officers around him, listening to battle reports from the frontier. “…large group of Human Resistance fighters routed, retreating in our direction, approx. 50 clicks away. At least three battalions are in pursuit, mainly zombies and demibunnies with platoon of full bunnies, possible 29th or 28th Ear Lancers, under command of Magentaral William. Supporting squadrons of helibunnies are tracking west… ”
I whisked through the room and plunged on through the antiseptic white corridors of the scientific-medical wing, into room 9949245, where Wyatt was waiting with the specimen.
22- Possibly. I’m not sure.
Still flicking pies at my pursuers, I dashed through the dense undergrowth that covered our makeshift battlefield. As I ran, briars tore at my hands and I nearly stumbled over ivy leaves several times. The pain was almost intolerable and had it not been for my dread of bunnification, I most certaintly would have given up hope. Vaguely, I considered the fate of the others. I was almost certain that I had heard Ã߀ƒ yelling something about retreat, though in the general tumult of the battle, all specific instructions had receeded to indistinct noise. Well, if all went well I would soon find out. These thoughts had occupied my mind as I ran and I now realized that my pursuers, incapable of deflty navagating the flora had dropped behind. I judged it an expedient moment to dive into one of the tunnels that opened into an underground resistance hideout and cover the hole with what sticks and leaves were needed to camoflauge it.
I made sure everyone alive was accounted for before I sprinted into the tunnel. There was a deafening explosion as the entrance collapsed just behind me. Dust fell from the ceiling, and the light of day flickered out. Then all was still.
*turns on flashlight* “Come on guys, we have to keep moving. It’s not safe here.” *notices deepish cut on leg* *pain* “Owww! Is there a doctor in the house?”
Breathing a sigh of relief, I began to crawl down an underground tunnel lined in soil. Up above, I could hear my pursuers making some feeble attempt to discover where I had disappeared to. I chortled viciously. It had always given me profound moral satisfaction to outwit them in way. Just to ensure that they remembered that bipeds were mentally superior. Still, I thought it best to advance a little way down the tunnel, caving it in behind me as I went. This was an agreed upon safety precaution. Some way down, the tunnels converged on a sort of common room.
I have been writing this assuming there is some sort of an underground hide out. If there is any problem with that, I will happily rewrite the last two posts to relocate myself somewhere else.
Wyatt, a pale, thin young man, stood at a console elevated several feet above the floor. The room was mainly occupied by a hexagonal chamber of transparent carbon composite, currently filled with roiling white steam.
Wyatt turned and nodded to me. “I’ve had the sedative mist going for the past five minutes. This should keep her out of it for two hours at least.”
“Good. That should be enough to conduct a preliminary examination. Siphon off the mist, and we’ll go in.”
Wyatt flicked a lever on the console, and the humming of the blowers changed timbre. The mist vanished into vents in the floor, revealing the creature imprisoned within.
“IBCF, Hypatia, Good to see you. IBCF, What do we need to do for that leg? a GashGuard TM?”
IBCF Nods. I open the First aid kid and apply one.
“Now then, I’m Guessing we’re going to the Briefing Room From The Transporter?”
There I saw Ã߀ƒ leading a small band. I was relieved beyond words to find that we all seemed to have escaped. Medically speaking, however, we were in pretty bad shape. A sundry assortment of abrasions, bruses, and puncture wounds had appeared on everyone’s limbs. I took in the scene. In all fairness, it was pretty pathetic.
“Hello,” I said, “Is everyone all right? Or at least able to breath? Who’s still missing?”
26- *bandages wound with cloth*
We hurried down the tunnel, driven by the sounds that echoed from the cave entrance. The bunnies would not be stopped by dirt and stone; they would dig until we were found. Walking further, we suddenly came across Hypatia standing in a larger cavern.
“Quickly, follow us! We have to keep going!”
What does “apocalypse” mean?
also-we’re supposed to fight hpbs, right? but how? murder or just plain killing doesn’t seem muse-like……………send ’em off into the purple distance, perchance?
And those of you who dont know what the purple distance is, let me show you…
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See where it ended? In the purple distance, an unexplored region of museblog.
I cant see what im typing because of the shrinking comment box thing!
32- Literally, the end of the world. Its use has changed to mean “devastation of the world,” so “post-apocalyptic” is no longer an oxymoron.
33- We of BEACON* only kill when absolutely necessary. If possible, we use depigmentizer darts to tranquilize them and rob them of their hot-pink powers and desire for world domination. Then we inject them with blue or green pigment to induce calmness of temper and relocate them to colonies in remote corners of the globe.
*Bunny Elimination And Capture On Net.
We continued to walk through the tunnels. Although, I understand that the moment called for silence and not for my inquisitve demands, I could not refrain myself from asking, “Is everyone here?” and “Where are we going?” I thought longingly of snug little headquarters and wondered if they were still secure. It seemed like an audacious wish as I knew we were significantly weakened by this most recent attack and would probably have to move, but ambiguous hopes were just about all that we had to go on since the bunnification and annhilation of so many trusty humans. The soil lining the walls was cold and damp, little comfort for me, who wished for warm hearths emitting light and heat, but feeling its rough edges gave me something to do as I waited for an answer.
29, 30, 31- Arrgh! Plot confusion! Let’s just say we met up, and we’re now going back to Sierra via some sort of underground transport.
32- The end of the world.
((*thinks up random names*)) “We’re missing Eli, Matt, Ken, and Derek. I saw Ken get *shudders* bunnified, and Matt was killed by an explosion. If the others are alive or not, there’s nothing we can do for them here. We have to report back to Sierra.”
32-The end of the world.
Am I here? Can I suddenly join?
I ran down the underground tunnel toward the rapidly disappearing group. “Wait for me! The HPBs are coming!” I reached the group and we hurried off.
33- It’s just to kill them, after the sort of stuff they do to us.
I crouched in the bushes, clutching the drawn bow with sweaty fingers. “I’m not here, I’m not here,” I chanted in my head, but I knew as surely as I lived, that they knew I was here.
After traveling about a mile in the dark tunnels, I saw a familiar mark on the ceiling. I placed my hand on the left wall and walked about 15 feet, then felt a spot that didn’t feel like rock. It was a curtain disguised a wall. I moved the curtain aside and stepped into another tunnel.
The bunny was completely unconscious, ears rigid and standing up straight, back to back, in the manner of the common aerialis when at rest. Its ghostly white eyes were shut tightly.
I noted its various characteristics. The rotor ears, the pale coloration, the streamlined ovoid shape- all were hallmarks of an undistinguished helibunny. However, the pink fur darkened to a fiery, deep magenta around the whitish lips, and hardened into horny scale-like protrusions. A trail of smoke drifted from the corner of the mouth.
“Anything unusual about the circumstances of the capture?” I asked Wyatt.
“As a matter of fact, yes. She was wearing this.” Wyatt pulled on long rubber gloves and reached into a sealed container near the wall.
“Wearing?” I inquired. “But HPBs have never really gone in for clothes, have they?”
“Not clothing. Armor.” Wyatt pulled out a metal object that resembled a medieval helmet. It was designed to fit snugly around a near-spherical head, with substantial holes to allow the ears freedom of movement. Engraved upon its dully shining surface were weird hieroglyphs unlike anything I’d ever seen.
Wyatt indicated two oval pieces of metal with leather straps trailing from their sides, resting inside the container. “Those were fastened to the ears. Their edges are jagged and razor sharp. I presume, sir, that you can imagine the sort of damage a bunny flying with that sort of armament could cause. It’s like having a circular saw strapped to your head.”
I scowled. “Did you call the researchers?”
“I called O’Connell, left a message with Groundhog. Couldn’t get through to Gray- ”
That was bad news. Last we’d heard of Gray, he’d been holed up in Glasgow. If Glasgow had fallen, that meant one of humanity’s last footholds in Europe had gone down. “What did O’Connell say?”
“She’s in Japan.”
Wyatt didn’t need to say more. I knew the implications. If she left her hiding place, the bunja would descend on her like a pack of critics on a B-movie. That left us with Groundhog. I hoped she was still alive and in a condition to meet us.
As I was the last to step through the veil, I had a chance to survey the survivors yet more closely than before. We were really little more than a pack of desperate humans, doomed to failure. Our bunnification was imminent. We had embarked on a desperate quest to postpone it. Sad, really. I had vaguely been counting those who remained as I watched them walk through the curtains when it struck me that Ã߀ƒ’s tally of all missing was incomplete. Where was Alice? I glanced around. Nowhere in sight. “Did anyone see what happened to Alice?” I said, desperately hoping for an answer in the affirmative.
We, (IBCF, Hypatia, and I) entered the briefing room.
“Hello, General Valentine. We have left Las Vagas, or what remains at least. I have to say, before you get mad at us for lossing, There were Helibunnies.”
“so?” asked Valentine. “You are trained to attack and depigmentize ALL Bunnies!”
“These also Breath Fire.”
“WHAT!”
“I feel that We Need to See Dr. Canix.”
44-Oh dear, plot confliction. Lets put them both in. First mine. Then. “We’ll just have to hope she catches up. We can’t go back in now. It would be suicidal,” and then yours. Does that work? Or we could just cut out mine altogether.
“Fine,” grumbled Valentine. “You know where to find a telephone.”
A little put of by his curtness, we hurried off to the room with the telephone.
My phone suddenly rang. I answered. “Dr. Canix, Laboratory. Hang up unless it’s important.”
“It is. We’ve seen Helibunnies breathing fire.”
43- I stopped in my tracks. “Alice! Where is she? Have you seen her, anyone?” Nobody could tell me. I shook my head sadly. “There’s still hope. I thought I saw her leave before the battle ended. She may have escaped.” I inwardly hoped this was true.
47- “So have I. Come down to the Laboratory and you’ll see what I mean. We’ll discuss this further. I’d appreciate the input of someone who’s seen these things in combat.”
I had not escaped. As a matter of fact, at the moment he ended his sentence, I was within seconds of being discovered by a band of bunnies, and as the little band hoped for my safety, the bushes were pushed back and my arrow fled from the bow. I launched them left and right, but there were too many of the bunnies, and soon my quiver was exhausted. They bore down on me like a freight train, and I was overwhelmed. I felt a hot finger of flame on my hand, and I screamed.
All was black.
Summary, please. I’d love to join this thread, but I have katching up to do.
31- Bunnies have taken over the world, except for a few small enclaves of non-zombified humans. Most of the story is taking place in the human enclave of Sierra. So far, the major plot development is the discovery of a Bunnius aerialis/Bunnius draconis hybrid species, which is deadly in battle. We have captured one of them, and are researching it to develop better combat techniques against its kin. Meanwhile, a group of Human Resistance fighters have been beaten in the battle of Las Vegas and have retreated to Sierra. That’s about all that’s happened so far.
Oh, and I was among the Human Resistance fighters, but I got captured by the bunnies.
I’m making a map of the Post-Apinkalypse world. How many human enclaves should I put? So far, I have:
Barrow, Aleutia, Vancouver Island, Sierra, Canon Grande, Salt Lake, Denver Citadel, Wyoming, Toronto, Everglade Remnant, Newfoundland, Baffin, Canalia, Amazonia, Tierra del Fuego, Galapagos Outpost, Scotland, Switzerland, Sicily, Crimea, Sahara Oases, Congo, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Sinkiang, Borneo, Celebes, Timor, Onslow-Roebourne, Taiwan, Korea-Kyushu, New Britain and Okhotsk. If it seems like there are too many, remember that most of these are extremely small.
49- “What? Have you taken a fire-breathing helibunny captive? This is a breakthrough! Show me the bunny!”
Meanwhile, at the blocked tunnel entrance…
William: DIG, YOU SLUGS! DIG! WE'LL SHOVEL THEM OUT OF THEIR RAT HOLE!
*bows* Great commander, we have taken a human prisoner. She was one of the group that escaped in the tunnel.
William: GOOD WORK... IT LOOKS LIKE WE WON'T HAVE TO DIG THE HUMANS OUT NOW. BRING HER TO ME!
:idea: Yes, sir!
55- Ulp.
I brought Ã߀ƒ into the lab. “This is the hybrid. She’s still unconscious, and will hopefully remain so for another hour. Wyatt and I will depigmentize her in a few minutes. We’ll have to inject pigment 24 Indigo to suppress the fire-breathing reflex. First, though, we have to get some DNA- find out as much about these things as we can.
Now- what have you observed about the hybrids’ tactics in battle? Their flight formations, any special abilities? Tell me anything you think might be useful.”
54- Oh, I think that’s enough. We don’t want the map to be too confusing.
58- Don’t worry, they’re spread pretty far apart.
57- “Their battle tactics–they often come from straight from above in large waves, and breath their fire down on us. We don’t even see them coming. Then they swoop back up just before they hit the ground, but not before they use their spinning ears to cut through anyone unfortunate enough to be in their path. I myself was hurt this way. *winces at pain in leg* They seem to have some sort of armor on their eartips, too.
We rule the world STOP we can use a telegraph STOP surrender STOP and we will take over museblog STOP prepare to meet thy subway STOP
((Yeep, I’ve missed a lot. Perfect timing for me though, since you guys are entering the lab, which is my most probable location. Here goes then:))
60 – I sat at my desk in the HBP lab, working feverishly. The hybrid HPB’s seemed to be able to cut straight through the original bunnyproof suit, and furthermore did not react to the depigmentizer darts. As the inventor of the original suit, I had volunteered to design a new one to defend against the hybrids. The noise of the door opening made me jump. Despite the fact that the lab’s location was secret, and that the lab itself was fortified with pietanium, I couldn’t suppress some nervousness that the bunnies were going to discover and break into the lab. I whipped around, only to discover that it was just POSOC and Ã߀ƒ, who were carrying… An unconscious hybrid HPB??? I leapt out of my seat and ran over to them as fast as was humanly possible. “Guys!” I exclaimed. “Is that what I think it is? Because if it is, I’ll need the body after it gets depigmentzed–I need to analyze its armor and weaponry. ” I realized that I hadn’t exactly greeted them, and that Ã߀ƒ appeared to have an injured leg. “Are you all right? Apart from your leg, Ã߀ƒ, I can tell that’s injured without any help.” I reached into my backpack and pulled out my first aid kit. “I’m not a medical doctor, I’m an inventor, but this should help until you can get to the hospital.” I pulled a bottle of disinfectant, some gauze pads and a rolled up bandage out of the box. “Dab the disinfectant onto the wound, then attach a clean pad over it with the bandage.” I turned towards POSOC. “Sorry I couldn’t reply to your messages. My phone’s encoding module broke some weeks ago, so I couldn’t reply without the bunnies picking up the transmission and hearing it. So, what’s happening on the battlefront?”
I snatched the phone from Ã߀ƒ. “They’re horrific. THey’re demonic. They’re infernal.”
Wow, what’s happening here?
62- “Thank you, groundhog. *takes bottle, pads, and bandage* The bunnies routed us and chased us back to the cave. The last I heard of them, they were digging up the cave entrance. Do you think they’ll find us here?”
63- ((I’m not on the phone, we’re in the lab and talking in person now)).
64- Read the first few posts.
I flip into Groundhog’s lab.
” I doubt it Agent IBCF! We’re moving!”
I walk into the room.
“Moving?”
“Yeah! Valentine is moving the complex over to ‘firisco.”
A few hours later, I found myself standing, bound hand and feet and with twenty HPBs at my back, in front of an especially large, formidable-looking HPB wearing even more armor than the others.
(William) HUMAN, WE WILL NOT
HURT YOU, WE WILL NOT BUNNIFY YOU, AS LONG AS YOU DO WHAT WE SAY.
Where’s the group that went underground at first? I think that’s where I am. But right now I am lost.
66- ((Wait, what? *doesn’t understand*))
69- ((If you were with us, then you’re in the lab right now)).
68-
I shuddered. “What…” I faltered. “What do you want me to do?”
70-((the complex can move. we’re moving to stop the bunnies from folloing us.)
“‘Frisco? That place is a bunny nest! What’s Valentine thinking?” Then it hit me. “Oh. The BART system. Of course. The bunnies sealed off the tunnels when they took over, so we should be able to remain undetected.”
I turned to my companions. “Groundhog, Wyatt, I’ll need your help transporting this thing. Let’s put it in the portable cage.”
By the way, the map is done. it’s just enormous. If I send it in, the GAPAs will have to put it on Photobucket and post a link to it, because there’s no way it’s going to fit on the blog legibly.
Naturally, my lofty dreams of returning to snug little head quarters were utterly crushed. A neophyte to this revolutionary business, I had very little idea what the BART system meant. All I knew was that the bunnies had caused my transplant (besides having bunnified several million people, though that was secondary in my confuzzled mind) to some probably-grimy and moist cave where I could rot away for all eternity, pining away for the end of the bunny regime.
