She took a sip from a drink, then cleared her throat. "Oh, just re-construction. Adding walls to prevent access to important rooms, removing critical hardware so the employees can't steal it, causing carefully coordinated cave-ins for no good reason, that sort of stuff. It just was stopped midway through by Unfooruman dying."
She coughed. "But how have you been doing, hon?"
I looked at her for a moment. It must be that outfit getting to her head. I wouldn't trust an outfit that's hat is made of more fabric then the rest of it combined. I wondered where she had gotten it.

Risp claimed a page \o/

glance back the same way

look around the room. ask her why she couldn't have figured a way out herself.

HON?

Ask her where she got the cool hat.

ask her if you can have the cool hat

One thing at a time, people D=

A thought struck me. "Wait, if you want to leave here why couldn't you, yourself? You are a sorceress, you have the power, and you aren't stupid. A way out wouldn't be that hard to find."
Araches glared at me. "You think I WANT to be out there? With Uberbob? Are you crazy? Just by being around him my IQ gets lower... plus I'm tired of all those childish attempts to get into my clothes." She paused.
"Anyway, I would much rather stay here... with you."
That was about the last thing I wanted. I quickly changed the subject. "Where did you get that hat?"
Araches, caught only slightly off-guard, said in a conspiratorial tone of voice, "I got them from Fox. He traded them for my old clothes on the one condition that I didn't tell anybody that these were his clothes, and not something he just stocked for trading." She paused and laughed theatrically. "Oh, looks like I accidently said it. Silly me... well, it's better then my old stuff. It's a law of the universe that female magic users loose power the more they wear."
She, seeing the look in my eyes, instantly said, "And no, you can't have this hat."

Okay, fine. I'll stay here with you. Lets make love.

"But we just beat unfooruman. The island is also set to self destruct rather soon, by the way. Just thought you might want to know."


Courtesy of Strato (who held me at gunpoint to put this in):

Say: "I'm not gay, but I can learn."

Same as Blackraptor, except do not say that last bit. Please.

Acid, think of what youre saying here. Calm down man.

I agree wholeheartedly with Blacky.

Oh no, you're not pinning this train wreck on me, BR.

Is there a real reason for it? What would we accomplish by saying that? Does it even make sense in context? Would Shuri say something like that?

Please answer these questions. I'm very interested in your reply(ies).

yesnomaybe

look around for exits. ask Araches to join the party. if she refuses, tell her you'll leave her all alone again. if she says "ok fine i don't care," then knock her unconchious and cary her out.

Originally Posted by acid

Is there a real reason for it? What would we accomplish by saying that? Does it even make sense in context? Would Shuri say something like that?

Please answer these questions. I'm very interested in your reply(ies).

It's fun.

Originally Posted by acid

Is there a real reason for it? What would we accomplish by saying that? Does it even make sense in context? Would Shuri say something like that?

Please answer these questions. I'm very interested in your reply(ies).

does it matter? this is Uberbob. (the game, not the POV)

I agree with Acid. I expect you to keep these responses appropriate, Uberbob or not.

what's making them inappropriate? huh? huh? yeah huh?

Think about it, MSB3000. I won't argue about it with you; if I see a post I think is inappropriate or potentially offensive, I will edit or remove it.

Ask Araches what new spells she learned.

I decided to get back on topic. "Will you come back with me?"
"What do you think, Sherlock?" Araches asked, with all the subtlety of a brick.
"Well... you do know that this island is going to blow up, right?"
"And where did you get this information?"
"Well, there was this loudspeaker and-"
Araches laughed. "And you BELIEVED it? Smoke and mirrors, it's all smoke and mirrors."
I saw an oppertunity. "That's what people generally say of magic."
"...I'll give you that, sugar."
I wasn't going to be talked to like that, but I didn't see any way to stop Araches. One does not try to stop a powerful sorceress when unarmed and exhausted. Instead, I tried to change the subject again. "Speaking of magic, what new magic tricks do you have?"
"Wanna find out?"
I didn't like her tone of voice. I tried to salvage my situation. "I'm not g-"

...no, that would have made it worse. For my pride, anyway. I was better off not trying.

complain to her of all you had to go through to get here, and that you've died several times. it would be infuriating(sp?...what does sp mean anyway?) to find out that all these troubles would have been for nothing. ask her what she's been eating.

(sp?) = Possible spelling error.

