The Sereni-Tree: Skiing With Yeti

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THEREALME

Friday, August 15, 2008 9:56 AM (P)

This is Thread 63 of the adventures of the Sereni-Tree!

For “The Guide to the Clubhouse / Treehouse / Sereni-Tree Threads”, telling our story and providing links to all such threads:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=11877
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=11&t=11877

Early in this link is the very long post containing “TheRealMe’s Guide to the Sereni-Tree, V7”. This post is a description of the ship.
http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=27832
http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=11&t=27832

Early in this link will be a crew list.
http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=11&t=33358

Here is a summary of our previous thread, located at:
http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=11&t=33358

Our spaceship, Sereni-Tree, has been docked at the space station Persepolis 8, where we have just finished our two-an-a-half month party celebrating our fourth anniversary. We have met some new people, including Aiko (who may be Leopardflan's alter ego) and Trip, a friend of Bluefishie.

Ervin the Yeti has invited the group down to the cargo bay that has been converted into a yeti snowscape. He proposed some skiing, which Deuce has assumed will be a competition. Oh, and the young yeti SimonYeti squeezed his godfather and namesake SimonWho a bit too much. A growing lad. Let's see... Bluefishie is saving some wayward Potter clones from drowning and... that's all that I remember.

Oh, wait! It turns out that the little purple squid thing that follows Bluefishie around might be a little more than it seems. At least, it is both intelligent and telepathic.

THEREALME

Friday, August 15, 2008 10:15 AM (P)

The huge, furry yeti named Ervin leads the group down several levels into the ship's cargo section. He stops at a door which has a crudely painted sign that reads, "YETI ONLY. ALL OTHERS TO BE EATEN!".

"Don't mind sign," he tells them with a grin that exposes all his fangs. "Is joke."

"Heh. Funny," Trey mutters under her breath.

"Let's get on with it!" an impatient Deuce demands.

Both human women are dressed in snow gear and are carrying skis (as are any others who are going on the ski trip).

Ervin opens the door to reveal a veritable winter wonderland that seems to stretch on for miles (or even kilometers). "TheRealHim folds space for us to make lots and lots of room," Assan, another yeti, explains.

"Much like our home, Black Diamond Planet," says Hewitt, the smallest and youngest of the adult yeti.

"Many hills. Much snow," agrees Corbin, the mother of SimonYeti.

SimonYeti growls.

"And COLD!" adds Lichna, the other female yeti. "You humans live too hot!"

"We build lodge," Ervin says, "like humans live in on Black Diamond before it goes boom. Come."

The group heads into YetiLand.

Assan the Yeti
Corbin the Yeti
Ervin the Yeti
Hewitt the Yeti
Lichna the Yeti
SimonYeti the Yeti
Deuce, Bride2
Trey, Bride3

SIMONWHO

Friday, August 15, 2008 11:04 AM (P)

Okay, everyone find a nice slope and get to the top. We'll work out some sort of lift system later.

SimonYeti, it might be safer if you put this helmet on. Don't worry, it's just to stop your head getting bumped if you fall over. That's it, just slip it on and... oh.

I think if you can break the helmet with your own head, you probably don't need to bother. Right, skis on, poles in each hand and let's start off with a little snowploughing down the hill.

Okay, snowploughing is just the name of the technique, the aim is not to move all the snow down to the bottom of the slope. Don't worry, we'll try again.

THEREALME

Friday, August 15, 2008 11:15 AM (P)

The two yeti Lichna and Assan approach SimonWho at the bottom of the slope.

"We have lift system," Assan says.

He grabs SimonWho in one hand and SimonYeti in the other. Then he runs at great speed up to the top of the hill, where he gently deposits them. Lichna remains at the base of the hill.

AIKO

Friday, August 15, 2008 1:51 PM (P)

*picks up her snowboard and carries it to the top of the hill, sits down and pants a little, then races down after the others*

JAKE7

Friday, August 15, 2008 6:45 PM (P)

**jake7 watches the gang go down the hall to the Yeti zone. She calls after them**

I'll be there in a little while. I'm a bit tired from the party and I think I'll take a speed nap.