I turned around. “For those of you who don’t know, the BART system is Bay Area Rapid Transport, the San Francisco Bay subway system. When they zombified the population of San Francisco, the bunnies sealed off the BART stations, but there’s still a few places where we can get in.”
((Bad news. The picture won’t send because it’s too big. I’ll try to do something about that.)
71- (William) YOU MUST PARTICIPATE IN A VIDEO. LET YOUR FELLOW HUMANS KNOW THAT YOU ARE CAPTURED AND NEED THEIR HELP IMMEDIATLY. TELL THEM THAT THERE IS NO HOPE IN A RESCUE ATTEMPT, AND IF THEY SURRENDER NOW YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO BUNNIFICATION.
72- “Oh, I see.”
((Sorry, gotta go. I have Tae Kwon Do practice. *leaves*))
*materializes out of nowhere* “Hello, everybody!”
77- I hesitated. I felt their eyes boring into me, and knew that if I refused, I wouldn’t last for two seconds. I shuddered. “Fine. Fine. I’ll do it.”
78- “hi, kokonilly. Where did you come from?”
78- “Hello, Kokonilly. If you haven’t noticed, we’re currently moving to San Fransisco to evade the bunnies”.
79- (William) A WISE DECISION, HUMAN. YOU ARE SMARTER THAN THE LAST ONE WHO REFUSED TO COOPERATE.
*grins evilly* PROCEED!
Yes, commander! *holds up camera* Speak now, human.
81- A began to speak, desperately. “My dear, dear, friends, I have been taken hostage. Don’t –” I winced as one of the spears pricked my back. “I mean, I need your help desperately. Don’t bother trying to me rescue me, though, you’ll never make it. If you surrender, they won’t bunnify me. Help.” I took a deep breath and leaned in closer to the camera. My wits were befuddled with fear and a mixture of desire to live and loyalty to my friends and my cause, and I had hoped that I might somehow give them a sign – a sign to do what, I knew not. But this time the spear did not merely prick me. I cried out in pain and fell to the ground, clutching my wound. It was not bad, a large but not life-threatening cut, but by the Muses, did it hurt!
That should be “I began to speak”…
76-((Thanks))
“Hello, Kokonilly,” I said. Then turning to everyone, I asked, “Um, are we going or not?” I wasn’t in the mood to be patient.
William: A taste of what would come if you hadn’t cooperated. *laughs maniacally*
*appears through space-time portal thingy*
ok guys, i’m here, time to kick some bunny @$$…
*sees bunnies coming*
heheh… well i see we’re beating them, so i’ll just leave…
*escapes through portal*
General Valentine’s phone beeped. He flipped it open, and his expression changed to one of horror. “Look at this video. They’ve got Alice.”
I took a deep breath, my mind racing. Some of these people were Alice’s good friends. They’d try to make us surrender, and I couldn’t allow that. Our cause was greater than the life of a single person.
But would it be necessary to leave her to her fate? An idea hit me like a thunderbolt.
I turned to the surrounding company and indicated the caged hybrid. “Two words: hostage exchange.”
“Um, well, I gained the ability to Apparate and Disapparate. I cane take people with me. And things. Want an instantaneous ride to San Francisco with all of your stuff?”
I nodded as TMFA announced that the lab was moving, and began to pack up my things. While the moving process was fairly calm, there was some jostling invloved and I didn’t want any of my equipment to get damaged. Then I grabbed hold of one of the bunny’s arms and helped place it gently into a porta-cage that was standing nearby. The mention of a hostage exchange made me jump. “Um, I hate to be a wet blanket, but are the bunnies going to go for an exchange? They have millions of bunnified slaves, is one bunny, even a hybrid one, going to matter to them? And if we give this bunny back, then we’ll never get to discover its secrets.”
Ack. My post was to Hypatia and the others with her.
((Apparition? Awesome!))
“Thanks, Kokonilly.”
((I think I’m with Hypatia.))
“Welcome. Now, what do you need to take with you?”
Seeing Alice on the verge of bunnification was very disconcerting, to say the least. Actaully, it was downright unbearable. I had to say, POSOC’s idea of a hostage exchange sounded like a good one to me, if it was possible to conduct an exchange with a bunch of loony hot-pink serial killers, which seemed unlikely.
88- “You’re right. But there’s really nothing else we can do. We’ll have to try it.”
(William) WE ARE AWAITING YOUR ANSWER, HUMANS. SURRENDER, OR WE WILL TORTURE AND BUNNIFY THE HOSTAGE.
92 – ALICE!!! *faints* (not in the RPG thing, just virtually faints)
*WHAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pies William, sending him tail over head*
*ZAP!!!!! slashes at a bunny who is attacking from the rear with lightsaber*
two bunnies sneak in from the side, Ž√Ҳ bravely whips lightsaber back and forth, riposting all the while, (If you need explanation of “riposting”, ask me) *parries* *whack, whock–aaaaarrrghhhh!!!!!!!!!!*
Ž√Ҳ finally defeats bunny #2, but bunny #1 darts in and attempts to bunnify Ž√Ҳ.. he is forced towards William, but with a swift circle parry, sends bunny #1 the same way as William.
*save Alice!*
“Hello?”
95- ((Please, ZVX, this is not a bunny whack-out. The bunny Melee thread is still open, if that’s what you wanted)).
sorry, Ã߀ƒ, i panic when bunnys come in.
98 – ((That’s what I was asking for actually, when I requested this thread. *sings* “This is the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny!” I thought that the bunny melee was going to be closed and a new bunny sighting thread opened. But I must say this is just as good))
93 – I sighed. “This is definitely our only chance to save Alice.” I replied. “I just wish I could analyze…Wait a minute!” I exclaimed. “That’s it! If we make the bunnies think that we can unlock all of their secrets by analyzing this bunny, then they will agree to an exchange!”
*Pies seven bunnies*
*has a change of heart upon discovery of Alice’s impending bunnification and returns to help*
I appeared, not surprising anyone, for everybody was worrying. “I think groundhog22 is right… But it all depends on how much they know can truly be unlocked from the bunny,” I said. “It’s risky, but our only chance.”
“Tell them that I’ll treat the prisoner humanely if possible,” I said, “but if it comes down to vivisection- y’know, I’m not squeamish when it comes to a creature that’s killed a lot of my friends.”
I sat painfully on the grass, watching the bunnies in terror. I could easily get away, if it wasn’t for the ten or twenty bunnies that were watching me instead of William or the camera. Please, I thought silently, let them do something wise. Preferably that involves rescuing me. In theory, it was all very well to be a martyr to the cause, but in reality, I wanted nothing to do with martyrdom.
(William) FOOLISH HUMANS. SO THEY WANT A HOSTAGE EXCHANGE, DO THEY? THIS COULD WORK TO OUR ADVANTAGE...
*to camera* WE WILL EXCHANGE THE HUMAN FOR THE DRAGON BUNNY, BUT ONLY ON TWO CONDITIONS: YOU MUST NOT RUN ANY EXPERIMENTS ON THE BUNNY, AND THEY MUST BE EXCHANGED AT THE SAME TIME. YOU MAY TAKE AS MANY WEAPONS AND GUARDS WITH YOU AS YOU WANT, WE PLAN NO TRICKS.
I rolled my eyes. “Sure, they plan no tricks.” I muttered, so as not to let the mike pick up my voice and transmit it to the bunnies. “If they plan no tricks, then why are they letting us come with weapons and guards? Why aren’t they demanding anything else? Why are they making it so easy for us?” Then it hit me. Hypnosis. Something that the bunnies rarely used nowadays, but did all the time when they were starting out. I remembered cases of bunny hypnosis from my days working at the asylum. The victim would be outwardly unaffected, but there would be bunny dogma planted in their subconscious, making him or her into a willing spy for the bunnies, transmitting information back to them through the mind link created between the victim and the bunny that hypnotized it. They were planning on hypnotizing Alice, and then giving her back so that she could spy on us for them. “POSOC?†I called softly and urgently, still being careful not to let my voice get picked up by the microphone, and picking up a test tube, as if to show it to him. “I think the bunnies might be planning on hypnotizing Alice before they give her back to us, so they can spy on us through her.†I made motions at the test tube, to keep up the illusion. Dang it, this was hard, saying one thing with my mouth and another with my body. “So when we get her back, we’ll need to make sure she doesn’t see anything important until the former asylum staff and I can have a look at her. Whatever you have to do, do it, as long as it keeps her from seeing anything important.†I paused as another thought hit me. “And we should probably move all of our hideouts too, if that hasn’t been done already. If they do hypnotize her, then they’ll get the current locations of where everything is from her memories.â€
William made some movement with his armored ears, and said something I couldn’t hear, and the bunnies closed in around me. I had a suddenly clear image of what they were going to do to me…what they had done to so many people…and I closed my eyes, but another spear jabbed me, and they were forced open with surprise and pain. The bunnies were close now, so close… Why couldn’t I have got to the base before this happened? I thought. Why don’t I have all the equipment…? The eyes were swirling and multicolored. They sucked me in, and I could not look away. “Help!” I cried, and that was all I knew before the whirling depths claimed me.
107- (William) YOU WILL SPY FOR US, HUMAN, AND YOU WILL TELL US EVERYTHING YOU KNOW. EVERYTHING.
*to camera* WE ARE READY TO EXCHANGE THE HOSTAGES, HUMANS. BRING THE DRAGON BUNNY QUICKLY, BEFORE WE CHANGE OUR MINDS.
what are we going to do?????????????????
“Alice bunnified! impossible! we need a plan to un-bunnify her. otherwise they might get vital info. if they do, we will lose; no question.”
(double post)
all these thoughts swirl through my head, threatening to overwhelm me, i cried: “all our valiant action shall be for nought, but we must erect a council, a group that decides what the most sensible plan of action is, for if we are to survive, we will need all the courage we can get. the bunnies have vast stores of deadly power, but we have the strength of Musers, stand strong, my warriors!”
I walk away, my BunnyBlaster swinging in my belt, pastry bag slung at at jaunty angle, then turn back; “we shall decide the council of bunny defense later, we don’t know what William’s actions will be though. he is ever unpredictable.”
109- I’m NOT bunnified! I’m just hypnotized!
I heard myself, from a long way off, say heavily, “Yes, master.” Then I woke completely.
Yay, I get to be a villain!
I “replied” to Groundhog loudly. “I see. The chemical mixture you proposed is an interesting possibility.” (Here I made an emphatic movement with my hands, away from the camera.) “I think your plan should be implemented. I’ll give you full authority in this measure. But remember not to add the quinine until it’s fully at a boil. We can’t allow anything to jepoardize this experiment. Our spare lab should serve the purpose well, although there’s a bit too much resistance in the high-voltage circuits. Carry on.
I, too shudder to think what will happen when the hot pink bunnies overflow from the Muse pages to dominate humankind. (And eat all of our banana cream pies)
The bunny apocalipse is coming! Repent! Repent! *church bells*
112- *loudly whispers to POSOC* “Shh! We can’t let the bunnies know of our “plan”! Be quiet!” *to camera* “Okay, you lurid leporids! We’re sending you the dragon-bunny now!”
I was slightly confused at the beginning of POSOC’s reply, but I caught on quickly. “Okay,” I replied. “It’ll be ready in a few days then. I can’t do all of this myself though, I’ll need someone else to prepare the quinine. It needs to be ready at an exact time. I can do all of the rest of the preparations myself. I have all of my precautionary measures set up, except for the blast hood. I should really do a checkup on that burner though. The last thing we’d want is to get Alice back, only to give ourselves more troubles with a gas leak. But you need to get going, don’t you? I’ll find someone else to do the rest of this with me.”
zzzziiiipp!!! *pies bunnies*
“chemical solution? that would provide a solution, but we need a backup plan. so, we could send our best pie warriors to mount a full-scale assault on William and the hpbs, that would give us precious time, maybe we might even be able to pull off a siege,
but whatever, William must not prevail!!
“ I’ll help! “
((OMGMO, the italicized letters read need to check on Alice”))
119- Actually they read:
Okay I can’t do all of this myself though someone else needs to do all precautionary measures except for checkup on Alice you need to get someone else to do the rest.
That looks fun.
“I will join The Man For Aeiou, and help. This is going nowhere pretty, but the time has come to abandon caution and do what we must. In other words, count me in.”
(This could get interesting.)
((120-Oh…:embarassed: I guess reading italicized letter isn’t really my thing. Thanks! ))
“Yeah,” I grumbled, “I guess I’ll help too, but only so nobody pesters my about my indolence…and out of sympathy for Alice, which doesn’t make much sense, but I’m not in the mood to, so deal with it!” I was grouchy. Failed offensives tended to do that to me.
((Woops. My HTML for the first intended smiley face was suppoused to read . Well, what can I say but .))
Now that the camera was turned off, I could speak freely to The Man for Aeiou, The Guy Your Parents Warned You About, and Hypatia. “Okay, what needs to be done in terms of making sure that any of the information the bunnies may get out of Alice is obsolete is this: All of our hideouts need to be moved. This lab is already on the move, so it won’t need to be moved again at this time, but all the others will. Secondly, we’ll need to recode our transmission channel. I can work on that right now with anyone else who can write codes, but when they bring back Alice, I’ll need to leave that completely to someone else. Can you three do that?” I rattled off. “I know it doesn’t involve anything heroic, but I doubt that it’s a good idea to send everyone to retreieve Alice, and this stuff does need to get done.†I then turned towards POSOC. “I’ll do the psychological exam in a room in here, so you’ll know where to bring her. The rest of the hideouts are going to get moved as soon as possible, and we’re taking the secure transmission channel offline for a couple hours to recode it, so we won’t be able to communicate freely for that time. Oh, and I have a surprise for you and everyone else who’s going up to get Alice back.†I opened a closet near my desk to reveal a rack of sleek black jumpsuits and helmets. “The Bunnyproof Suit, Mark III. I wasn’t going to give them out yet, because the new depigmentizer formula I was planning on putting in the dart guns to get those dart-resistant bunnies isn’t quite done yet. But they are loaded with regular depigmentizer darts, and they have a bunch of other new improvements.†I pulled out a suit which had little windows cut into it to show the suit’s various layers. “It has a fireproof layer right beneath the surface, as well as the standard titanium mesh. It also has a cooling system, since all these layers could get hot after a while. The helmet is coated in teflon, and the visor has a mirrored layer that will not only deflect any hypnosis or zombification attempts like the old one, but will actually make it rebound upon the bunny that attempted to do it. It’s got a built-in bulletproof vest, and the outer layer has a limited auto-repair system, meaning that it can reweave minor rips and slashes by itself. And best of all, this one isn’t so bulky, unlike the old ‘spacesuit’ versions. Hopefully this mission will be fairly straightforward, but all of us know that nothing is ever so simple with bunnies, so I thought that you should get them now, despite the fact that the depigmentizer isn’t quite done yet.†I made a theatrical gesture towards the closet.
(( Quick question: Is there anyone who’s officially the head of the resistance, or are all of the MB personalities the leaders, and all of our various invented characters the followers?))
124- “I’ll go with POSOC, just in case.”
(( I thought Canix was the leader.))
Hookay…so…if anyone wants to paraphrase what’s going on…
A change from stark heroism seemed like only a plus to me. “I’ll do the codes,” I volunteered. “Poor Alice, not really the welcome a returning warrior deserves, but what can one do?” The last part was more to myself than anyone else in particular. After a moment’s pause, I made my way into the code room.
The leader is General Valentine, but he’s fictional. Groundhog and I are joint heads of the Medical/R&D department.
I jump into the new suit, slip my sword over my head, onto my waist, and say: “I’m going to lower terra. ((Mexico))”
I sat down in the code room on an uncannily uncomfortable chair. The wood bore into my shoulders but I refrained from grumbling (out loud, at least), figuring that I had done quite enough of that for the day. Looking over the messages, I considered using a cypher, but settled into the simpler and infinitely harder to comprehend Ble! Within minutes,
Alice, probably hypnotized, is being returned to us by the bunnies. Be wary
had become
Alpr blh zed, isngre tubhe. Bar.
128-sooo…where are we?/do we have a story line?
Pulling on the suit, I mutter to myself, “Oh God, what have we gotten ourselves into?” Ready for the mission ahead of us, I then turned to Groundhog and said, “Okay, I’m ready for anything– Where to?”
*goes over to fetch fire-breathing helibunny*
*is confused*
((So, we have to do a hostage swap….and most of the group is in the lab? Is that right?))
((Sorry, double post but-
Can we somehow poison the bunnies’ rations? We’re in a lab, wouldn’t there be chemicals we could use for that?))
