The Sereni-Tree, the Holidays, the New Year, and the Secrets of Zanzibar by TheRealMe

*Sways merrily with mai-tai in one hand and mince pie in t'other.*

TO THE NEW THREAD!

*He smiles and takes a swig of his mai-tai.*
Mmm... fruity.

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

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Sunday, December 23, 2007 6:43 PM

*wanders around the small crowd of potter-clones, where she apparently was the whole time*

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Monday, December 24, 2007 3:37 AM

Merry Christmas browncoats!

*Wonders is Santa's sleigh can break atmosphere and go out of space.*

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

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Monday, December 24, 2007 5:54 AM

BROWNCOAT2007

PsychicRiver... he's ruttin' SANTA!!! Of COURSE he can break atmo!!!

Merry Christmas/ 'Coats

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Monday, December 24, 2007 7:03 AM

Whew.

Thank god.

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

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Monday, December 24, 2007 10:05 AM

Happy non-denominational winter holiday!

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Monday, December 24, 2007 8:18 PM

Merry Christmas, everyone!!

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Monday, December 24, 2007 8:57 PM

*has another drink too
and another, and you know one more...

Chappy Haristmas to the zoo!
Awww I luvs you guys.

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Monday, December 24, 2007 9:11 PM

JADEHAND

Happy Christmas. Or Anti-Christmas.
And a jolly new year to the good tree-folk.

A man who walks the Earth.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:19 AM

MONKEYTAIL

Happy Boxing Day

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:05 PM

*spends the day telling his son to put stuff into boxes*

What? It's a family tradition.

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Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:44 PM

BROWNCOAT2007

lol... oh my, you folks are all ruttin' strange

On a side note... gorram but my parents spent too much on me this year

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Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:52 PM

ha. Same here.

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Sunday, January 6, 2008 11:13 AM

*pokes the thread*

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Monday, January 7, 2008 1:25 AM

Oh, I forgot to mention, I have the dreaded lurgy and cannot cure myself. So stay away unless you like lying in bed, feeling all greasy and zombie like.

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Monday, January 7, 2008 9:32 AM

I'll take a stab at healing you...

Stay in bed and drink lots of fluids.

How's that for a healing prescription?

OOC: Where *is* everybody? Still hung over from New Year's Eve maybe?

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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

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Monday, January 7, 2008 10:49 AM

I'm here, but this hammock is so comfy. I don't wanna leave it. Ever.

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Monday, January 7, 2008 10:56 AM

Oh, good! My drinking/relaxing buddy is still here.

**jake7 turns to Sparky**

Sparky, we need some pizza in here. Would you please bring us some?

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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

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Monday, January 7, 2008 10:00 PM

*twitch*

But I'm bored!

*twitchtwitch*

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008 4:53 AM

(OOC: Ooh, there's movement in here again)

And uh, I'd love a slice of pepperoni Sparky!

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

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Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:38 AM

As Sparky the robot is walking about serving drinks, there is a distinct "ping" that comes from him. He pauses, opens up his chest, and reveals an oven containing a perfectly cooked pepperoni pizza, steaming hot and with gooey cheese. A stamp descends upon the pizza, cutting it into ten slices. From his side, Sparky produces plates and starts serving.

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Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:20 AM

Yum... wait, 10 slices? I'm still ill, I couldn't eat 10 slices. Perhaps if he cut it into 6 slices instead, I could manage that.

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Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:54 PM

Doctor, don't forget Mai and I will be sharing in this treat!

**she inhales deeply as Sparky serves her two fragrant, steaming slices**

Ah, pepperoni pizza! Yum!!

Thank you, Sparky!

**jake7 takes a bite**

Ow! HOT!

**she blows on the pizza to cool it down and then takes another bite**

Ahhhhh, heaven.

**she resumes eating her pizza and lounging on the hammock.

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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

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Friday, January 11, 2008 8:48 PM

MANINBLACK

Excellent! My favorite pizza.

*Grabs 2 slices and looks around.*

Where is everyone? Has something gone awry? Or amiss? Or.....was it bunnies?

*Heads off to rescue some old acquaintances from vicious bunnies*

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aka TheManinBlack (forgot password)

"You mean, you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword, and we'll try and kill each other like civilized people?"

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Sunday, January 13, 2008 6:40 AM

*Munches on slice.*

Nice work, Sparky.

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

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Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:29 AM

Let's see, we've had delicious pizza, yummy drinks and the most comfortable spot on the planet. SO what's missing? OH I KNOW!
ICE CREAM! We need ice cream! Hey Sparky, you got any chocolate fudge?

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Sunday, January 13, 2008 12:40 PM

GREAT choice, Mai!