I don't know how to ski, but I love to sled, so I'll meet up with you all very soon!

**she stifles a large yawn and hurries to her room. Once there, she sets her alarm for 15 minutes and then lays down on the bed and quickly drifts off.

15 minutes later, she awakens refreshed. She dresses quickly for the cold -- donning some space age thermals so she won't be quite so bulky -- and then grabs her sled and heads for the Yeti zone. She walks through the door into a winter wonderland.**

Wow! This is incredible!

**She grabs the lift and heads to the top for her first run down the hill**

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
***********
"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

BLUEFISHIE

Friday, August 15, 2008 7:05 PM (P)

*slides down a hill on her bottom, with the now large purple squid clinging to her head*

COZEN

Friday, August 15, 2008 8:03 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by jake7:
**jake7... grabs her sled....

*Fervently hopes she doesn't notice the small yet incredibly efficient and powerful nuclear powered rocket propulsion device he has jury rigged to her conveyance of choice*

***

AIKO

Friday, August 15, 2008 8:05 PM (P)

*Aiko speeds past the group on skis, laughing as she the cold wind whips her hair*

THEREALME

Saturday, August 16, 2008 12:48 AM (P)

Down in Sereni-Tree's Main Engineering:

"How's that?" Jet asks.

"A little to the left, Bride4. Your left!" TheRealMe is at the fusion reactor watching carefully as the steel tentacles of a Diagnostic/Repair Drone lower the new plasma coil into its housing. Nearby, at the side of the insect-like DRD, Jet is at the controls.

"Perfect, Bride4!"

With a slight twist of Jet's wrist, the fragile device is slowly lowered into place.

"Okay, Bride4. One more of these and we can..." Suddenly, TheRealMe tenses, blinks twice, and faints dead away.

He awakens moments later, flat on his back, Jet hovering over him. "Are you okay?" she asks, a concerned look on her face.

He tries to sit up, but cannot. "I felt a disturbance in the Force!"

"Like billions of people crying out as one, and then being snuffed out?"

He shakes his head. "Worse!"

Jet whispers: "Cozen!"

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree
Jet, Bride4, Engineer

OOC: And we are very happy to have him back!!!!

MAI

Saturday, August 16, 2008 12:56 AM (P)

*attacks Cozen with snowballs from atop the bunny-yeti slope.

Wonder if i can get better aim while I am in ski mode. *pushes off down the hill

*swish, swoosh, swish, and ....
CRASH!

ow.

JAKE7

Saturday, August 16, 2008 4:35 PM (P)

**jake7 gets to the top of the hill and goes to place her sled down on the snow when something catches her eye. There, on the bottom of her sled is a strange looking and deadly looking device.**

Huh. That's funny. I've never noticed this thing before...

**she looks at it a bit closer and notices the stamp "Cozen" embossed on one of two cylinders on either side of what appears to be an exhaust port. She shakes her head and mutters to herself.**

That Cozen. First he disappears in the middle of my last kidnapping, and now he's tinkering with my sled. I can only imagine what he's up to now.

**One of the Yeti comes by slaps her on the back in a friendly fashion. Unfortunately, the Yeti aren't fully aware of their strength and the slap sends jake7 flying down the hill on her stomach. Snow flying about her, she hurtles down the hill at what seems like warp speed.**

Ayeeeeeeeeeeee!

**She slides to a stop at the bottom and lays there motionless for a few moments taking stock of any possible injuries (there are none) and catches her breath. She opens her eyes and then sits up.**

Wow! That was a RIOT! I gotta do that again!

**She gets up, dusts the snow off and heads for the lifts once again**

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
***********
"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

MRSUNIVERSE832

Saturday, August 16, 2008 9:47 PM (P)

*wanders aimlessly in a Revolucion adelita costume*

Come on out, Operative! You and I have a reckoning!
*cries* Mr. U.! Mr. U.!