“You and The Man For Aeiou need to go to all of the hideouts and move them. Their names are Barrow, Aleutia, Vancouver Island, Sierra, Canon Grande, Salt Lake, Denver Citadel, Wyoming, Toronto, Everglade Remnant, Newfoundland, Baffin, Canalia, Amazonia, Tierra del Fuego, Galapagos Outpost, Scotland, Switzerland, Sicily, Crimea, Sahara Oases, Congo, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Sinkiang, Borneo, Celebes, Timor, Onslow-Roebourne, Taiwan, Korea-Kyushu, New Britain and Okhotsk. They’re hidden beneath various cities, which are hinted to in their names. Here’s a map of how to get to all of them through the tunnel system. Make sure to update it when you move the hideouts. They don’t need to be moved far, just enough that the info that the bunnies could get out of Alice will be totally useless. The Man For Aeiou’s already rushed off, so you’ll have to go alone. Good thing both of you took one of the new suits. Your phones won’t be working for the next hour or so while Hypatia and I recode the secure channel, but when we’re done we’ll send everyone a message, so once you get the message, you should call him.” I handed The Guy Your Parents Warned You About a miniscreen which had the map on it. “Oh, and good luck.”
Now that that part was taken care of, I joined Hypatia in the coding/hardware room. I looked over her shoulder, and discovered that she had already devised a new code, which appeared to be one of the shorter dialects of Ble. “Wow.” I exclaimed. “You’re good. Okay, so now all we need is to convert it to binary and send it to everyone’s phones. Could you enter your algorithms into the computer?”
*pulls cage containing fire-breathing helibunny down tunnel*
bad news.
the bunnies just attacked me. i’m not sure i can hold ’em off much longer. William and a helibunny are here, all bunnies in full armor.
“Ooof!” one of the bunnies just stabbed me with their spear. send help fast. “forth eorlingas!”
((138 – That’s going to become a standing joke in this thread isn’t it? :P))
(Hi, I’m dropping in- yes I DO know the storyline)
[back at bunny base]
William: Good work hypnobunnies! Those humans won’t be expecting this! Transport her to the drop point!
bunny#1: yes your Bunniferousness.
This thread is like “MuseBlog: Days of Future Past”.
(That was the X-Men storyline about the alternate future where all mutants are fighting for their lives against the oppressive Sentinel robots.)
((140 – You came!!! *hugs* But you’re joining the bunnies? My own sister is joining the bunnies? I’m ashamed of you!! (just kidding) But seriously, we need more people to be in the resistance, so could I possibly get you into that as well?))
(sorry, I’m double posting)
136- *pop* Sorry for popping in like this Groundhog, but I got a bit lost and it didn’t help that everything is being moved around. What can I help with around here? I am rather good at decoding, and I have a lead on how to defeat a hybrid HPB-baking soda/metal eating enzyme spray. Baking soda for the fire, metal eating for the ears and armor. Theoretically and technically possible to create. Hmm, I wonder what would happen if you added superglue…(Kittymine gets lost in thought, totally forgetting about the decoding and rescuing Alice situation).
((143 – Ok, you need a lesson in proper roleplaying. Write it in first person narrative, use quotation marks, etc. Basically, write as if you were writing a story, only you’re just writing down the things that you’re doing. Oh, and enclose all non-story stuff in double parentheses. Now, I’m going to get you into the story properly. And you don’t have to follow in my Foaly-like footsteps, you can choose whatever resistance role you want.))
It occurred to me that if Alice was going to be out of commission for a while while recovering from her ordeal, we were going to need more people on our side. Luckily, I had a perfect candidate in mind. I pulled out my second phone, which could be more accurately described as a walkie-talkie, since it only communicated with one other phone, and turned it on. Please pick up, please pick up I thought desperately. Luckily, they did. “Hello, Kitty?†I said into the phone. “I need you pronto. Use the GPS to find me.†and hung up. Seconds later, a bespectacled girl fizzled into being next to me. “Kitty!†I exclaimed, giving my sister, Kittymine, a hug. “Been avoiding the bunnies all right? Anyway, I’m glad you could come. One of our people just got captured by the bunnies, and we were short before that. We need your talents desperately. Will you join us?â€
(William) WE ARE WAITING, HUMANS. BRING THE DRAGON BUNNY OR THE HOSTAGE WILL BECOME ONE OF US.
“Not very patient, is he?” *pulls cage*
“Of course I’ll join you! If you’re looking for talents, you’ve come to the right person. Now what can I do for you?”
I run thru the streets of Salt Lake, diving into a old hotel. I go up to the desk, walk behiend to the cash regiser. I start to punch in the code, when I notice something.
“Hot Pink Fur! The bunnies are here.”
I dial Groundhog.
“Groundhog, We have a problem. Salt lake has been lost.”
“AAIGGHH!!”
While running from the evil bunny, I realized: Maybe I shouldn’t of taken that golden carrot, after all…
I could only hope that the lab team was coming for me, although I was just in the experiments division…
*Chomp*
“AAAaa…”
Drifting off, I realized that the bunny’s poison must be a sedative…realizing that this was where I would NEVER be found.
I started entering the algorithms in the computer. It was remarkably easy and for perhaps the 500th time I silently thanked Nak for inventing Ble. I could hear Groundhog talking and hanging up the phone, I felt someone appear near her but continued to work, almost feverishly. I knew that my procrastination insinct was soon to kick in and I wanted to get as much done as possible before this happened. The messages were almost coded, the prgram devised, it remained only to re-activate the system, but I din’t have the authroity for that.
“Groundhog or POSOC,” I yelled, “Can one of you start up the lines again, they’re secure, or atleast I think so.”
149- “Oh, so POSOC is inside? I guess I’ll exchange the hostages all by myself.” *pulls cage out of tunnel*
((cont. of 146))
“Perhaps I should join Ã߀ƒ- seems a tad unintelligent to have only one person present at the hostage exchange.”
((Can I help with something? It feels weird not to do anything while the world has been lost to lagomorphs. Should I go to the hostage exchange?))
“Okay, I’ve got Toronto moved, I’m heading to Newfoundland now.” I saw some pink movement off in the distance, heading the same direction as me– toward Newfoundland. I couldn’t see what it was exactly, but I knew what it was. I wanted to turn back and avoid them, but if they knew where our enclave was, well, one more reason for me to get there. “I sure hope things are going good for The Man For Aeiou, ’cause things here are might get ugly,” I murmured.
151, 152- “Thanks, guys. I need all the help I can get.” *pushes cage*
*smiles cheerfully* “Okay, William! We’ve got your pink little terror here in this cage. And take that as a compliment; he’d fry us all if he got loose. Nasty little thing, isn’t he? And now, ah, er, the hostage?”
(William) HERE IS YOUR HOSTAGE, HUMAN.
*roughly pushes Alice in our direction*
“Thanks, Will. I guess we’ll just be…on our way, now…”
(William) AS I TOLD YOU, NO TRICKS.
*grins evilly*
“Yup, looks like no tricks. Guess we were wrong about you; thought you’d have something up your armored sleeve. Well, see you around, Will.” *starts walking away*
“We cannot let them get away with such impudence!”
(William) PATIENCE. THEY WILL ALL PAY, SOON.
“But they’re onto us! They’ll move their bases! The human will be useless as a spy!”
(William) WE HAVE NO NEED OF HER; SHE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A DIVERSION. THE REAL SPY IS FOLLOWING THE HUMANS BACK TO THEIR RAT-HOLE RIGHT NOW.
“Why don’t we send the whole army after them, then? They’re vulnerable.”
(William) THE HUMANS ARE NOT STUPID, THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE A WAY TO BLOCK THE ENTRANCE. ONLY OUR SPY HAS A CHANCE OF GETTING THROUGH.
Commander, you are truly brilliant.
(William) THAT'S WHY I'M THE LEADER.
*grins evilly*
((ooh, the plot mounts!))
*whispers to Turquoise and Ã߀ƒ * “Phew, got that over with. That Willam is NASTY- and he should really do something about that garlic breath.” *Speaks at normal level* “Glad to have you back Alice!”
I turned quickly and reactivated the phone system, sending a message to everyone that their phones had been recoded. As soon as my phone rebooted, it rang. It was TMFA, calling to tell me that Salt Lake had been lost. Darn those stupid bunnies to heck. I thought. “Okay, I guess we’ll have to do without Salt Lake.” I replied to him. “I just feel bad for everyone who was in there. I’ve got to go now. See you very soon, I hope.” and hung up. I then turned to Kittymine. “You’re right, you probably should join Ã߀ƒ. Even if the exchange has already taken place, Ã߀ƒ’s no firefighter, he’ll need some help carrying Alice.”
*brings Alice to tunnel* *looks around* “Have you ever had the feeling that you were being watched?”
Black bunny: *sniggers quietly* *follows*
*looks around too* “Yes… but I don’t see anybunny or anyone except us- besides, the bunnies are hot pink.”
whoa, were getting more MBers by the second!
“good, we got Alice, but Ã߀ƒ, i’m also getting the feeling that someone’s trailing us…someone that shouldn’t be here.”
159- ((Since when were you with us, ZVX? Oh, well).
“Get in the tunnel, guys. Hurry.” *runs*
*follows*
“I do too. I can’t see anything…do we have sensors? Nevermind, it’s probably nothing.” *runs through tunnel*
Waking up, I noticed BUNNIES.
EVERYWHERE.
Trying to grab my PINMB (Photon Instantaneous Neutralizer of MuseBloggers) I realized…I couldn’t. I was tied up. Fighting the urge to scream, I hissed into my TWTMB (Trusty Walkie-Talkie of MuseBloggers)
“Kittymine! I’ve been captured by the bunnies…In hostage holding room! HEL-GGZZHHhh….”
As the TWTMB fell to the floor, the largest bunny had a grin on it’s face.
“Now she cannot tell where she is! Move her to the hostage holding cell!â€
“Did you hear the walkie-talkie? Someone’s been captured!”
“I think I’ll go help the others who recuperated Alice,” I said.
“I think I’ll go eat some cheese”, she yawned luxuriously.
I sprinted through the woods as trees exploded around me. The survivors ran alongside me- the ambush had taken even me by surprise. There was no way they got there before me, yet I had arrived during a full-scale battle. I knew something was different… then it hit me. I tore out my TWTMB and sent a message to anyone who could receive it. I didn’t think I could get out of this one, so I had to tell the others while I could.
-The following is a transmission sent from The Guy Your Parents Warned You About to the other MBers as recieved by the latter-
“Newfoundland under attack *static* like nothing I’ve *static* seen before the hybrid *static* the worst *static* not all pink be wary of your *static* William is trying to *static* us don’t let it work”
*pushes button* *tunnel entrance collapses* “That should stop whoever’s following us. But we have to help TGYPWYA and AvalonGirl. You two take Alice back, and tell them that we need reinforcements. I’m taking a detour.” *runs off in another tunnel*
Black Bunny: *silently watches*
“WHERE IS THE CHEESE?! SOMEBODY STOLE MY CHEESE!”, she screamed upon discovering that all the cheese in her hot-pink fanny pack was gone.
I woke with a start, wondering why I felt so weird. Almost unconciously, I walked into my kitchenette.
Why was everything hot pink?
169- ((It might be because the bunnies have taken over the world a long time ago.))
I tried to remember what had happened. I remembered watching human after human fall to the bunny attacks, then a tree had fallen into our path. We had turned to face the bunnies, and that’s where my memory stopped. I could remember no more. I had no idea where i was now– I couldn’t see anything.
Then I realized that was because my eyes were closed.
I opened them, and had no idea where i was. But I recognized someone.
“Hi AvalonGirl,” I said cheerfully. “Where are we?”
168 – ((I know who you are!))
((Umm….I don’t know where I am. I think I shall go find Alice.)) *follows Hypatia*
Doubtlessly, TGYPWYA and AvalonGirl were taken to the bunny base by now. But what the bunnies didn’t know was that there was a secret tunnel that led to the underground portion of the base, which also happened to be the detention center.
172- ((I think you and Hypatia are bringing Alice back right now, actually)).
“Ã߀ƒ, i’m still getting the feeling we’re being watched…oh, i don’t know, but my senses have always told me when something bad was going to happen.” *walks at a swift pace down the tunnel.*
“It just occurred to me, what if William is following us?” *pulls out BunnyBlaster and aims it at the collapsed entrance. *fires* *fires several more times*
“There, that should give anyone who might be following us something to think about.” *puts away BunnyBlaster* *walks along at the same pace, then turns to Ã߀ƒ: “I just saw a flash of something over on the wall! RUN GUYS!!!” *runs* then stops and pulls out BunnyBlaster: “fire! i’m sure someone’s after us!”
175- ((Argh! Conflicting plots! Actually, ZVX, I’m not with you guys. I’m heading down another tunnel to rescue our friends. And black bunnies don’t flash in the dark.))
“um..TGYPWYA…I don’t know. I was knocked out before I could hear where they were taking me…when I was in the hostage holding room. That was when they broke my TWTMB. Regardless, all the other MBs are going to head for the hostage holding room. So we’re stuck-oh, did I mention that, if injected into you, bunny venom can be an sedative? I don’t know if it’s coma-causing, or whatever…but don’t let them bite you! Every time they bite you, the sedative period becomes longer…I think it could cause an coma if they bite you too many times and-MMPFFF!”
Freaking out, I realized the bunnies were gagging us.
Tie them up! No more secrets will be revealed!
Devastated by the loss of my beloved cheese, I crossed over to the dark side, and became a bunny spy.
MWAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
I move thru Denver, quietly. the main Attacks on the buunies have been here, but It’s now Only The Resistance.((We Need a New Name!))
I step into the convention center, go up to the stage, standing were Obama Stood a few months before the bunny takeover, I move a few blocks around in the foor, opening the door. I quickly run down to the main commander.
“Move.”
As I struggled, I heard something a bunny said.
“Punk Goddess has crossed over to our side! Soon, we shall have information on the whereabouts of the hypnotized spy…and the REAL spy also!”
Real spy? The hypnotized spy must be Alice…but then, who’s the real spy?
I didn’t have time to wonder, though.
“Take them to the hypnotizing room!”
Only one thing the bunny said seemed to make sense. “Hypnotizing room? Aw, crap,” I thought out loud. However, I was gagged, so it came out as “Mmhm rmm? M mm.”
As the bunnies started to drag us off, I kicked at one with all my might. (Even though my legs were tied together) When the bunny rose again, it looked at me with its teeth bared. “M mm,” I repeated, before the venom started to work.
The tunnel gradually narrowed until I had to crawl on all fours. I squeezed through an opening and found myself in the bunny detention chamber. I did not see AvalonGiral or TGYPWYA anywhere, the chamber was empty. However, I heard voices from down the hall. I tip-toed over to investigate.
what is it??
****Extremely bad news**** “Bunnies have taken Portland OR, I just risked a visit and…devastation…bunnies everywhere, humans gone, William sitting in a newly erected ‘House of Pink’. Got sixteen bunnies with BunnyBlaster, but that’s the only good news”
((169 – Hey, Beavo. Nice to see you again, even if you’re probably going to join the bunnies.))
I received all of the messages calmly, but inside I was breaking. I hadn’t gotten a message, good or bad, from Kitty. What if the bunnies had gotten her during the hostage exchange? I would never be able to forgive myself if she got bunnified. The rest of our family had gone into hiding long ago, and had cut off any connections with me, for safety reasons, since I was a prime member of the resistance. I didn’t know whether they were still safe or whether the bunnies had gotten them. Only Kitty had kept up contact with me, and I’d repaid her kindness by dragging her into this mess. I buried my face in my hands for a few moments, trying to compose myself. Then I began to do something about the recent developments. “POSOC?†I called. “We need to meet with General Valentine, and fast. Half of our strongholds have been taken by the bunnies within the last few hours, and we need to decide on some course of action. The safest thing to do in terms of human lives would be to withdraw to hideouts which we know are safe, but that’s not the greatest thing to do strategically, we need as many hideouts as we can get.â€
I type a code into the outside of Dever. I step inside, and the strong hold moves up, out of the ground.
“Attack the Bunnies!”
“Hey, Turqouise!” I called. “Do you think we can revive Alice with some of the First Aid stuff? I don’t know how much longer we can carry her. Its a while to the central cavern.”
“TGYPWYA!!” I screamed, but it was muffled. Suddenly, I heard a bump against the wall to my left. Huh? A rescue?
I had no time to wonder, though, as we were roughly dragged. I kicked the wall with my feet, hoping whoever it was would get to us-before it was too late…
188- I heard a loud thump from the left wall. I searched around, trying to find what room it came from, when I noticed a doorway that led to a dark room. I walked over and peered inside.