Remember, Shuri doesn't believe in savepoints.

I began to tell her of how I died several times to get to here, but... did I? However, there were better lines of uncertainty to pursue.
"What's that you are eating?"
Araches finished a bite. "It's just some of that crappy chicken stuff they sell."
"Err, what?"
"Just have a look." Araches gestured to the button on the east wall.

rush up and bang on the button so hard it SMASHES. BOOM!

...

or just press the button after walking up to it.

I walked to the wall, and pressed the button. Creases of golden light started to form on the edges of the wall. They spread to the top and became more regular as the wall began to detach from the surrounding ones.
Araches coughed. "I would step away if I were you."
I started to step backwards as the wall lowered to the ground on newly-formed hinges and stared into the infinity of misty golden light from beyond it. I stood there for a moment, admiring how simply beautiful it was. Then, right on cue, Araches ruined the moment.
"I swear, couldn't they skip all the drama once?"
I turned to glare at her, then when I turned back I saw the glow dying down. What was beyond appeared to be a vaguely person-shaped sillouete and a blurred impression of an arm.. a person standing behind a desk, raising an arm... a dorky-looking man with acne standing behind a desk with the Chic-Fil-A logo on it, pointing to a menu hanging on the wall behind him. "Can I take your order?" the man asked in a nasal yet still somehow creepy voice.

"Uh...I'll have what she's having."

ask if they sell chicken here...

and get a large soda.
letsee... ask the cashier who he is and how he came to be here and if there's any way we could just climb over the counter and leave through an exit-thing.

"And hurry up with it!" After what Lem said

The portal is only there when the wall to the store is opening or closing. There are no doors behind the counter.

"Err, do you sell chicken here?"
The man put a bit more menace in his whiny nasal tone as he said, "Read the menu, ma'am."
I read the menu. They indeed did sell chicken and in several varieties. I considered ordering a soda and some food, but then thought straight for long enough to realize that I should wait till my stomach settled to eat. I'm pretty sure there is some rule about waiting half an hour before you try eating after nearly falling down a bottomless pit. Plus I had been feeling rather nauseous from all those teleporters.
Trying to seize a simpler avenue of escape, I reopened conversation with the man at the counter.
"Where does that portal in the wall actually lead?"
He snorts. "It just leads to a pocket dimesion that links all restaurants everywhere united under the Chic-Fil-A banner. It makes relocating easier and closing time actually mean something to thieves."

ask why they haven't used that to solve all the world's problems...

"Why hasn't the chain used pocket dimension tricks like that to solve all of the world's problems?"
"Because there's no profit in solving profitable problems," the man happily says.

Originally Posted by MSB3000

ask if they sell chicken here...

++MSB

is Araches really gong to quit? but she's been around since the beginning... she was the second character introduced! blah

order chicken. and soda. while the food is being prepared, ask the guy why he's such a dork. and have it all accidently come out as あなたの基盤すべては私達に属するある.

Against my better judgement I began to take out money to buy some food. Then realized I didn't have any money. Again, against my better judgement I started to ask the man at the counter why he was such a dork. Then I decided not to and just became confused. It seemed safer.

ask Araches for money. kill the counter guy if you can't get any money

No, Shuri still has vertigo from the bottomless pit. We don't want her throwing up chicken everywhere, do we?

STAB the man at the counter!

"Hey, Araches," I asked, "do you have any money?"
She glared at me. "Yes, I have some. No, you can't have it."
I felt I was missing something. I decided to vocalize it. "Wait, where did you get the money?"
"I traded my staff for it. With Fox."
I couldn't think of anything intelligent or sarcastic to say about that.

tell the guy behind the counter to go away.

Check the list for what they sell.

I began to get mad at the man. "Go away."
He started to sound exasperated. "Look, ma'am, I can't control the coming and going of-"
"Stuff it."
I grabbed the edge of what used to be the wall and lifted it up enough to press the button, then did so. There was a quick burst of golden light as the wall slammed back into place and reconnected with the rest of the room. I sighed in relief for a moment.
"Well, honey, now that we're alone..."
I turned to Araches then back to the door. The guy behind the desk wasn't that bad...

is this the end of Araches? she's been one of the main characters from the beginning. awww...

ask Araches if she expects to live down here for the rest of her life. if the answer is yes then point out that she'll run out of money.

Edit - i claim post 600. whee!