Snake?!gwSNAAKE5k 2008/05/27 (Tue) 12:37
No. 36629
"So about those goggles..." She looks at you, eagerly. "How'd they get them that small?"
"Huh?" She looks confused. "They've always been that way, haven't they?"
"No, not always. They were an experimental technology back during
the war. The only set I saw was huge, about the size of a man's upper
leg."
"Oh?" Her face tells you 'please continue'.
"It was mounted on a sniper rifle and used like a scope. Even then,
it didn't work well enough to see in complete darkness like this cave."
"Oh? Well that sure didn't turn out to be very interesting. If you
ever find out what the insides looked like, I'd want to hear more." She
waved it off, just like that. Now, to business.
"Listen, err..." What was her name again?
"Nitori."
"Yeah, Nitori. I'm looking for a really powerful gun. Something
that might be able to take down a dragon. Do you have anything li-" She
cuts you off.
"DO I?" As if rehearsed, the elevator stops with her exclamation.
Her eyes are full of stars. "Right this way, good sir! I'll show you
all I've got"
That wouldn't be necessary, but you follow anyway. She starts at a
small rack, loaded with gears and electrical wiring. She pulls out some
strange mechanism.
"For starters, what I have here is a portal gun! I've attempted to
mimic Yukari's ability to manipulate borders by emitting a pulsing
electromagnetic field and projecting it onto a surface!" She lifts a
finger and begins pointing to various parts of the object." By
reversing it's polarity and applying a quantum field to a separate
surface, one can easily walk through it like a door! Allow me to
demonstrate!"
She hoists the bulky machine up onto her shoulder, faces it toward
the ceiling, and presses a button on it's side. The machine glows blue,
and the floor just ahead of her disappears.
"Pretty cool, huh? Now then!" She points it towards the ceiling,
and presses another button. Suddenly, you can see the ceiling through
the hole, but it's not the ceiling. It's what the ceiling would look
like if you were staring at it from the hole in the floor. "And for the
last part, HERE!" She shoves you into the hole.
You're falling. Falling towards the ceiling. Or is it the floor?
All you know is that you're falling down. You can see the girls below
you as you fall towards them. You brace yourself and prepare to hit the
ground. You don't. Rather, you fall through the ground and begin the
process all over again. Below you, Nitori rolls on the floor in
laughter. You fall through the room several times before Youmu catches
you. Her eyes sympathize with you.
"GODDAMMIT WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" You yell at Nitori, who's still in a fit of laughter before you.
"Ahahahaha! That get's 'em every time hahahaha!!!" She collects
herself and grabs your arm, ignoring you. "Onto the next one!" You're
beginning to wish you never came here.
"GENTLEMEN! What we have here is a life-sized replica of the Metal
Gear RAY!" You look ahead. Before you stands a tank. Only, it's not a
tank. It has legs. A tank with legs? For an utterly foolish idea, it
doesn't look half bad. "Now, I won't demonstrate this one," THANK GOD!
"...but I can tell you it's capabilities!" She pulls down a screen,
almost out of nowhere. The figure of the machine is drawn out on it.
She begins pointing to parts of it.
"Now, I'm sure you're all aware of the fictional aspect of this
machine, but after I actually built it, I've made it much more
capable!" Nitori puts her hands on her hips, boasting her own technical
prowess. "This one here can arm-wrestle Suika and WIN!" Youmu's eyes
perk up slightly. Did you miss something?
"Not only that, I'm sure it could take on a dragon or two!" She
states this matter-of-factly, like it's no big deal. "Hey, I'm sure it
could even be mistaken for a dragon itself, what with it's animal-like
appearance and water-driven head cannon! Truly, a weapon worthy of the
Kappa race!" She motions for the two of you to follow her.
"Now here's something you might like!" She rummages through some
garbage and pulls out something you recognize. A Thompson submachine
gun. "What we have here is no ordinary Tommy gun! This one, my friends,
uses live hornets as ammunition!"
You finally chime in. "Bees? Why does it shoot bees?" She stares at you like you just told a very lame joke.
"Why?! I'll tell ya why! Because it's FREAKING AWSOME is why!" She
points it around the room and makes buzzing noises, pretending to shoot
it. "Getting the beehives into the magazines was a real headache!" She
rummages through the mountain of garbage again, pulling out a small
round device.
"Now, this one speaks for itself!" She presses a button and
disappears entirely. You follow the sound of her voice. "This, my good
friends, is stealth camouflage! It allows you to do things without
being seen!" Her voice leads over to Youmu. "Things like... THIS!"
Youmu's skirt flips up, showing her clean white panties below. She
pushes her dress back down, fighting with her invisible opponent who is
trying to hold it up. The scene continues for several minutes, with
Youmu growing more visibly angry and embarrassed with each passing
minute.
"Alright, that's enough, isn't it? We get the idea." You chime in, trying to be the good guy.
"You're a guy, it's fine!" The invisible Nitori responds. Youmu's
hand reaches for her sword. Nitori seems to notice and stops. You
breathe a sigh of relief when Youmu lets go of the weapon, her face
still red and her expression unreadable.
"Right, onto the next one, then!" Nitori continues forward. Youmu stands still as the two of you start to walk away.