“Hey, bunnies!” *fires automatic pie gun* *SPLATSPLATSPLATSPLATSPLATSPLAT*
“All right,” I replied to Groundhog, “we do need some sort of strategy.” Inwardly, my mind was racing. The Marianas Trench base. It would have to be. But would Valentine approve? Of course- this certainly qualified as the “critical emergency” cited in the retreat clause.
“There’s nothing for it,” I said. “We’ll have to head for the Trench.”
I call POSOC.
“Where should I move Dever to?”
I saw IBCF appear, and was promptly hit in the face with one of those pies. However, some bunnies got hit too, and I liked getting a pie to the face after all this fighting.
Anyway… As soon as the pie barrage hit us, I attacked the bunnies as well as I could. I saw AvalonGirl struggling too, and IBCF ran over to us, still firing away.
187 – “We can try. What’s in there?”
((I will not be on here very much for a while. I am heading over to explain why on the Complaints and Rants thread.))
191- “Are you joking? Denver Citadel’s rooted to bedrock- there’s no way you’ll get it away intact. Try to evacuate as much of the population as you can.
(Incredibly fast moderation, GAPAs- thank you very much!)
“We’re heading for Marianas Trench. Valentine’s just given approval. The BEACON escort fighters will make sure that we’re unopposed until we can reach the coast. After that, it won’t matter- William’s never been able to bring any Bunnius aquaticus over to his side, and the other breeds hate water.”
192- “Sorry about that. Quick, we’ve got to get out of here. Follow me.”
I have created a new species in the Museica. Its a relative of the HPB. Come see it on post 184 of the ships’ logs thread! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
((My, my, I sure missed a ton!))
I shifted my grip on Alice as I turned to Hypatia, “Maybe we could revive her, but there is a small hole in that idea- what in the first aid kit can revive someone? Anyway, if we could just hold on for a bit longer, we’ll get to HQ and then Groundhog and POSOC can check her out. We’re almost there.”
*Black bunny smirks appreciatively for the info, still following*
((Sorry if I’m double posting))
We continued walking along the tunnel. I still felt watched. Suddenly I remembered that Groundhog hadn’t heard from me, and possibly thought I was captured or something. I pulled out my walkie takie and sent a message to Groundhog.
“Groundhog, this is Kitty. Hypatia, Turquoise, and I are carrying Alice. But there is a catch- we feel like we’re being watched. Ã߀ƒ went off on a side tunnel, I don’t know where he is at this point. We are almost to HQ. Please contact me, and tell me what is going on once we get to HQ.”
My walkie talkie crackled to life yet again. Expecting more bad news, I braced myself. However, I was pleasantly surprised to hear my sister’s voice emanating from the tiny speaker. “Kitty!” I exclaimed. “You’re all right! Oh, and don’t say anything important in front of Alice, she might be hypnotized, remember? Anyway, thube hubeadquubartubers ubis bubeubing muboved tubo thube Trubench.” I said to her, thankful that at least the two of us had an alternative to Ble, which Alice understood, making it useless if trying to keep something from her. “Ubit’s nubot ubimmubedubiubate, subo yubou shubould bube ubabuble tubo gubet buback bubefubore wube mubove. Subee yubou suboon, uboh kubay?â€
Black Bunny: *latches claws into wall* *climbs across ceiling*…
*alarm sounds* “Run!” *squeezes into tunnel* *helps TGYPWYA and AvalonGirl get through* *runs*
My walkie talkie crackled again- it was Groundhog confirming my message. Though slightly abashed for forgetting about Alice’s potential danger, I was glad to hear from my sister. ((nice idea for a code Groundhog!!)) I replied, “Shuber! Ubalsubo, dubo yubou hubav ubanuby ubidubeas ubabubout hubow tubo subee ubif ubanubywubun ubis fubollubowubing ubus?”
calls Ã߀ƒ. “Ã߀ƒ, have you discovered anything new? we’re still in here. we’ve got Alice. suspect she’s hypnotized, but not sure…” my walkie talkie crackled off, “Dang it.” i muttered through clenched teeth. “stuck in a tunnel and can’t even see the moon, for god’s sake!”
Dials groundhog22, “Groundhog, we have a problem, we’re being trailed. i’m sure of it.” i tunrned off my walkie-talkie. “No point in wasting batteries.” i thought and pulled my rapid fire mini pie gun out and cocked it. “At least i’ll be ready when whoever’s following us makes their move.”
*frantically attempts to contact Ã߀ƒ* *runs down tunnel*
“There’s a little of H&H tea left over from our last visit. It would probably make a good elixir,” I suggested.
“I suppose so, Hypatia, unless anyone’s first aid kit contains those reviving salts ((they’re called that right?)).”
(( for those MBers who do not know ubbi dubbi, her is a traslation of 200 + 202. 200: The headquarters is being moved to the trench. It’s not immediate, so you should be able to get back before we move. See you soon, Ok? 202: Sure! Also, do you have any ideas about how to see if anyone is following us?))
205-((smelling salts, I think. But I’m far from certain))
“I know they’re somewhere here,” I muttered, plunging my hand into the infimitessally large black hole that might more appropriately be describes as my pant pocket. I amnaged to extract a tiny quantity of said salts. “Here we go,” I said, “You’re right, this will probably work better than tea. You do the honors,” I added, gesturing to Kittymine to take them.
MFFF! Mm mmm! Mff mmm!” (Get out! The bunnies! They’re here!)
I heard the alarm, and started to run. However, I realized I couldn’t move! ‘That second time I was unconscious, they must of bunnified me,’ I thought.
I lunged at Ã߀ƒ, scratching with my claws-which my fingernails had turned into. Watching helplessly…I could only hope that there was a cure.
“Hang on- before I revive Alice, I have a question. If reviving her will allow her to respond and take note of her surroundings, won’t that be a problem? She might be a hypnotized spy! Would we have to blindfold her?”
“Oh yeah. Thats valid. I guess we’re better of carrying her. Still, we all know Alice has walked this tuneel thousands of times before and the bunnies have laready retrieved all of her memories so it won’t do any harm. We’ll have to revive her evenutally, after all,” I said. “I don’t really know.”
“Very well then,” I replied. I took the salts from Hypatia and had the others help me lay Alice on the floor. I crouched down next to her and held the salts to her nose. After a minute of two she muttered and her eyes opened. She gazed up at us and muttered something that I didn’t catch. But I noticed that her eyes grew wide with what seemed to be fear of something she could see. Obviously on the ceiling, since she was on the ground. I turned to look up.
207- “Uh oh”. *sidesteps lunge* *runs to avoid claws* “I hate do to this, Avalon, but it’s for your own good!” *brings pie gun down on Avalon’s head*
210- Black Bunny: *streaks away into the shadows* *vanishes*
I noticed Kittymine looking up towards the ceiling. Instinctively, I craned my neck to see what had attracted her attention.
“TARRR!!”
Swiping, my real self faded away by the second.
“RARR! SSS!!”
As the pie gun hit my head, I was stunned for a second…and then I broke it to bits! Snarling, I stared at Ã߀ƒ, circling him.
Flying towards him, I grabbed the TWTMB from his belt, and snarled into it:
“We need more fighters! Bunnies attacking! TGYPWYA down!”
((SCIENCE LESSON: Bunnified humans can have wings!))
Am I missing something?
I realized what was happening in front of me. I dove forward and grabbed the TWTMB from AvalonBunnyGirl.
“NO! Don’t do it! This is TGYPWYA! AvalonGirl has been bunni-AAAAAAGH!”
AvalonBunnyGirl turned her attack towards me. I only hoped they hadn’t bunnified me to, and if they had, it wouldn’t kick in just now.
213- I grabbed TGYPWYA’s hand and ran with him down the hallway. AvalonGirl tore after us, snarling and growling. We turned around a corner and backed up against the wall. I took out another trusty weapon–a tranquilizar gun. AvalonGirl flew past the corner, and just at the same time I opened fire.
“Truby shubinubing uba flubashlubight ubarubound. Ubevuben ubif whubatubevuber’s fubollubowubing yubou rubuns ubawubay, ubif yubou kubeep thube lubight ubon, ubit wubon’t bube ubabuble tubo fubollubow yubou cluboseluby, uband thuben yubou cuban gubet thrubough thube duboors uband subeal thubem bubehubind yuboou, uband lubeave ubit bubehubind.” I replied to Kittymine’s message. I had to sign off there, because there was yet another message coming in. Ź√Ҳ was reporting some unknown being around as well. This seemed like a bit more than a coincidence. “Turn on a flashlight,and keep shining it around you.” I replied. “If it runs away, then it can’t follow you too closely and you’ll be able to get it off of your tail. If it doesn’t, then at least we’ll know what it is. Oh, and get back to HQ as fast as possible, if you can. There’s something important everyone needs to be there for.”
210- There was nothing there. Whatever had been frightening Alice had either run or was a figment of her immagination. Then Groundhog’s message crackled through my walkie talkie. I slapped myself on the forehead. Duh! Of course! Using a flashlight was such an obvious solution. Why didn’t I think of that? I reached into my pocket, pulling out a slim, largebeam flashlight. I clicked it on and beamed it about. Keeping the beam trained to 5 feet behind us, I told the others, “I’ll go in back and keep this pointed behind us. Oh, and could you help Alice up?” Everyone helped Alice to her feet, and we continued on. Only a 3 minutes until we reach tHQ.
“RRAAR!”
Screaming, I fell to the ground. Numbly feeling the dart, I dimly realized that they would take me to their lab.
“Srsss…”
Hissing, I fell unconscious.
((TGYPWYA, YOU weren’t bunnified. Just so youknow.))
“Where are we?” I asked faintly as Hypatia and Kittymine helped me to my feet. “Is that Kittymine? I haven’t seen you for years.”
“Hello, Alice,” I said, “And welcome back!”
I gingerly touched my cuts. “What happened? How did you get me away from the bunnies? I hardly remember anything…”
“T’was a hostage exchange.” I replied to Alice’s question carefully-we couldn’t give her too much info. “Ã߀ƒ really rescued you, but he had to run off for something and we haven’t seen him since.” I ended my speech quickly and turned toward the others, signaling that we should keep moving. Turquoise led, Hypatia and Ź√Ҳ helped Alice along, and I came in the rear, training my flashlight behind us.
Blackbunny: *curses in a bunny sort of way at the flashlight beam*
219- I made sure AvalonGirl was asleep, then promptly carried her back to the tunnel. Voices of bunny guards echoed around the chamber, driving us to run faster. I pushed Avalon through the small hole, and TGYPWYA pulled from the other side. Once she was in, I picked her back up and we ran for our lives.
((When Ã߀ƒ comes on, he needs to transport me and TGYPWYA to the Center with his PINMB))
“Good shot IBCF!” I commented as I kneeled down to examine AvalonBunnyGirl. “Dang, she got it pretty bad,” I said as I looked over her bunnified features. I heard something in the tunnel behind me. “Let’s get out of here.” We picked her up and continued down the tunnel.
225- PINMB? What does PIN stand for?
226- *runs* *horde of bunnies chases* “Faster, they’re gaining on us! We just have to make it back to the main tunnel, then we can hold them off!”
((Poor, poor AvalonGirl! And welcome back to the land of the conscious, Alice!))
“I’m a bit lost – are we going the right way?” I looked behind me to talk to Kittymine, Hypatia, and ZVX. The flashlight beam flashed all around the dark tunnel. “Wait! What was that? I saw something – shine the light over there!” Kittymine spun the light around, and we all saw a pair of glowing eyes and long black ears.
Black Bunny: *realizes it’s been seen* *freezes undecidedly for a moment* *suddenly bolts off into the darkness*
“What was THAT?” I asked, startled. “A black bunny? But the bunnies are hot pink/hybrid. Since when have there been black bunnies?” Then I remembered TGYPWYA’s message: (166)
“Newfoundland under attack *static* like nothing I’ve *static* seen before the hybrid *static* the worst *static* not all pink be wary of your *static* William is trying to *static* us don’t let it work†I could put in most of the missing words now, but the most crucial lines were, “not all pink to be wary of” and, “William is trying to *static* us don’t let is work!. The static probably meant, “
((arrg! I have to double post- the comment box went screwy!))
The static probably meant, “spy on”! That explains the black bunny. I explained my theory to the others.
“We’ve gotta get out of here. that black bunny could have all sorts of powers!!! let’s not be the first to find out! c’mon!” I pulled out my pie gun and held it aimed over my shoulder, that way i might be able to hit the bunny when it showed itself again. turns to Kittymine and Hypatia. “If we can find Ã߀ƒ, we can probably defeat that bunny. but if it attacks us now, we can’t fight while also carrying Alice, she might get hit by ricocheting artillery.” I turned, then walked back up the tunnel fifteen feet. “If i can pull this thing down, then we’ve got a barrier…the bunny won’t be able to get through….” sheaths pie gun, draws BunnyBlaster. I point my tip at the top of the tunnel. “Kittymine, Hypatia, get Alice outta the way.” I pull the trigger. the ceiling of the tunnel explodes, sending rocks and dust everywhere–dirt comes crashing down, creating a barrier, but it is so dusty i can’t see for all i’m worth. “Hypatia? Kittymine? still there?”
*cough,cough* “Yeah, we’re still here- we look like we’ve been through wars, but otherwise we’re unscathed.” I managed a feeble chuckle. “Now can we please keep going? We need to get there before it moves, and I can see the door in sight!” Yup, 5 feet ahead of us was the door, revealed as the dust settled. “Say, think we should, *cough,sneeze* excuse me, think we should just keep all this dust and rubble on us? Give a greater impression on everyone in there.”
“We’re almost there! Just keep running!”
*snarls of bunnies get louder*
((231 – Yeah, there’s a problem with the blog software that makes the comment boxes shrink if your post is longer than can fit in the original box. It only happens with the new Internet Explorer. I’ve been composing my posts in Word, and then copying them into the comment box, so it doesn’t shrink on me.))
As we mockingly deliberated my question, an odd noise reached our ears- a pounding, snarling sound. Then we heard a faint yell of, “almost there!” Slightly panicked, we jumped to our feet and ran.
*suddenly stops in tracks* *casually leans on wall and waves at bunnies* *bunnies scream furiously and advance*
Good news, commander. The dark bunny has followed the humans back to one of their bases.
(William) GOOD...DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT?
Um…sir, there has been a prisoner escape.
(William) HOW?
Er…there is a previously unknown tunnel that leads to our detention center. Someone got through and rescued two prisoners.
(William) AND YOUR TROOPS STOOD THERE AND DID NOTHING?
No–the humans fought them off, sir. We are pursuing them through their tunnel now.
(William) 3 PUNY HUMANS? ESCAPING YOU? PATHETIC FOOL!!! GET OUT AND FIND THEM OR YOU'LL BECOME MEAT FOR THE DRAGONBUNNIES!!!
Y-y-yessir! *bolts away*
((237, William’s last line- Hee, hee, hee! That bunny exchange, but especially the aforementioned line, is funny!!!!))
“Yeah…keep the dust on. sorry about the explosion, but it was the only way to block that bunny.” I looked through the gloom. “You still got that flashlight?” I turned, reached out and bumped smack into Hypatia. “Oops! sorry Hypatia, i just couldn’t see through all this dang dust.”
239- Black Bunny: *materializes on ceiling* Here is your flashlight. *drops dismantled pieces to floor* You are mine now, humans. *vanishes* *reappears on ground and fires black, extremely sticky substance from weapon attached to arm*
Where am I right now? I assume I’m with groundhog22, transporting the hybrid to the Marianas base.
241- Actually, I think we already exchanged the hybrid bunny with Alice. Or am I thinking of something else?
242- Definitely. I’m conscious and unaware of my hypnotism right now.
((Hold it. The black bunny is shooting black sticky stuff at Hypatia, Ź√Ҳ, and Kittymine?))
((244- yes it is. I think it is probably tar or something similar. And since when did the bunny have my flashlight? As far as I know, I was holding it!))
((245 – I dunno, maybe Ã߀ƒ thought you dropped it. If it does turn out that you still get shot with black sticky stuff, remember that you are wearing a bunnyproof suit and are not completely defenseless.))
((Oh yeah, thanks! I forgot I was wearing the suit.))
244 – ((And me!))
((Suits. How nice!))
((245- Very sneaky, those black bunnies. They can steal something right under your nose, especially in a dark tunnel with lots of dust falling around.))
((249- good point. Well, glad I have the suit!))