*collapses in the snow*

Mrs. Universe

MR. UNIVERSE----> <----MRS. UNIVERSE

SIMONWHO

Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:24 PM (P)

Thank you Assan, glad to have finally found an environmentally sound way of getting up a mountain.

Same again SimonYeti, just keep looking down the mountain and bending the knees into the turns. Very good!

Ooo, time for elevenses. Third rule of skiing, always make time for hot chocolate.

MRSUNIVERSE832

Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:25 PM (P)

*wakes up*

Did somebody say "hot chocolate"?

I want some!

Mrs. Universe

MR. UNIVERSE----> <----MRS. UNIVERSE

THEREALME

Sunday, August 17, 2008 3:37 AM (P)

Moving down the slope at a tremendous speed, Deuce is crouched with her ski poles tucked under her arms and trailing behind her.

Suddenly, she sees a figure in front of her, blocking her way. It is too late to stop or turn. She drops one of her ski poles, whips the other around, and jams it into the snow right in front of her. The ski pole's handle impacts her with great force in the midsection, but this causes her to vault right over Mrs Universe.

Deuce lands badly and falls, twirling a few times as she slides down the slope on her back, then comes to a stop. One ski comes off and continues down the slope without her.

"Ow..." Deuce groans.

Deuce, Bride2

THEREALME

Sunday, August 17, 2008 4:20 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Bluefishie:
*slides down a hill on her bottom, with the now large purple squid clinging to her head*

At the bottom of the slope the squid-thing wiggles all of its tentacles wildly. That was fun! Bluefishie thinks. That was a lot of fun! Do it again, please!

MAI

Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:48 AM (P)

well that was fun. the kind of fun that is painful and embarrasing.

*begins to hobble off back to the 'tree

SIMONWHO

Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:59 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by mai:
well that was fun. the kind of fun that is painful and embarrasing.

There are other kinds?

MAI

Sunday, August 17, 2008 12:20 PM (P)

yes, or so i hear. apparently there is fun that's actually fun. bit weird if you ask me, but i guess whatever trips your trigger...

BLUEFISHIE

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:17 PM (P)

*dashes back up the hill*

SIMONWHO

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:11 AM (P)

*shakes snow off his hair*

Right, I think that's enough for one day. Now we need to practice the third most important part of skiing (after bending the knees and hot chocolate breaks) - Apres Ski. And no, that doesn't mean finishing your yoghurt.

Now if I just open one teeny weeny interdimensional rift here... there, a portal to one of my favourite restaurants. Everyone who fancies a cracking meal, meet me here in one hour, wear your moon boots because it'll be slippy through there. Yetis... wear a tie and I'll claim you're all part of my latest hirsute experiments.

THEREALME

Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:40 AM (P)

TheRealMe drags his luggage to the center of the Sereni-Tree's common room. "Mai? Are you ready?"

Mai approaches, carrying her own suitcase.

TheRealMe reaches out with his hand. A spot of light appears. It grows larger, until it is a ring of fire surrounding a dark void.

"Mai and I will be attending Dragon*Con. I'll be sure to bring back some appropriate gifts for all of you!"

TheRealMe begins to step through the hole in reality that he made, then pauses. He heads over to pluck the disembodied Hand from a nearby table. "You're coming, too!"

TheRealMe, Mai, and the Hand jump into TheRealMe's dimensional portal. Soon, it shrinks down to a dot of light, then disappears.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

BLUEFISHIE

Saturday, August 30, 2008 6:35 AM (P)

*throws the squid down the hill then follows it down once more*

MRSUNIVERSE832

Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:43 AM (P)

*wakes up, and uses the Mak'Tar stealth haze to sneak aboard the Sereni-Tree*

Whoa!