**jake7 patiently (well as best she can) waits for Sparky to churn up some fresh chocolate fudge ice cream**

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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

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Monday, January 14, 2008 6:14 AM

I think we could use a little music too.

Something... mellow.

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

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Monday, January 21, 2008 7:35 AM

*poke*

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

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Monday, January 21, 2008 7:45 AM

*pokes back

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:18 AM

**jake7 watches the game of Thread Poking between Mai and PR with some amusement**

Is this a modified version of The Hokey Pokey? If so, we need a new song to go with it...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:11 AM

*pokes Jake7

Ooh hokey pokey! I love that game!
Although, it's a far second to my very favorite,
Duck, Duck, Reaver.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:30 PM

**jake7 pokes PR**

Your turn!

**turns to Mai**
Duck Duck Reaver?!?! I think that's one I'll refrain from participating in!

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:53 PM

Oooh, that reminds me of the old Kraftwerk song...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:20 PM

Oh no it's the best game ever! Really! And there's not any blood or gore just lots of silliness. (it helps if you ingested vast amounts alcohol first)

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:48 PM

JADEHAND

It did look like lots of fun, perhaps this year I'll participate more.
As to thread activities...

*Completes his near 2 months of relaxing whilst hovering over the ocean and returns to meet the others standing about some temple or something with lots of potter clones who still wear the special shirts he made for them a while back with lots of nanobots in them.

Oh... pizza.

A man who walks the Earth.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:38 PM

Huh. Almost forgot about the Potters. Wonder what they've been up to all this time?

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:04 PM

OOC: Okay, this week I'm going to try to read the last thread or two and start up a real plotline for us!

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:21 AM

*OOC: What's the matter, Thread Pokey isn't exciting enough for ya?

BTW, SimonWho, that video was entirely too funny!

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Friday, January 25, 2008 12:28 AM

*looks up from her clone, which is covered in drawings-due to her boredom*

Uhhhhh...not much...

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Friday, January 25, 2008 10:05 PM

Bluefishie's purple squid-thing pet pokes the thread.

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Friday, January 25, 2008 10:06 PM

On the medieval, magical planet Zanzibar:

Far below Puffenstuff’s School of Sorcery is a gigantic cavern, all of its surfaces glittering from the luminous gems embedded in them. In the midst of this cavern is a raised platform carefully shaped and carved from the living rock, the summit of which is high above the cavern floor.

Upon the platform, dimly illuminated by the sparkling walls, sits an old, thin man with sharp features. He is adorned with a circlet on his brow and rich black robes draped upon his form. He sits in ornate throne. The man sighs and glances toward the table at his left, upon which is set a small cage. Idly, he pokes through the bars with his wand. The thing inside skitters away from this torment. “Can you find enough courage to submit your report?” the man asks the empty air.

A ghostly image appears in the air before him. It bows deeply. “Yes, Lord Rector. I regret to inform you that one of the students is missing.”

Plaything forgotten, the enthroned man snaps his attention toward his subordinate. “A student?" he hisses through clenched teeth. “Which one? You are the Chamberlain. It is your responsibility to keep those brats under lock and key until I decide their fates!”

The Chamberlain pales. “The identity of the escapee is unknown, Lord Rector. The count came up short. The students themselves, even our regular informants among them, are unlikely to betray their classmate.”

“Then what DO you know?”

“In order to escape, he or she must have passed the Wards undetected.”

Rector leans back in his chair and steeples his fingers before him. “He could only pass the Wards if he could mask his form.”

The ghostly Chamberlain nods vigorously. “A shapeshifter, my Lord, beyond any doubt!”

“But to mask their human thoughts…” Rector ponders.

“To mask their thoughts in such a way as to avoid the Wards, they must be exceptionally gifted. Such wizards can do more than appear as an animal. They can think as an animal. They can BECOME an animal.”

Rector leans forward, considering this news. “One of Professor Ulf’s pupils, do you think?”

“Yes, Lord. He taught Advanced Poly-shaping.”

“Good. SOME progress, at least! I want a name! Drag Professor Ulf from whatever dungeon we dropped him in, and subject him to the Treatment.”

The Chamberlain frowns. “Lord, I regret to inform you that Professor Ulf no longer has the power of speech. Nor, I judge, of reason. He has endured the Treatment four times already for various offenses. There’s not much of him left.”

In a fit of temper, Rector sweeps his arms wide and knocks the small cage from the table next to him. It falls next to the base of the throne with a crash. The thing inside does not move.

“PICK THAT UP!” an enraged Rector commands, pointing down.

Suddenly, before the Chamberlain can respond, a second ghostly form appears. It bows to the Lord Rector. “Headmaster!” he says.

In response, there is a great rumble from behind Rector. The cavern floor shakes. Dust and chips of gemstones fall from the ceiling high above. Rector leaps to his feat and spins about to view the rear of the cavern.