The black bunny was shooting something all over- I think it was tar. Certainly smelled like it. Noticing that he was aiming for our weapons and gear, I quickly lowered the visor on my suit. If the tar should stick the joints, at least I would be protected. I also ducked and rolled around, trying to minimize the target. I think this helped a bit, but the bunny was still shooting. Pulling out my gun, I aimed for his weapon, but unfortunately my gun had been tarred up. Cursing under my breath, I dove behind a large boulder. Noticing that my walkie-talkie was still on, I tried desperately to get through to Groundhog.
“Groundhog! This is Kitty! Quick- what kind of extra things can your new suits do? We’re being *crash, thump, squirt, Ow!* attacked by a black bunny squirting tar! I-*thundering noise like a pack or rhinos*.†*Silence*
*fires BunnyBlaster at black bunny* *black bunny ducks* I call to Hypatia and Kittymine: “See if there’s a way out o’ this place! I can’t keep this bunny here for very long. It’s got some black goo weapon.” I dodge against the wall. “Not this time, you mutant piece of black fur on measly bones!” blasts black bunny with BunnyBlaster, it crashes into the wall, but leaps up and fires with goo. I duck and draw my lightsaber. lunging in, I slash the bunny with it; “this bunny must be made of iron! i got it with the BunnyBlaster and it’s still fighting! i never knew a bunny that could do that!” i lash some goo from the air as it sails toward me. “A bunch of good that explosion did!” i yelled to Kittymine.
“No escape now…” the bunny hisses, and starts shooting balls of fire at me–i blast him with BunnyBlaster–it hits a fireball: a colossal explosion ensues. “Another one!!” i shout over my shoulder, dust and rubble are everywhere, nothing can be seen in the wrecked tunnel. “AAAAARRGHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUN!”
((251- No lightsabers, please. This is Earth.))
Black Bunny: Die now, humans… *fires full blast of tar*
227-((PINMB stands for Photon Instantaneous Neutralizer of MuseBloggers. Basically, a transporter-only Ã߀ƒ has one right now. It transports the user, and whoever the user is touching. Which would be me, and TGYPWYA.))
252- “I don’t think so!” I growled at the bunny. My walkie talkie had been taken out by his sprayer, but I still had one more trick up my sleeve- and oil sprayer. Oil repells tar and other sticky stuff. So even when the bunny tried to gum it up, the tar just slid off. I grinned and fired. Oil sprayed everywhere, sliding the tar off us and spraying the bunny straight in the face. It spluttered and coughed. Taking the chance, I pulled out my Bunny Baster, de-gooed it, aimed, and fired. Bulls eye, straight to the temple! The treacherous sneak fell back, unconscious.
((Oh, I forgot that Bunny Blasters don’t work on it. Fine, it’s pretending to be unconscious.))
“WELL WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? FINISH IT OFF!” I yelled, “That thing is practically a sitting duck. finish it.” i said, raising my BunnyBlaster, “No, wait. we don’t have to kill it. why not shove it through the rubble? that way it won’t be able to follow us, and Ã߀ƒ
is already far enough in the tunnels that the bunny won’t find him either. what do you think?”
Black Bunny lays inert, probably waiting for a chance to spring.
i turn to Kittymine, “Wait a minute. that bunny could have supernatural powers. what do you think is safest?”
Uh-oh. I don’t have a suit, and our group was just attacked by Black Bunny…
257-((So dive for cover.))
*bunny suddenly slides away and vanishes into darkness*
259-((PINMB stands for Photon Instantaneous Neutralizer of MuseBloggers. Basically, a transporter-only Ã߀ƒ has one right now. It transports the user, and whoever the user is touching. Which would be me, and TGYPWYA. Sooo, Ã߀ƒ, transport us to the Headquarters, where I am studied.))
((okay, let me figure this out, missing two days can be confusing. IBCF & I have just, or have almost, escaped the bunnies with AvalonGirl, who is apparently still out cold. Apparently, we should be on our way to hq, wherever that is. Meanwhile, ZVX, Alice (hypnotised), Turquoise, and Kittymine have been fighting the black bunny, who pretended to be unconcious, then just escaped while you were arguing over what to do with it. POSOC is confused, we haven’t heard from Groundhog or Hypatia recently, so I have no idea where they are, and The Man For Aeiou is supposed to be moving human hideouts, but i don’t know what happened there, either. Correct me on anything if I’m wrong))
((260- A transporter? I don’t think we have that kind of technology–or do we? I thought this was supposed to be set a just few decades in the future…))
((261- We’re about to escape the bunnies.)) *bunny horde gets just 5 meters away from us* “Watch this!” *presses button on wall* *trap door opens under bunnies* *several bunnies fall into deep pit* *the rest of the bunnies back up and snarl at us, but can’t cross*
262-((We stole it from the bunnies. ‘K?))
((263- Fine…but it just kind of ruins the drama…I mean, if the bunnies can make transporters, then they can just transport themselves right into our base!))
((264- Unless it’s a prototype transporter. Now that it’s gone the bunnies can’t use it, but because it was only a prototype it doesn’t work too well…))
“uh oh. if the bunnies can make transporters, no where’s safe.”
“That means we’re gonna have to take them down now. If they can get us anywhere, we’ll have to take back what’s ours before they can build more transporters.”
265-((As Alice said-” Unless it’s a prototype transporter. Now that it’s gone the bunnies can’t use it, but because it was only a prototype it doesn’t work too well…” It was a prototype load of transporters stolen from the transporting workforce bunnies. AND, the spy (black bunny) was going to tell his leaders where he was, so they could transport to him. ))
well, we need to crush the bunnies once and for all.
“Where’d it go? Is everyone OK?”
I heard Kitty’s voice come over my walkie-talkie again, asking what sort of things the new suits could do, but then cut out abruptly. I decided to send her a message, which she could pick up when her walkie-talkie got fixed. “They can’t do anything new offensively, they still have the old depigmentizer darts in them.” I said into the mike on my desk. “But as long as you keep your helmet visors down, they can’t hypnotize you or anything. I’m really sorry.” I cursed myself for not finishing the new depigmentizer darts faster. They were done now, but that didn’t help everyone who had already taken a suit. A electric sound made me turn, just in time to see IBCF and TGYPWYA fizzle into being in the lab, carrying an unconscious, bunnified, AvalonGirl. “Oh, no!” I exclaimed, running over to them. “What happened?”
256-“I dunno, I guess if we tranquilized it…”
*Black bunny vanishes as per 259*
“Heck, it got away, and it’s probably still around. Okay everyone, let’s take a head count. Hypatia- you’re by the wall; Alice- you’re behind that boulder; Turquoise- next to me; Ź√Ҳ- also next to me; and I’m here, obviously. Now, we need to get to the door. I suggest that we keep our visors down in case that bunny reappears. Unfortunately, Alice doesn’t have a suit, but *lowers voice so Alice can’t hear* if she was already hypnotized, the only real danger she has is bunnification. We’ll just have to protect her. *raises voice back to normal level* Okay then- let’s go for that door and be on your guard! Oh, Hypatia, could you buddy up with Alice?†Hypatia nodded and joined Alice. We moved off quickly, hoping that the bunny wouldn’t appear again, but knowing that it probably would.
((question for the assembled MBers- when a bunny hypnotizes, does it only do the eye thing as described in 107, or does it also talk persuasively?))
((I think it does the eye thing, and then it won’t need to talk persuasively, because the victim is already hypnotized and will do whatever the bunnies tell him or her to do.))
((256, 268- Fine, fine…)) 271- “TGYPWYA and AvalonGirl were captured by the bunnies, and they managed to semi-bunnify AvalonGirl before I could get to them. We’ll have to give her surgery.”
*gives groundhog transporter* “This thing is too dangerous to use. Hide it, and make sure it doesn’t fall into the hands of the bunnies. Don’t use it unless it’s absolutely necessary.”
~
*black bunny starts covering path with tar*
((I mean, IF the bunny is trying to get their victim to stand still long enough to do the eye thing on them))
((276 – Ohhh! In those situations, yes they do.))
((The following is not for the faint hearted:))
275 – I took the transporter from Ã߀ƒ. “I’ll disable it, just in case there’s another one of these that needs this one in order to work properly.” I then looked at AvalonGirl. “She’ll need surgery, yes. But she’ll need to have the bunny dogma removed from her mind first. Otherwise, the surgery won’t have any effect. The first step, however, is to depigmentize her.” I pulled out one of the new depigmentizer syringes and injected its contents into AvalonGirl’s arm. Within a few seconds, most of the hot pink color had left her skin, leaving it an almost normal color. “It’s a good thing she’s unconscious,” I remarked. “She’d be really hard to deprogram otherwise. Which, incidentally, is what we need to do to her next. That room over there has the necessary equipment. When that’s done, we’ll need to reverse the surgical adjustments that the bunnies made.” I dragged AvalonGirl into the room that I’d just pointed out, and strapped her into a chair in the center of the room. I grimaced. Debunnification was not the most tasteful of processes, to say the least. I attached monitoring electrodes to her wrists and temples, and gave her a sleep drug, so that she wouldn’t regain consciousness during the process. Then I dragged an apparatus that looked like a brainwashing device from a corny old movie over to the chair. What it really was was a combination brain scanner and thought extractor. It would scan AvalonGirl’s brain, and show the areas that were housing the bunny dogma on a screen. Then I would be able to tell it to extract the thoughts from those areas, which would remove the bunny dogma from her brain. Another screen, the feed from the monitoring electrodes, would show her vital signs, so that I could slow down or pause the debunnification process if it was straining her body too much. I positioned it over her head, and retreated behind a glass partition, where the screens were. I turned on the vital signs monitor and the brain scanner. Her vital signs were fine, as was expected, but her brain was something else. The areas which were housing bunny dogma, shown in hot pink, were all over her brain! I clicked a button on a remote control sitting near me, which made the scanner move in until it touched AvalonGirl’s head. Then I clicked another button on the control, which made a small door on the chair’s headrest open up and a pair of blacked-out goggles to come out of the opening and strap themselves over her eyes–I didn’t want her eyes popping out. Then, reluctantly, I selected the hot pink areas on the brain scan and pushed the putton labeled EXTRACT
on the console. Immediately, the thought extractor began to pulse, and AvalonGirl began to scream. I was glad that the glass partition muted the screaming somewhat, but it was still horrible to hear. After a few seconds, she began writhing in the chair, still screaming like a banshee. I looked at her vital signs. Her heart rate was elevated, and her breathing was practically off the charts. I clicked yet another button on the remote, which activated an oxygen mask in the chair. It would give her the correct amount of oxygen for her breathing rate, so that she wouldn’t end up with the usual effects of hyperventilation. I looked back at the brain scan, and found that over half of the pink areas had disappeared already. That was good. She obviously hadn’t been bunnified for very long, otherwise this would take a lot longer. I endured a few more minutes of AvalonGirl’s screaming and writhing, until at long last the screen flashed COMPLETE
at me, and the thought extractor backed away from the chair. I clicked the release button on my remote, which made the chair undo all of the various straps holding her down. I dragged her back out to the main room and laid her on a couch. “Can you help with the surgery in a few minutes?” I asked Ã߀ƒ. “I think we may actually need to use the transporter in the near future. We’re retreating to the trench as soon as everyone gets back.” I sent a message to POSOC telling him that there was a new development which could make our retreat much easier, and then sat back down at my desk.
(272)[“tranquilize it?” i sniggered]
“dang it. it got away, it might go attack someone else–or it might attack us. either way, things aren’t going to be a picnic.” i pointed out to Kittymine. “But at least it’s away right now: we should take advantage of its absence. Hypatia! can you manage Alice on your own?” i unsheathed my claymore, its blade glinting in the near-total
darkness. “I’ll see if i can distract the bunny from Alice if it comes again, since she’s hypnotized, her life is basically in our hands. Kittymine, see if you can back me up if the bunny comes, (that was an excellent shot with the BunnyBlaster, by the way)”
277- ((That reminded me of a scene from the movie “I am Legend,” when Neville tried to cure an infected woman.)) “Sure, I’ll help.”
~
Black Bunny: *finishes covering path with tar* *climbs onto ceiling and waits*
277-((WHAT KIND OF SURGERY??!!!))
((279 – *takes bow* Oh wait–that was a compliment, right? And are we going to find out the purpose of covering the tunnel in tar? The suspense is killing me!))
“Okay,” I replied to Ã߀ƒ. “She needs a little rest before we operate on her, but we should be able to do it before we move into the trench.”
((Remember, I have claws, fangs, and large bat wings. That’s what the surgery is for, correct? I still don’t like surgery…))
((281- No, that wasn’t really a compliment or an insult. It just kind of reminded me of the movie)).
((282- Don’t worry, you won’t feel a thing. ))
Black Bunny: *plans to trap humans between himself and a coating of extremely sticky tar*
We continued on. As we walked toward the door, now 10 feet away, I noticed an odd squelching noise coming from the floor. Pulling out my penlight (my flashlight having been previously dismembered) I aimed it at the floor. TAR- everywhere. Dripping, squelching, sticking, and most importantly, trapping us in a web of goo. Suddenly a torrent of the tar poured down from the ceiling, obscuring the door and everything else from our vision. Luckily we all had oil on ourselves, so the tar slid off. But if this torrent kept going, we’d drown! At the moment, the “sea†of tar was about ankle deep. “RUN FOR THE DOOR! Get out your weapons!†It was at that moment when we were fumbling for our weapons when the bunny appeared (we could see him b/c my penlight was still on).
((279- is I Am Legend good? I saw a preview for it- it looks cool!))
I walked into the main room, where IBCF and Groundhog where talking. I had been getting some R & R, after nonstop action since post #132.
“Hey IBCF, it’s great to see you again, Groundhog, and… whoa. AvalonGirl is looking better, but it looks like you aren’t done yet. Is there any way I can help before I head back out into the field to finish what I started? I mean, if it wasn’t for you guys, I’d be dead, or worse… I guess… well, how can I help?”
((Also, if we stay out in the tar too long, we will stick. In fact, we are probably already starting to stick because oil only lasts so long.))
((284- “I am Legend” is a pretty good movie, but kind of sad though…especially when–well, you’ll have to see it for yourself.))
Black Bunny: *throws sharp, deadly metal object at humans*
((Sorry to double post, but the computer I’m currently using only has IE7.))
285- “We haven’t heard from the rescue party since they were attacked by that black bunny. Do you think you could go back in the tunnels and see if you can find them? The door’s that way.” *points*
“I think we’re ready for the surgery now, groundhog.”
288 – “Okay.” I replied, pressing the “Prep for Surgery” button on my desk, which opened up a different door, revealing a washing-up room with nurse-bots scurrying around it. A gurney rolled out of the door, and I placed AvalonGirl on it. It rolled back through the prep room and into the operating theater. I gave a theatrical bow, gesturing for Ã߀ƒ to enter.
It was getting harder to run through the tar- it seemed to be sucking at our legs, threatening to devour us. Then the bunny started throwing something mettalic at us. One hit the tunnel wall, emmbedding itself in the dirt. Great, I thought. Now we’ll be sliced to bits! I when for my walkie talkie, only to find it missing. “Guys, I think we’re in big trouble…” I saw something gleam dully near me. Then I heard a snicker.
Bunny: *prepare to die, humans!*
((It’s thoughtful of the bunnies to let their enemies prepare to die. Clearly they haven’t read the Evil Overlord list.))
289- *walks in* *looks at AvalonGirl* “Hm. Hmmm…We’ll have to get rid of the claws and the fangs and the wings. Her ears don’t seem to have developed, fortunately”. *brings tools*
290- Black Bunny: *produces two daggers* *climbs across ceiling and swings at Kittymine from above*
((291 – I thought the evil overlords always said stuff like that.))
((Oops, sorry for doubleposting!))
292 – I followed Ã߀ƒ into the washroom, and allowed the nurse-bots to scrub me down to within an inch of my life and change my lab coat for a set of scrubs. “Yeah,” I replied to Ã߀ƒ as they were doing so. “And maybe we can get some of the pink stains from the dye out while we’re at it.” As the bots tied a mask over my face, I hummed ‘Like A Surgeon’, and enterd the operating room.
((293 – They do, and hence their evil plans come to naught. The aforesaid list is a guide to would-be evil overlords so they can learn from the mistakes of their predecessors.))
((295 – Aha. I guess that’s a good sign, because it would imply that the bunnies are capable of making other mistakes as well.))
294- ((Ooo, robots. How sophisticated.))
*whistles* *brings saws and other dangerous looking tools* *begins operation*
((296 – They’re pretty dense in some ways, and they do have weak points — overconfidence, for one. Also, for reasons nobody understands, they can’t abide music played in 3/4 time. Waltzes drive them crazy. Something in the way their nerves are wired requires the symmetry of 4/4 time or its equivalent. It’s odd.))