*wanders into the cryo room*

Brr! It's cold in here!
*notices a drawer*
Hey...wonder what's in here?
*knocks on it*
*walks out of the cryo room, and into the lounging area*

Mrs. Universe

MR. UNIVERSE----> <----MRS. UNIVERSE

AIKO

Sunday, August 31, 2008 4:00 PM (P)

*As she was nearing the bottom of the monsterous hill she was snowboarding down, Aiko activates her left glove, creating a time slip in which she'd always be going down the hill without coming to the actual bottom, until she de-activated the glove*

"Ahh, this is the LIFE! Woo!"

SERYN

Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:25 PM (P)

Seryn steps out of the shower and carries on as if the long months of absence were just a dream...

Parking it on a nice comfy sofa she sips her drink and waits for all to return from their skiing.

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

MRSUNIVERSE832

Monday, September 1, 2008 1:31 AM (P)

Mrs. Universe walks up to the lounging area fridge, rummages around in it, then finally yanks out a diet soda(the kind with Splenda), then moves to the pantry and snatches a bag of chips and a box of Fruit Oaty Bars. She plops down next to Seryn, stuffs a handful of chips into her mouth, then washes it down with the soda.

"So, what are you drinking?"

Mrs. Universe

MR. UNIVERSE----> <----MRS. UNIVERSE

SIMONWHO

Monday, September 1, 2008 8:09 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Aiko:
*As she was nearing the bottom of the monsterous hill she was snowboarding down, Aiko activates her left glove, creating a time slip in which she'd always be going down the hill without coming to the actual bottom, until she de-activated the glove*

*watches her go down the mountain then immediately reappear at the top of the slope*

Ooo, a temporal distortion! They can be good fun but I did know someone that fell and couldn't reach the deactivator as he tumbled. Ended up embedded in a snowball 20ft round.

Come on SimonYeti, we'll try a couple of those jumps.

SERYN

Monday, September 1, 2008 5:16 PM (P)

*Seryn nicks a crisp from Mrs Universe*

I am being very virtuous and having a Honey Berry Smoothie made with fat free frozen yoghurt and it is officially nummy.

In fact i think its possibly the nummiest smoothie in the whole wide 'verse.

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

THEREALME

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 12:49 AM (P)

A spot of light appears in the Sereni-Tree common room. It grows to become a ring of fire surrounding a dark void. Then it becomes a triangle, then a square.

TheRealMe, Mai, and the Hand tumble out of the hole in reality, they fall sideways until they are within the common room, then fall downward, surrounded by their luggage.

"Whooops!" TheRealMe comments, his voice slurred. "Guess I got that a bit off kilter." He waves his hand and the wobbling dimensional portal disappears. "! We had a great Dragon*Con!"

From his sitting position, TheRealMe topples over and starts snoring.

OOC: Seryn!? Seryn is back!

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

SIMONWHO

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 11:41 PM (P)

Ooo, I hear people returning. Guys, shall we do some apres ski?

SERYN

Thursday, September 4, 2008 7:15 PM (P)

where can i get more fruit on the Sereni-tree?

Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt

MAI

Friday, September 5, 2008 12:20 AM (P)

*runs from the pile of luggage and attack huggles Seryn.

Yay. You're back!

THEREALME

Friday, September 5, 2008 1:36 AM (P)

TheRealMe pauses to consider Seryn's question.

"The fruit bowl in the kitchen?"

TheRealMe braces himself in case it was a trick question.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

MAI

Friday, September 5, 2008 3:27 AM (P)

If you want to pick your own fruit you can find fresh fruit of all kinds growing on the trees in the animal park. You won't even need a ladder to get to the highest bits as I'm sure Frederick will be more than happy to give you a lift.

SIMONWHO

Friday, September 5, 2008 10:02 AM (P)

Right, hot chocolate time. Everyone coming off the slopes, leave your boots on that mat over there and come get some drinks. You have the choice of either regular, calorie free (but with all the taste), with whipped cream, with marshmallows or with a dash of whisky.

No, Simonyeti, the last option is not suitable for you. Oh, don't cry, you'll be boozing soon enough.

JAKE7

Friday, September 5, 2008 8:17 PM (P)

**Snow-coated and starting to get very very cold, jake7's ears perk up at the mention of hot chocolate**

SimonWho, what a GREAT idea!!! I'm in!