All three forms stay still and silent.

The rumbling subsides.

Rector turns to face the newcomer. “Use that title again, and I shall have your head!”

The new ghostly form cringes. “Yes, Lord. But Lord, all along the Watchtower, there are strangers in the Dim Forest!”

Rector raises an eyebrow. “Strangers?”

Glad to have Rector’s attention diverted from him, the Chamberlain’s image slowly backs away and becomes smaller.

The new visitor produces visions for the benefit of his master. The first shows a woman next to a giant within a clearing inside the forest. “This pair have cleared away some of the trees to make a lovely green parkland, interspersed with hills, woods, and areas of deep sand. They have dug eighteen tiny holes, each marked with a flag. They are waving long metal wands about. Clearly the preparations for some elaborate ritual spell.”

“Clearly,” Rector agrees.

The visitor continues with another vision. “A larger group seems to be aimlessly wandering the pathways of the Dim Forest. They include a large number of wizards, perhaps eight or ten, though their training seems limited. Finally, Lord, there is THIS! A metal house of some kind that was never there before.” The final image is of one of Sereni-Tree’s shuttles that had landed in a forest clearing.

Rector’s eyes open wide. “They are Techno-heretics! That is one of their flying iron ships!”

“Techno-heretics? But Headmaster, how do you… Ooops!”

When the title is spoken again the rumbling begins anew. The floor shakes. The ghostly images of both subordinates disappear in haste. Rector turns to again view the rear of the huge cavern.

Filling Rector’s sight is the rightful master of Puffenstuff’s School of Sorcery. Curled atop an enormous pile of gold, silver, and gems is Headmaster Puffenstuff, an ancient and wise dragon at least two hundred feet long. Puffenstuff stirs fitfully, but before long again succumbs to the Sleep spell that Rector had devised to hold him.

Forgotten in the excitement at the base of the throne is the dropped cage that held the tormented plaything of Lord Rector. Inside, the thing stirs, and skitters to the cage door like a crab. It is a disembodied human hand, slender and feminine. The hand pokes at the cage door with its index finger. The mechanism broken, the door opens with a slight creak. The hand squeezes through and escapes unnoticed. It runs off on its fingers, making good time.

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Friday, January 25, 2008 10:07 PM

OOC: Okay, Bride5 and her giant friend are at the golf course they made in the midst of the forest. Jadehand might still be hovering over the ocean in his Ocean Cloud. Mai, her Potter clones, Browncoat07, Bluefishie, her purple squid friend, and anybody else who wants to are wandering the Dim Forest, sometimes destroying ominous warning (or directional) signs. This group may actually be two groups. You work it out. There is at least one more shuttle landed somewhere.

As to the escaped student and the hand… you each know who you are!

And Sereni-Tree? It is in orbit.

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Saturday, January 26, 2008 10:21 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by jake7:

BTW, SimonWho, that video was entirely too funny!

I actually got to see that performed on stage when Bill Bailey did a charity gig, alongside Kevin Eldon (the sinister looking guy on the right) last year, alongside Seryn.

Where is that girl anyway?

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Saturday, January 26, 2008 10:45 AM

THATWEIRDGIRL

Finally free of the tortuous game of poke, her fingers quickly scamper across the rocky ground. The thumb digs in and pulls the wrist back while the pinky desperately reaches forward in hopes of escape. Eventually the thumb relents, allowing the hand to flee.

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Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?" Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."
-- Charlie Brown

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Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:17 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:
I actually got to see that performed on stage when Bill Bailey did a charity gig, alongside Kevin Eldon (the sinister looking guy on the right) last year, alongside Seryn.

Where is that girl anyway?

OOC:Too, cool. They appear to be quite amusing! I've heard of Kraftwerk, but never really knew anything about them.

Now that you mention it, haven't seen Seryn around for a while...

TWG! Good to see you again! (Even if you are just a hand... and, hey, how did THAT happen?)

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Saturday, January 26, 2008 4:26 PM

*Happily relaxed and chatting with her friends, Mai feels a chill run down her spine.

The land beneath their feet shakes slightly.

"Did you guys feel that?"

A darkness starts to creep in far too early in the day.

Just as she speaks one of the clones runs up to the group pointing at the school. A shimmering wall of fog appears where the front gates began and starts to flow slowly towards them.

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Saturday, January 26, 2008 6:58 PM

ORAM

*Out of the shadows comes bounding a medium sized rat. It stops every now and then to sit on its haunches and sniff the breeze around it, the long whiskers and ears twitching like crazy.
Blinking to itself in satisfaction, it jumps off the large rock it used to survey its area, trotting off and onto a safe-smelling path.*

We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit those who would do us harm.

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Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:15 PM