((298 – Thank you!!))
As Ã߀ƒ and I began the operation, a message came in from one of the GAPAs. It said that the bunnies couldn’t stand music played in 3/4 time. I made a mental note to invent a music gun sometime in the very near future. I fastened an anesthetic mask over AvalonGirl’s face, so that when the injection I gave her wore off, she wouldn’t wake up. “What do you think we should start on?” I asked him. “The wings?”
GAPAs, why did you cut that post?
I looked up. There was the bunny, holding two immensely sharp and pointy daggers at me. They also appeared to be heavy, which would help give them greater momentum if the bunny were to drop them. IF-yeah right. More like WHEN. I screamed and moved to dodge, only to find that my feet were stuck in the tar. “Guys, keep moving or you’ll get stuck-go for help! I’ll try and manage!” I heard someone shout something and fire a blaster. The blast bounced off the bunny. It grinned wickedly.
Bunny: * I seem to have been hit. An injured bunny can’t hold such heavy knives…*
The daggers fell, seemingly in slow motion. I closed my eyes, hoping that my helmet might just protect me. I felt a skull-cracking thud, saw a blinding light, and then everything went black.
299- “Yes, the wings. They’re ugly.” *gets to work*
I watched as Kittymine fell. Some little nerve inside me told me to scream, to run to her, something, but I just didn’t care enough. The Black Bunny swung towards me, talking. Its eyes weren’t black at all, but those multicolored swirling orbs that seemed so familiar to me. I nodded and bowed despite all my impulses. I found myself standing on a rock, no longer mired in the tar, and the Black Bunny swung away. My distant self cried out at my folly, but that part of my brain was no longer in control.
I took a flying leap, landing clear of the tar, and began to run down the tunnel, leaving my friends far behind.
302-((MY WINGS ARE NOT UGLY!!!! And ‘sides, wouldn’t you want a friend who can fly? And…MY WINGS ARE NOT UGLY!!!!))
“Alice! She’s gone! And Kittymine’s down!” I screamed at my walkie-talkie. “The black bunny’s gone, and we’re stuck in this tar!”
*not into walkie talkie* “How can we get out of this muck? Someone has to carry Kittymine, and the tar’s hardening. Expletive. Is there anything we can do to get this tar out of the way? Or melt a path through it or something?”
305- *hears walkie-talkie* “Groundhog, we have a problem. Could the operation wait?”
306 – “As long as she’s out, we can keep her that way while we move, and do the operation afterwards.” I replied. “But we may have to postpone the move a bit too, considering that the exchange team seems to have run into problems. We need everyone in here before we retreat o the trench.”
((gotta go. I’ll finish later.))
“No! it can’t be!” i hurried over to Kittymine, she lay there, still. “Turquoise, d’you have anything we could make a stretcher from? if she lies in this tar too long, then she’ll be stuck and we won’t be able to get her out.” suddenly, i remembered something. i had a roll of string in my pocket! i pulled it out.
“Turquoise, Hypatia, give me your BunnyBlasters. we can lash them together to create a stretcher with this string in my pocket.” i pulled my own BunnyBlaster, and started to put it down–
*thud* the bunny sprang on top of me. i rolled out of the way as i hit the floor. the bunny pulls a wicked dart from its other paw, and advances on me. “You will die…NOW!” the bunny leaped onto me, i grunted in pain and punched it.
the bunny laughed and picked its’ dart up from the ground–or tar, i should say.
drawing my own dagger i lay there poised to stab the bunny the moment it injected its dart.
((please build on))
308- Black Bunny: *latches claws back onto wall* *hurls sharp star-shaped pieces of metal at ZVX*
((continuing))
I’d heard the walkie-talkie as well as Ã߀ƒ had, and…It was almost too horrible for me to fathom. Kitty was down, presumably due to a blow from a bunny, and her suit would only go so far if she was unconscious. What if the bunnies took her captive? I shelved my thoughts for a moment to reply to Ź√Ҳ’s transmission. “I guess that means the bunnies really did have her hypnotized. TGYPWYA is on his way, so you’ll have some more help in a moment.” As I ended the transmission, my thoughts returned to Kitty. I’d do anything to rescue her, even come out of combat retirement right then and there and go charging into the bunnies’ headquarters to retreive her. Hopefully none of that would be necessary, but all the same…
((Oh, and Kitty? Don’t you dare get yourself bunnified. It’d be too painful to debunnify my own sister, but I also wouldn’t entrust the operation to anyone else, so that could cause problems.))
((I’M NOT GOING TO BE BUNNIFIED!!!!! DO YOU THINK I’M CRAZY OR SOMETHING? I actually did think about getting hypnotized by the bunny, but that was just too boring. Besides, Alice is already hypnotized, so why would they need me?))
((I know this thread is very far in, but I’ve read the entire story and I would like to join in, if it isn’t too late!))
((312- Sure, you can join!))
“I see someone needs some help.” I said, stepping out of the shadows serenely. “Aaah… I am the Bookworm, and I am here to help Kitty…” Raising my hands, I focused…
314- ((Maybe you should give some backround information about yourself, first. And the tunnel is saturated in sticky tar)).
((Oh well….I guess my story will wait…))
“Hello? I thought I heard something…”
I finally found where the small group was, and the chaos it was in.
I saw Kitty down and started to run to help… but I was stopped abruptly by the tar.
“What the…?”
I regained my state of mind and called out,
“Is Kittymine okay?â€
“We’re not sure,†someone called out. “And Alice is gone!â€
“Aw, *censored*.†I muttered, sloshing through the sticky, slowly solidifying goo.
“Wait,†I called out, “whatever happened to the black bunny?â€
Black Bunny: *slowly sneaks up behind TGYPWYA, weapon in hand*
“TGYPWYA! LOOK OUT!” I shot a blast at the bunny, but I only clipped it’s ear. It shrieked in pain, but didn’t stop coming. TGYPWYA spun around and whacked the bunny squarely on the head. It fell, but fired its weapon first…((continue))
((311 – Just checking. I never know with you.
314 – Yes, you should probably transistion yourself in a bit better. What you just did would make them suspicious that you are a bunny spy or something.))
((Sorry everyone! Ignore that last post. How does this sound:))
I was born before the bunnies took control, and when their uprising occured, I slipped into a library, which was deserted. I’ve lived there for many years, and just discovered a secret passage out…
Commander, we have lost the escaped captives in the tunnels. They say the humans have opened a deep pit that they cannot cross.
(William) YOU WILL BRING YOUR FORCES INTO THE TUNNEL AND GET ACROSS THIS PIT.
Um…how, sir?
(William) I DON'T KNOW!!! BUILD A BRIDGE! USE STILTS! FILL UP THE PIT, IF YOU HAVE TO! JUST GET ACROSS THE THING!
Yessir! *scrambles away*
((wow! i admire William’s temper!))
“uuunnnh….” i groaned. it felt like there was a dagger imbedded in my shoulder, i looked down: there, straight from my shoulder, was half of a star shaped metal barb. my dagger was still in my hand, but even though it was a thin blade, it felt heavy. “Dang it.” i muttered. “That bunny is too strong to be fought by me alone. hmm…wonder how Kittymine’s doing?” i groped for my walkie-talkie. it was safe and unharmed under my jacket. i called.
“Groundhog, we have a major problem. the bunny’s left. Kittymine’s down, and i’ve been stabbed. could you dispatch a troop to hunt down that bunny? it’s impervious to BunnyBlasters, but swords and daggers DO work. pie guns maybe…?” i shut off the walkie talkie. “Well, at least they know that our group has deteriorated. and now that bunny’s going to come back here and finish us off. pity.” i thought, and chuckle humorlessly to myself. “At least i’ll see if i can kill that black blight THIS time around.” I looked around through the gloom.
“Still there?” i called.
I don’t know if I should join this game or not.
I groaned. A troop? A troop? We didn’t have any troops left! “Okay, I’m sending you some robo-soldiers. They’ll be there in a moment. Over and out.” I replied. I pulled on my own bunnyproof suit, which had a finger-gun full of the new darts. We didn’t really have any robo-troops, but if that bunny was still around, it wouldn’t be very good to say that over the walkie-talkie. I filled my pack with packages of the new darts, stuffed a flashlight into one of the pockets, and slipped my CD player and portable speakers into the top. Thank heavens I’d saved that CD of mine and Kitty’s choir performance from so long ago. I activated the GPS in everyone’s suits, and discovered that the exchange team was right outside the bulkheads. That was both good and bad. I slipped a few other experimental items into my pack, sealed my helmet, and stepped into the airlock. I slipped through the doors, the GPS showing me where everyone was. Kitty was stuck in the tar, and Ź√Ҳ was down as well. The only one still standing was Turquoise. I pulled one of my experimental items out–some acid. The suits were impervious to it, but it would probably get rid of the tar very nicely. I dumped it on the ground, hearing the tar sizzle around my feet. Good thing the helmets had air filters. Then I pulled out the CD player and turned it on. The sound of choral music in 3/4 time filled the tunnel. I decided to wait until I heard the bunny screaming before I switched on my flashlight.
((Where should I come in? See 320 for character bio.))
((Oh! I was wondering what the CD Player was for!))
((Also, though I know I’m going to sound like a filthy hypocrite, could we speed up this tunnel thing? It appears that it may be finished soon, but it just seems like we’ve been stuck in the tunnel, 5 feet from the door, for ages. I vote to get on with the story. (I sound like a hypocrite because I just knocked myself out, hence elongating the time of being stuck in the tunnel.) ))
((Sorry for the double post!))
((Groundhog, you forgot about Hypatia- she AND Turquoise are still standing.))
323-((How about you’re a worker in MedLab (Yes, I do watch too much B5) who is making sure I don’t wake up-see posts 299 and 277.))
*black bunny bolts away at the sound of music in 3/4 time, covering ears*
328-((What about me?))
I laughed grimly at the sound of the bunny’s screams. “Serves him right.” i thought. the pain in my shoulder was building. i attemted to raise myself, but that only created another explosion of pain. “Well come on bunny, we’re sitting ducks, come on and finish us off like the coward you are.” i snarled to myself.
“Turquoise, could you grab me my BunnyBlaster? i might be able to lean on that before the bunny comes.” i rolled into a more comfortable position.
((331- I don’t think he’ll come back anytime soon. They simply can’t stand music played in 3/4 time.))
You lot, get some boards and nails! We’re building a bridge over this thing!
*nod* *drool* *get to work*
“Here, ZVX.” *gives BunnyBlaster* “Do we have any First Aid stuff? For ZVX’s shoulder?” I asked Hypatia.
Whatever waepon that bunny had fired at me, it seemed to have missed. I was about to attack it in return when music surged throught the tunnel. The bunny screamed an scampered away. I was confused, then I realized the song’s timing. 3/4. (I wonder why bunnies hate 3/4 time?)
“Hello? Is anyone injured?” I called out, but I knew that at least one person was down. I staggered forward, unaware that my senses were quickly fogging up. I sprinted towards Hypatia, Turquiose, and the others. “Whoa,” I said, spotting ZVX, clearly in pain. “That’s gotta hurt.” I turned to Hypatia to say something, then realized I could barely see, and dark tunnel wasn’t to blame. I felt terrible, and I realized that the bunny’s weapon had hit me and was working. Unfortunately, I had little time to think about it. I fell to the ground. “I… can’t… breathe…â€
“TGYPYWA! Are you okay? Did the bunny get you? What – ” He sank to the floor. “Oh, expletive. *into walkie-talkie* TGYPYWA’s been hit with some sort of new weapon! We need a med person right now!”
“I’m coming!” I shouted into my walkie-talkie to Turquoise, “I’m the Bookworm, a trainee medical doctor. What symptoms is TGYPYWA suffering from?” While speaking into my walkie-talkie, I zoom out to the tunnel and TGYPYWA, excited for my first mission after months of training…
((Is this a better way to join?))
“Thanks,” i said weakly and picked up the BunnyBlaster. “First let’s get this darned thing out o’ my shoulder.” i indicated the wound.
*on walkie talkie* “How’s everyone doing over there? Is Kittymine hurt? I hear you’ve been had a run-in with a black bunny. And have you seen Alice?”
*On Walkie-Talkie* “TGYPYWA, Kittymine, and ZVX are all down! I don’t know if I can treat them all. Kitty and ZVX are conventionally wounded, but TGYPYWA is critical, and it could be lethal for him… I could use another doctor!” Strapping back my Walkie-Talkie, I knelt down to ZVX and applied a local anesthesia through a needle. I then yanked the weapon out of him and moved to Kittymine. But it was too late. Tar had hardened, and she was stuck! ((I hope that’s okay!))
((336 – Oh, yeah. We need a real doctor, Ã߀ƒ and I are already mutitasking a lot.
339 – I just used the acid to dissolve all the tar.))
340-((Didn’t that dissolve her back then?))
“Thanks,” i said to the Bookworm. “Odd feeling in the shoulder though…numb.” i stretched my newly healed shoulder. “But tend to
TGYPWYA first. i’ll be fine. don’t worry about it. i’ll see if i can contact IBCF and groundhog22, they’ll be able to help with Kittymine.”
walked toward the door, then looked down at Kittymine. “Turquoise, come over here. help me carry Kitty through the door.”
i walked over and pushed open the entrance.
the first thing i saw was a pair of pink ears.
((the drama builds!))
“You’re welcome!” I say to ZVX as I walk to TGYPWYA’s unmoving body. “This looks bad.” I say as I kneel down and feel his pulse. “There is one, it’s very faint.” I take out an needle and inject him. Nothing happens. After trying another: “It’s hopeless. We need to take him back to the lab. Will some help me?”
((341 – No, the suits are acid-proof. I wouldn’t want to kill anyone.))
344-((Good.))
i slammed the door. “there’s bunnies behind this thing! run!” i snatched one of the black bunny’s daggers from the floor. thrusting it forcefully into the door, i wedged it shut. i drew my sword, as it whipped out, its tip hit the wall, except it wasn’t a wall it hit. it was a flat piece of wood. i gouged frantically at the dirt with the claymore point. “Turquoise, Hypatia, there’s a concealed door here. we can get through it.” i whispered, not wanting the bunnies on the other side to hear.
suddenly, the door shook, and the following crash was earsplitting.
“No time to talk. come on!” i lifted Kittymine and carried her into the opening i had made.
Before they disappeared completely, I reached into my bag and pulled out a bunch of the new depigmentizer darts. “Here.” I said, handing the packages to The Bookworm. “These are the new depigmentizer darts. They work on the hybrid and dart-resistant bunnies. Hopefully you won’t need them, but you never know.” I watched them escape through the hidden door. I couldn’t go with them, there was the rather important matter of the pink ears that Ź√Ҳ had seen. I assumed that AvalonGirl had woken up and overpowered Ã߀ƒ. The song had ended, so I set the CD player to single repeat for that song, pressed the play button, and opened the doors, confident that the music and my bunnyprof suit would protect me.
347-((No, I’m still in MedLab, unconscious.))
Standing in front of TGYPWYA’s body, I waited for the swarms of bunnies that were surely waiting behind the door. Hoping this would not be my last mission as well as my first! Then Groundhog opened the door, and all hell broke loose…
*I start to thrash around, due to my head injury* ((I’m still unconscious))
(William) *smashes through opening, wearing full suit of thick, pink armor*
((What happened to TGYPWYA? *reads posts* Oh okay.))
Bunnies swarmed through the door, screaming loudly. “Wait!” I yelled. “Everyone be quiet!” The bunnies, in a moment of temporary stupidity, obeyed and heard the music. They screamed again, louder, and dashed in all directions. We ran through the door, and I stopped to help carry Kittymine and keep her still. The bunnies…((continue))
352- The bunnies ran back through the doorway, but William’s helmet armor must have been soundproof, as he charged right past the CD player and into the tunnel.
“aaargh!!!” i ran after Turquoise and drew my sword. not a moment too soon either, because William leaped forward, and behind him–was the black bunny.
the black bunny leaped toward me, hissing “YOU!” i parried and leaped towards the wall. blasters fired as more bunnies stormed into the narrow tunnel…dust floated everywhere. the ring of metal on metal resounded throughout the tightly packed space. “Groundhog, make sure NO ONE gets bunnified!” i shouted. “We can’t afford any more injuries–” i crashed over as William hit me.
he stood over me. “Well well well, if isn’t our little…spy hinderer…” William’s mouth creased in a sadistic smile behind his armored helmet. I lay there, knowing i was almost dead. all William had to do was make a small movement, and i would be dead, but he seemed to want to gloat before he killed me.
i suddenly rolled to the side. William sprang, and i dodged him.
i lashed through the air with my sword, and a bunny thudded heavily to the ground. I scrambled away, attempting to find the others.
((Um, I realize that this is not exactly a realistic RPG, but how would the HPBs get behind the bulkheads? I didn’t let any in when I exited, and while I know that HPBs are many things, able to pass through walls is not one of them.))
354- ((You couldn’t tell if William was smiling; his armor cover his entire body, like a stormtrooper. Except much thicker and pink.))
355- ((Wait–I thought the HPBs were attacking from the tunnel that leads to the detention center. Let’s just that’s what’s happening right now.))
(William) *smashes CD player to bits* AFTER THEM!
((356 – Well, in that case, I’m not there, I’m heading back to the lab.))
((I am sooo confused- where are the bunnies attacking from?))
358- ((They’re behind us, and the lab is in front of us. Which means we have to run.))
*still in the lab* *operates on AvalonGirl, oblivious to the attacking bunnies*
Bunnies swarmed me! I stood over the unconsious, or worse TGYPWYA. I drew a depigmentizer from my pack and threw it at William. It hit perfectly, but didn’t pierce his armor. William turned toward me. I knew he was grinning evilly, even though I couldn’t see it. I had a choice, stay and die, or leave TGYPWYA to die, or be bunnified. My friends had all disappeared, presumably running back to the lab and leaving me to die. Therefore, I thought, I would do the same. You can’t save everyone. I sprinted, in a mad dash for freedom! The bunnies where dumbstruck, presuming I would die a noble death. That second was all I needed. Although a coward, I made it back to the lab. better dishonored than dead, I believe!
*pants* “What….what happened….TGYPWYA? Bunnies….follow…here?”
*sees everyone rush into lab* “What happened? Where is everyone? Did the bunnies get through?”
((Aha. Now I see what’s going on.))
The music stopped abruptly when William attacked my CD player. Hopefully the disc wasn’t scratched. Well, I thought to myself. He may be able to smash the CD player, but he can’t stop me from singing. I turned on my helmet mike, set it to send my voice to a speaker on the outside of my helmet, and began to sing. It probably wouldn’t be as effective as the CD, but it should still work. I had to keep everyone from getting bunnified, and this was the only method I had that I was sure would work on all of them. Although if William’s armor was soundproof, then my singing might not penentrate it. I made a gun finger at William, and shot. A depigmentizer dart flew from my finger gun. Luckily this one had been fired properly. You could throw one by hand of course, but that wouldn’t give it the compressed air boost that the finger gun gives it, and the propellant in the back of the dart wouldn’t work either. It flew through the air at bullet speed, lodging itself in William’s armor. Still singing, I looked around the tunnel. It appeared that the rest of the bunnies had fled, the only one left was William. It also appeared that almost everyone had taken advantage of the confusion to slip through the bulkheads and escape. Except for TGYPWYA and Kitty, who were still knocked out. That was some comfort, but I was still facing down William alone, and I had two unconscious comrades to protect, one of whom happened to be my sister, and the other was severely injured. I wasn’t sure if the dart had penentrated, so I pulled another of my experimental items out–a souped-up glue gun. Normal glue guns exude hot melted glue fairly slowly. This one shot hot melted glue very quickly. And unlike most glue gun glue, this glue wasn’t made of plastic, and wouldn’t peel off easily. I shot the souped-up glue gun at William, sticking him to the wall.
((Chant: Kill William! Kill William! …))
((Watch out for his ears.))
William: *howls in rage* *pushes against wall with his immense bulk* *rips dried glue off armor, tearing part of the outer layer off* *charges at groundhog*
Can someone give me a nutshell of the characters and attack?
i leaped to the side as William charged at Groundhog. at that same moment the Bookworm burst into the lab, panting from the run to here. William stood there for a second then lunged again at Groundhog. i brought my sword flashing down…
((sorry about the double post, but William DOES NOT DIE!!!!))
((368- We’re not in the lab, we’re in the tunnels. Okay?))
*sword hits armor with a loud CLANG!!!* *armor is dented, but William continues his charge*
… And it hit its mark perfectly. William screamed a wild guttural sound, eyes manic. “ZVXVXVXZVX!” he screamed to the winds, “KILIMFRMZVX!” In a flash of hot pink light, William disappeared. The image that will haunt me forever is his grin. He was smiling in that last second… ((He doesn’t have to be dead, you see!))
((Um, I’m still in the tunnel. The bunnies haven’t entered the lab, they got to the tunnel from their little “detention center” or whatever they call the place where they keep prisoners. I thought that everyone had fled except for me, TGYPWYA, and Kittymine. Obviously I was mistaken.))
I gasped as William ripped himself off of the tunnel wall. This guy was strong! He charged at me, which I dodged, causing him to crash into the opposite wall. He shrieked in rage and charged again. I stood in a fighters crouch, ready but not sure how to fight him. Suddenly, a metallic flash caught my eye. I whirled around to discover that Ź√Ҳ hadn’t fled, and was wielding a large and sharp-looking sword. He brought it down onto William’s weakened armor, cracking it open. I saw an opportunity here. I shot another depigmetizer dart at the large crack in the breastplate. Hopefully that would do it.
((Let’s decide which of 368-372 is right.))
((I say 372 seems to be the best, it fits post 368 perfectly; william is getting battered and… well we’ll need to wait for groundhog to tell us what happens next.))
((I was waiting for Ã߀ƒ to post what William’s reaction was…I didn’t realize we were all posting conflicting events.))
i winced as the sword bounced off William’s armor.
“That’s it!” i yelled as groundhog shot the dart.
((I feel cowardly.)) *runs back* *half-heartedly stabs at William* *squeals and runs away* ((I feel more cowardly.))
((I am unaware of the battle with William, as I left TGYPWYA’s bunny-infected-with-new-weapon-unconscious-body and ran to the lab to warn IBCF/save my own skin.))
“The bunnies are coming!” I screamed to IBCF, still panting from my sprint. “They attacked us in the corridor! Groundhog, Kitty, and TGYPWYA are probably dead! We need to defend the lab!” IBCF, still in operating gear, pointed at AvalonGirl’s partially bunnified corpse. “Forget the Girl!” I screamed, grabbing a saw, “We need to defend the lab!” ((I know what happened in the corridor, but my character doesn’t! Sorry!))
ok welll i havent done this yet here goes
now i dont need to post any bunnies for a while
279-((Sorry to be the bad cop, but this is an RPG thread. It’s really first person story-telling. It isn’t just posting bunnies. You can join in if you won’t, but read it first! If you’re posting out of story, use (())! ))
((378 – Corpse??? I thought AvalonGirl was still alive, just knocked out.
I guess I’ll just say what happened to William then…))
I vaguely registered that some more people had come back, as I was paying much more attention to William. The dart had flown right into the crack in his armor. He fell sluggishly to the ground, mumbling incoherently. His ears drooped. “I think he’s unconscious.” I whispered to ZVX. “Or do you think he’s faking?”
((Ã߀ƒ, if you don’t like what’s here, feel free to change it, William is your character after all.))
*Groans* *Becomes semi-consious* “Whaa…?”
((381-AvalonGirl was in the middle of the debunnification operation, as she was bunnified earlier!))
((381- No, this will work out)).
William: *attempts to get up* *falls back down* *snarls* *takes walkie talkie* DRAGON BUNNIES...DESTROY THEM...
*grins evilly* *slumps over*
I sprinted into the tunnel to find groundhog and ZVX standing over TGYPWYA, a groaning Kittymine, and William. “Wow, what happened here? What’s William doing? Sleeping on the job?” *tunnel suddenly shakes* *sound of helibunny rotors* “Uh, oh. Help Kittymine to her feet, I’ll take TGYPWYA. We’ve got to get out of here.”
i pulled Kittymine up. “Kittymine, you’re too weak to walk, i’ll have to carry you for a while until those cursed bunnies are off our trail.”
looked at William. “Grounhog, i don’t think it’s right to kill him. he’s helpless. besides, if we did that, would we be any better than the bunnies their selves?” i hefted Kittymine, “Unhh…do you have to be so heavy?” i grinned, even in the situation we were in.
Holding the saw and still panting, I watched as brave IBCF rushed out to aid Groundhog. I sat down, still slightly restless. And I was right to be restless. A second later, I felt something hit my head. The last thing I saw before I fell unconscious was BunnyAvalonGirl grinning and holding a big metal object…
“NOOOO!” i yelled as bunnyAvalonGirl struck down the Bookworm with a heavy, star shaped mace. i shoved Kittymine out of the way of AvalonGirl, but my sword raised for a fatal lunge didn’t deter her.
“Down the tunnels!” i shouted, and lifted the Bookworm in my arms. “Someone grab Kittymine!” i sheathed my sword as AvalonGirl charged at me. i leaped into the tunnel, Groundhog and Ã߀ƒ ran in after me.
385- “There’s no time to kill him! The dragonbunnies are coming! Run!” *lifts TGYPWYA* *runs*
387- ((Bookworm is in the lab. We don’t know he’s being attacked by AvalonGirl right now; we’re still in the tunnels)).
“right. the bunnies are coming. c’mon!” i started to carry Kittymine down the tunnel at a swift pace, “Coming, Groundhog?” i shouted of my shoulder.
*Dragonbunnies, Helibunnies, Black Bunnies (He has friends), and Hybrids (You knew they were gonna show up again) come swarming towards us*
((Well this doesn’t look good. I’d do something, but I’m unconcious and plan to remain so until you guys figure out what’s wrong with me))
i think you missed the good(EVIL) ol’ HPBies the strangly cute lil monsters spawned in the first invasion by the *GASP* Editors.
Sailing on my sailboat, i have not heard about the bunny invasion untill it has already happened as my radio spouts nothing more than static.. On the horizon i spy what appears to be a large foaming mass headed towards the boat. I wonder if it is a whale. Suddenly i gasp, *gasps*, it is a squadron of aqua bunnies coming towards me. then it hits me, it is not static but a faint message coming in from the tunnels below sierra. it reads ; all active members of BEACON please i repeat please do not go near headquarters at all costs! we have been attacked by a swarm of bunnies! Once you reviece this message, turn your reciever off as it can be tracked by bunnies.
My box has now shruk… to be continued.
((392 – If you’re not posting in the story, post in double parentheses!))
“We’re in a lab…what medical things do we have to diagnose TGYPWYA?”
((sorry. lab folks? may i suggest a new for of bunny? the water bummie, with an advanced propolsion system and enhanced tracking to look for targets in open water, this bunny uses torpedoes to wound its prey.))
((Gaaah, missed a ton again!))
I grabbed my sister’s feet, so Ź√Ҳ wouldn’t have to drag her, and ran after the others. I supported her feet with my left hand, while shooting the depigmentizer dart gun in my bunnyproof suit’s right glove at the approaching helibunnies. Many of them fell, but there were still tons left. And, just what I needed, my knees were starting to give out from all the running.
387, 386-((Groundhog, I’m still unconscious in the lab. And I’m not AvalonBunnyGirl. I’m a physically changed unconscious AvalonGirl. Bookworm, read 277.))
397-((Sorry, AvalonGirl! That’s have it be the black bunny instead of AvalonGirl, who left the main fight earlier.)) *Unconscious In The Lab*
“That’s it! This is pathetic!” I run back out into the tunnel and grab Kittymine’s feet to give Groundhog a break. The bunnies shoot at us, but thanks to the bunnyproof suits, we are okay. I duck a shot and shoot my depigmentizer at them, which, due to me only having one arm, misses horribly.
((397 – Hey, I wasn’t the one who said your body was a corpse or anything like that. Other people did, and I reacted to it.))
I gratefully allowed Turquoise to take Kittymine’s feet, turning around, but still running backwards. I shot more darts, felling more bunnies. Slowly but surely, the onslaught was beginning to thin. Hopefuly it would stop soon.
400- …And then came the armored dragonbunnies ((which are the same as hybrids)). They flew through the tunnel, knocking down other bunnies, and flame erupted from their mouths. “Back to the lab! Go!”
I thanked all of my lucky stars individually and by name that I’d thought to make the new suits fireproof. The flames engulfed us, but the suits held strong. But there was still the problem that these bunnies were armored, so the darts wouldn’t work on them. “Ź√Ҳ!” I shouted, remembering to switch my helmet mike from ‘loudspeaker’ to ‘transmit.’ “Can you get these ones with your sword?”
i fired a BunnyBlaster into the swarm. several vanished, having been vaporized by the force of the shot.
-402 “I’ll try, groundhog!” i leaped into the fray; and brought my sword smashing into a Dragonbunnie’s armor. the horrific creature crashed to the ground and lay dying there. “YES! i can!” i shouted above the melee. “Groundhog, is there anywhere where we can get more swords?” i sprand through the air to avoid being roasted by a jet of flame, that, even protected by the suit, i would rather not experience.
“Go!” i yelled to groundhog. “Go! i’ll distract them at least!” i dodged and stabbed a dragonbunny through the back.
“Save yourselves!” i shouted at groundhog again.
402- ((I’m not wearing a bunnyproof suit. They’re too bulky for me, even the newer versions.))
((403- Vaporized? That’s a bit harsh)).
404- “No time to be heroic, now, ZVX.” *grabs hand* *ducks flame*
I didn’t need telling twice. We fled through the tunnels and past the bulkheads that protected the lab. Once we were inside, I unsealed my helmet. “That,” I panted, massaging my aching knees. “Is the last time I go into combat without some sort of vehicle. I’m next to useless if my knees give out.” I caught my breath. “Okay, we need to examine TGYPWYA and Kittymine. Kitty appears to just be concussed, but TGYPWYA’s wounds look much more serious. Ã߀ƒ is probably done with the operation on AvalonGirl by now, so he and The Bookworm can take care of him. If no one else minds, I’d like to take care of Kitty. Everyone else needs swords…” I wondered where we were supposed to get anything like that. No one used swords, you only saw the things in museums now. I smacked my forehead. Of course! We could get swords from a museum exhibit! I picked up my sister’s portal device, which she had left in the lab after she’d transported herself in. I looked at the map, chose an abandoned museum with an arms and armor exhibit, and pressed the button. Seconds later, I found myself in a hall full of suits of armor, complete with swords, maces, and many other medieval weapons. I grabbed a bunch of the swords and transported back. “Okay, I hate to do this, but everyone else needs to go back out and help Ź√Ҳ. You’ll be able to kill the bunnies with these swords, they’re strong enough to crack bunny armor.” I put the weapons on an empty table and walked over to where Kitty was lying. I gently removed her helmet. There was a lump the size of an apple on her head. Hmmm… I thought. Definitely a concussion. I scooped her up and carried her to the Psych exam room, putting her down on the couch. The infirmary would probably be overloaded after this, and since Kitty’s injury wasn’t so serious, it would be better to let her rest in here. I popped out for a moment to get some smelling salts, returned, and broke open one of the packets, waving it under her nose.
((405 – I thought you were still in the lab, operating on AvalonGirl.))
((406-I’m knocked out in the lab! You might find that out at some point…))
I came to slowly. Everything hurt, but especially my head. “Owww…” I groaned. I tried to shift my position a little, but all that did was make my head throb painfully. I cracked my eyes open. There stood Groundhog, looking at me worriedly. “Groundhog! Where did you come from? Where’s the black bunny?” It was only then I noticed that my surroundings had changed. I wasn’t stuck in a tar-lined tunnel- I was in a small room lying on a comfortable cot. I tried to sit up, but I fell back immediately, almost knocking myself out again from the pain. “Groundhog? What happened?â€
“A lot of stuff happened.” I replied heavily. “As you may have already deduced, that hostage exchange was a trap. The bunnies didn’t just hypnotize Alice, they also sent that black bunny as a spy to follow us back here. Then, when we were close, William sent more bunnies into the tunnels to attack us. Most of us barely escaped. TGYPWYA is injured, the black bunny threw a poisoned shuriken at him. Ź√Ҳ is still out in the tunnels, fighting the dragonbunnies with his sword. I just sent most of the exchange party back out with more swords, so they could help him.” I took a breath and continued. “The bunnies have taken over most of our other bases. We’re all retreating to the Marinaras Trench Base as soon as everyone’s in here. In the meantime, you need to rest. In addition to the bump that the bunny gave you, you’re probably going to be all achy from when we picked you up in a hurry.”
((407- No…read post #384…))
“Okay, AvalonGirl, back to your opera–whoops!” *sees bookworm lying unconscious on the floor* “Bookworm, what happened? Are you okay?” *something black moves in the corner*
I slashed through the air again with my sword, but the bunnies kept on coming. i knew that i could only fight them for so long before they overcame me and finally slew me.
410- “Joy. Just what I needed. I hope that bunny is still around so that I can slay him in person. He has a LOT to answer to. Oh, could you pass me that ice pack? Thanks.” I applied the pack to my head. Hopefully I could be out of here soon so that I could help the others.
410- A base in the Marianas Trench? Man, that’s a cool idea!
411- Black Bunny: *suddenly lunges*
*sidesteps lunge*
Black Bunny: *lands on all fours* *shoots tar*
*dives to avoid tar* *fires pie repeater gun*
Black Bunny: *runs from pies* *disappears*
*turns on walkie talkie* “Groundhog, we seem to have an intruder in the lab. The black bunny, to be specific.” *jumps back as black bunny attacks from ceiling*
with a parting swing at the bunnies, i dodged a jet of flame and sprinted towards the lab.
411-((Jeez, I’m not with them…read post 276!))
Reaching the end of the secret passageway I found in my closet, I climb out of a trunk in the corner of what appears to be an underground lab. I see Groundhog standing next to a cot, on which lays Kitty. The sounds of fighting come from above, along with the squeals of… HPBs?
I approach Groundhog and Kitty, and ask confusedly (and sheepishly), “Where are we…?”
*I am Unconscious* ((Because of the Black Bunny!))
i burst into the lab with a drawn sword. “Groundhog, did you find the swords?” i panted. “The bunnies are almost here–but we might be able to defeat them with swords.”
415- “Goody- that black bunny is still around I’m going out there, concussion or no concussion. I want to see that bunny be killed- and do it with my own hands.” I went to ease myself off the cot, but then my head started throbbing like crazy again and I almost toppled over. Groundhog led me back to the cot and I resigned myself to staying put. “Just make sure I get a piece of him- or get me a picture of his dead corpse.”
I jumped as my walkie-talkie crackled to life again. The black bunny was in the lab?!? This could be the end of us! I rushed into the main room, cramming my helmet back onto my head as I went. I almost collided with Ź√Ҳ as I came out. “Yes, I got some more swords.” I replied. “I just sent everyone back out with them. Since you’re here anyway, can you deal with the black bunny that somehow got through the bulkheads?” I went back into the side room, and found Kittymine attempting to get up. I gently led her back to the cot. “I know you want to get that black bunny, Kitty.” I said. “But you’re going to get yourself hurt if you try to do that now.” Then I turned to the newcomer, who had just appeared from one of the storage trunks in the corner. “You’re in the headquarters of the Resistance. The soon-to-be former headquarters, to be exact. You’re…” I racked my brains for the name that went with her face. “Pillsbury Doughgirl, right?”
420 – “I have a sword. The inscription says that it starts to glow when bunnies are coming, and indicates their color with the color of the glow. There are a bunch in that trunk over there *points*, along with other stuff.”
421 – “What did the black bunny do??? I will bring him to you in a bunny-proof cage so you can personally kill him, if you’d like. *To self:* I think I saw some bunny-proof cages in that trunk *goes over to investigate*…”
“Will someone answer my question??!!! Where are we and what is going on?????!!!!!!!”
((423- The black bunny tried to kill me and the others who went on the hostage exchange after we had realized it was following us (I assume that it wanted to make sure that no one who knew about it was alive to tell anyone else). ))
((423- Great! An takeoff of Sting. Oh well, it is kinda funny.))
Black Bunny: *dodges ZVX and Pillsbury Doughgirl* *Shoots at Groundhog, misses* *sees open door to Psych room open* *hops inside*
((Ack! Sorry for the misprint- the second last bunny action of 424 should be *sees door to Psych room open*))
Slowly, I come around. “What happened?” I ask. Then, a thought struck me! “The Black Bunny is here, in the lab!” I scream. ((I don’t know you’ve discovered it.))
I saw the black bunny bounce through the door. I growled. The nerve of these bunnies! “Kitty,” I said, gesturing towards the erratically shooting bunny. “He’s all yours.”
I toss a magic sword at Kitty, and shout, “Go for it!”
I swerve and duck, forcing myself between the black bunny and the tunnel entrance. I point my sword at it and snarl. It backs up, straight towards Kitty.
“Oh jeez, do you really think she can kill that thing?” i said. “Seems like it might be able to take her out like ninepin.”
“Oh, thank you so much for your confidence in me” I responded, sarcasm dripping from every word. My head felt better since the swelling had gone down and I had a sword to kill it with. I pointed my sword at the now cornered bunny.
“So, bunny, we meet again!” My smile was colder than ice. The bunny snarled and spoke.
“Yesss- and I shall win again!” He made to shoot. I swung my sword around and knocked the tar shooter off his arm. It slid across the floor into Groundhog’s waiting hands. “I see, bunny, that you have no thought of surrendering. So now, this time, on your own head be it…â€
As I brought my sword down, the bunny curled up, putting its head between its legs, as though to shield itself. I whacked the flat of my sword onto his head and back with all my strength. The bunny slumped to the floor, unconscious. I picked him up by his leg and handed him to Groundhog. “ I thought you might want to do a few experiments.â€
I grinned as my sister knocked the tar gun out of the black bunny’s hand. I stowed the gun in one of the trunks for the moment–couldn’t have the bunny retrieving it, after all. I was slightly worried that she’d overexert herself, but Kitty showed no signs of fatigue as she knocked out the black bunny with the flat of her sword. “Nice one!” I exclaimed, taking the unconscious bunny. “And yes, you were right, I do want to do some experiments on this one. That and dismantle his tar gun–who knows what sort of spying or tracking devices could be in it?” I pulled the tar gun out of the trunk I’d stuffed it in, and carried it and the bunny to my desk. I put the black bunny in a glass portacage and bolted a small anesthetic gas nozzle to the door, making sure that the rubber seal on it was tight. I turned on the gas, ensuring that the knocked-out bunny would stay that way. I poked my head back into the psych room. “Kitty,” I said. “I know you’ve just knocked out a black bunny, but you should really stay and rest for a bit before you go out fighting again. You’ll have to stay in here anyway–we need everyone in here before we can move to the trench. Gotta go…” I turned back to the main room, where The Bookworm was lying on the floor. It appeared that he had been knocked out as well, but was just waking up. “Are you okay?” I asked. “What happened? Did the black bunny get you?” I sat at my desk and began to dismantle the tar gun.
*looks at black bunny* “It deserved it, that nasty thing. How dare it knock out Bookworm and invade our lab?”
I slowly opened my eyes. I felt fine. No, I felt great. I felt stronger, almost invincible. I was confused, but I somehow knew everything. I rose and saw the shuriken imbedded in my chest. It didn’t hurt, but I left it in. If I pulled it out, it might arouse suspicion. I looked in a mirror on the wall. I looked the same as I had always been. But I was different. Nobody could tell, but I had a new mission. It drove me, it drove my power, it had changed me. I was not going to be stopped now. I was here, where I was supposed to be. I looked around, nobody had noticed me get up. I lied down again, and pretended to just be awakening. I sat up and said, “Uh… Where am I? What happened? Is…†I collapsed again, apparently out of weakness. But my mission pounded continuously though my brain.
Kill…
“Okay, sorry Kitty, but i thought the bunny fight had weakened you a lot earlier.” i leaned on my sword. “Groundhog, ithink we need to deal with those bunnies–they’re getting closer.” even as I spoke, I could hear roars and screams echoing down the tunnel. bunnies.
433- “Hello, TGYPWYA! You’re safe in the lab now, you don’t have to worry about the bunnies. Are you feeling all right…?” *waves hand in front of face* *sees shuriken in chest* “Yeesh. Didn’t notice that before. We’d better have groundhog take a look at you.” *walks back to lab*
I considered for a moment. We needed everyone back in the lab, and if the doors were sealed, the bunnies wouldn’t be able to get through. The entire lab was fortified with pietanium. “Okay.” I said. “Let’s call back everyone who’s outside now. Then we can retreat to the trench.” I pressed the ‘talk’ button on my walkie-talkie. “Guys, you need to get back to the base ASAP.” I said into it. “Can you be here in 5-10 minutes?” While waiting for an answer, I noticed that TGYPWYA was still lying there. Ã߀ƒ was talking to him. I stowed the partially dismantled tar gun in a drawer and approached them. TGYPWYA had just closed his eyes…Wait a minute. If he’d closed his eyes, then that means that he’d opened them since he’d been brought in. How could he have done that? With a shuriken to the chest, it was a miracle he’d made it back alive. How could he have had the strength to regain consciousness? I turned towards Ã߀ƒ. “Did he just open his eyes, or was I just seeing things?” I asked.
I decided to listen to the sage advice of Groundhog. I lay back on my pillow, suddenly exhausted. I instantly fell into a deep sleep.
> > >
I awoke as suddenly as if someone had slapped me in the face. I opened my eyes- I saw silence. That is, everything was silent except for steady tapping sound- footsteps. I sat up, noticing as I did so that my head didn’t throb anymore. I picked up my sword and was about to get up off the bed when the door opened. TGYPWYA was framed in the doorway, the shuriken in his chest and his eyes glowing red with bloodlust.
((Please make up what happens in between the time when I fall asleep and the time that I wake up as long as nobody thinks this will conflict with the plot.))
436- “Er, he opened his eyes.” *stares at groundhog for a moment* *runs back with pie gun in hand*
431-“It hit me with something, I think. I’m fine now! Are the bunnies still attacking?”
“TGYPWYA! Are you okay? You – um…” I saw the cold, murderous look in his eyes and stopped. “Are you okay?”
He walked slowly into the room and raised an arm. Something hit my head. Hard. I fell to the floor. ((I had to say something…))
“NO!” I said as I saw TGYPWYA standing their, his eyes hot with blood lust. I stood their for a second, then reached for my blaster. I pulled it out and set its firing power to “medium”.
I run to Turquoise and turn her onto her side.
“What are you doing??!!” I shout at TGYPWYA. He points his outstretched arm at me. “What happe- !”
Something hits my head and I collapse next to Turquoise.
A few minutes later (or maybe hours, or even days, I can’t tell) I wake to the sound of scuffling. My head hurts like crazy, and I lay there, collecting my thoughts. I keep my eyes closed.
Whatever hit me must’ve just grazed my head.
I decide that luck is on my side; at the moment, TGYPWYA thinks I’m dead or otherwise immobile. I will use this to my advantage, but how…
What is going on here?
((This probably fits in a few posts earlier…))
“Hmmm, that’s strange.” I replied. “He should still be knocked o–” I broke off as Ã߀ƒ rushed off and returned with a pie gun. He must have thought something was up as well. Seconds later, I knew something was up. TGYPWYA had stood up, and was looking at me and Ã߀ƒ with demonic red eyes. His arm shot out at me, obviously trying to knock me out or something. I made myself fall to the ground as the blow came, so as to avoid the full force of his arm. I pretended to be unconscious, but made sure that my hand was touching The Bookworm’s arm. We’ve defeated the black bunny. I tapped out in Morse Code. But TGYPWYA seems to have been turned by the bunnies, and now he’s attacking. Best to pretend you’re still out of it. I watched helplessly as TGYPWYA felled Turquoise and Pillsbury Doughgirl. Ã߀ƒ and Ź√Ҳ were still standing, so I hoped that they would do something. Then, TGYPWYA began walking towards the door to the psych room. No one moved, except for him. My blood began to boil. Oh, no, you don’t! I thought. You are NOT going to touch my sister! Not if I can help it! I launched myself off of the ground and onto TGYPWYA’s back, hitting every inch of him that I could reach, not caring that he was obviously posessed by some bunny thing and would therefore be much more powerful than myself. All I cared about was that he’d tried to hurt Kitty.
I tossed Groundhog aside easily and turned to see IBCF and ZVX charging forward to take me down.
I chuckled to myself, “Puny humans. This should be fun.” I clenched my fists and stepped forward to meet their charge.
And continually pounding through my brain:
Kill…
Doing what Groundhog said, I tried to feign unconsciousness. And so I waited…
((Question: What exactly is a shuriken and which language does it originate from?))
seeing TGYPWYA turn towards me, i frantically cocked the blaster as IBCF ran alongside me, i pushed the safety on the side of my weapon.
447- *stops at a safe distance* *fires pies*
446- A ninja throwing star.
*is unconscious*
((This makes it hard for me to do anything. I’ll regain consciousness shortly.))
((I’m STILL in the lab. I’ll be off a lot, (I’m computer-restricted) so don’t expect to see me. I might be on as Serafina, though…))
((FURTHERING MY STORY))
“WHY is my shift as a nurse at 7:00 pm? GAH!!” I complained. Suddenly, as I walked into the lab, I heard fighting in the Psych Lab. THEN, I saw the Bookworm unconscious next to one of our fighters, who was being debunnified. Figuring it was the only thing I could do, I injected the unconscious fighter with a stimulant, so she could fight for us. If she couldn’t…well, too bad.
5 MINUTES LATER:
I watched her slowly wake up. “Where am…I?” she cried.
“Slowly,” I murmured. “You were being debunnified, and the bunnies are in the Psych Lab.”
“I’ll fight!” she yelled, flying off of the cot, and through the door. I struggled to keep up.
((Serafina is going to help AvalonGirl along, and when AvalonGirl is a active plot-member, that’s when Serafina will go away.))
“Ooof!” I fell onto the floor as TGYPWYA threw me off of him and headed towards Ã߀ƒ and Ź√Ҳ, who were attempting to stave him off with their weapons. Not good. I crept over to my desk, hid behind it, and reloaded my dart gun. Then, poking my head up over the top of the desk, I pointed my finger at TGYPWYA and shot.
((499- Thanks. Now I can plan my scene…))
I pulled the trigger at the same moment Groundhog fired the dart. TGYPWYA crashed over as the blast hit him in the chest and the dart zinged into his side. he lay utterly still, a large blackened spot on hi suit showed where the blast hit.
((455 – Oh, flip. He’s wearing one of the suits. The shuriken shouldn’t have been able to go through it. Hmmm… Okay, the shuriken will be made of some new material that can go through the suit and the blaster won’t have penentrated the suit, it’ll just have knocked him over. And the dart’s point is small enough to get through the titanium mesh. Sound good?))
I sighed with relief as TGYPWYA was knocked over by Ź√Ҳ’s shot, and knocked out by the dart. “That was way too close.” I said. “It’s a good thing we’re retreating. Okay, Bookworm? Can you take care of the wounded? You’ve got a lot more medical training than me, and I need to get to work on dismantling the tar gun.” I asked. Not to mention that shuriken. I thought. That thing cut right through TGYPWYA’s suit.
I must have passed out again. It was that humming, I remembered. That humming that grew increasingly louder and more persuasive, until the only options were to pass out, or succumb. So I passed out.
It was still there, that humming. It obviously thought it had done its job, because now it seemed to be giving me extra energy. My head still throbed, but the pain was slowly receding. It must have been that thing, whatever it was TGYPWYA had shot at me. Thank goodness I hadn’t been hit directly, or that humming would have taken me over to the bunnies’ side.
As I counted my blessings (which, at this point, seemed to be quite numerous), a horrible thought dawned on me.
Turquoise had taken a direct hit.
I jumped up, forgetting about my plan to seem unconcious. In a milisecond, I registered that TGYPWYA had been knocked out, and i counted one more blessing. And then another, because the humming seemed to have given my brain some energy, too.
But then I returned to the problem.
I knelted next to Turquoise, and layed a hand on her forehead. It was freezing cold to the touch, and she was pale.
I grabbed a length of rope and bound her hands and feet. Groundhog and the others looked at me like I was crazy, some even reloading the weapons in case I had been taken over. So I explained.
“I have good reason to believe that when Turquoise recovers, she will be against us. I was only grazed by whatever TGYPWYA shot at us, and yet I was almost turned. Turquoise took a direct hit. To make matters worse, I have been filled with strength far more than possible for me, and my brain is working extra fast. That will be a plus for us, except if Turquoise has been given this energy, too, she may be able to beat us all as easily as squashing an ant.”
Now, the question was, ‘What next?’ I knew what I would do. I knew what that humming was telling me. One word, repeated over and over.’Kill’. But not the way TGYPWYA heard it. I knew now what was going through his head, and I knew I had a telepathic connection with all of the Musers who had been hit with these things.
Those bunnies were going down.
“It’s okay, Pillsbury Doughgirl. It’s very interesting that you have a connection to them, and it will be very useful. I want you to keep calm, and lie down. If either Turquoise or The Guy’s inner bunnies start stirring, try to stop them. If you fell yourself getting overpowered, tell us immediately! I am going to operate on Turquoise, and you keep her bunny in check. Okay?” As PD nodded, I opened my surgical kit and took out a thin knife. Skillfully, I injected it into Turquoise, and attempted to remove the tainted flesh. This will take a while… ((May we please have a new thread? We have over 450 posts! Thanks.))