I'll decide what kind I want once we get out of the Yeti zone and back into the common area.

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
***********
"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

MAI

Saturday, September 6, 2008 1:40 AM (P)

I'll take that last option thanks! *gulps down a yummy mug of hot chocolate. Oh that's nice. That's very nice.

JAKEWOLFE

Saturday, September 6, 2008 6:19 AM (P)

*blinks and looks around, clearing the cobwebs from around his... tomb?*

Huh... this is... new...

*pushes open the door and heads out into the light and the snow*

Hail folks... the Brown Coat is back (sans old account) And I have re-learned my name!!!

*pulls a snowboard out of his bag and joins the group for hot chocolate*

MAI

Saturday, September 6, 2008 6:33 AM (P)

Another Jake? Uh oh. This could be trouble.

THEREALME

Saturday, September 6, 2008 7:23 AM (P)

Browncoat2007?

SERYN

Saturday, September 6, 2008 10:00 AM (P)

*accepts attack huggle and huggles right back*

I might go in a while collect all of the strangest fruit i can find - when you've all warmed up sufficient for cold drinks. You're all talking of snow and it makes me want tropical - fruit cocktalis and a sandy beach.

JAKEWOLFE

Saturday, September 6, 2008 3:09 PM (P)

*chuckles* I promise not to be TOO much trouble... I hope...

And to answer your question TRM, yeah, it's BrownCoat2007

And also.... a tropical smoothie sounds wonderful!!! Have we any rum??

AIKO

Saturday, September 6, 2008 3:19 PM (P)

"Where has the rum gone?!!"

Jack ran off with it. CHAAAAAAAAASE!!

JAKEWOLFE

Saturday, September 6, 2008 5:04 PM (P)

*blinks at the young woman rushing by and sighs*

Why chase when I have such a lovely bag?

*opens his duffel bag, thinking of Mount Gay rum, and pulls out a new bottle of the stuff*

Mmmmm.... where are those tropical smoothies? I've found the rum!!!

*holds aloft a bottle of rum in victory*

AIKO

Saturday, September 6, 2008 5:28 PM (P)

*continues running after Jack, until she realizes that she does have a snowboard and that she was stuck in a time continum. She shugs, and decided that she was feeling a bit too lazy to run after a gey with a bottle of rum, but also that she was getting tired of snowboarding. She deactivates her glove, goes down the slope one last time, and slides into the gathering at the lodge*

SERYN

Saturday, September 6, 2008 8:26 PM (P)

*enlists several people to go get fruit*

anything and everything - we'll try it all with rum!

*thanks to magical Sereni-tree jiggery pokery, is back almost instantly with loads of nummy fruit*

Ok, fire up the blender!

*prays no-one takes her literally*

AIKO

Saturday, September 6, 2008 8:31 PM (P)

awww... I had a flamethrower all prepped and handy and everything! You're no fun (someday.... this emoticon will work again)

JAKEWOLFE

Saturday, September 6, 2008 9:14 PM (P)

*returns from fruit gathering with pinapples, mangos, and a coconut*

SERYN

Saturday, September 6, 2008 9:32 PM (P)

awww, maybe you can set fire to it when we're all smoothied out

AIKO

Sunday, September 7, 2008 1:00 AM (P)

Well, I do think that I shall have a flamin cherry smoothie! ^_^

MAI

Sunday, September 7, 2008 7:02 AM (P)

*returns from fruit picking with strawberries, strawberries, strawberries, raspberries, and a few more strawberries for good measure. ok, so i may have got a little overboard. we could have strawberry pie though!

AIKO

Sunday, September 7, 2008 1:40 PM (P)

*returns with her flamethrower filled with cherries*

You know, on second thought, it would look really cool, but taste kinda bad, to set the cherries on fire, so.... ah well. It'll still be fun ^_^

SERYN

Sunday, September 7, 2008 3:11 PM (P)

I think it would definitley be a finale thing!

Ok, i'm going to make a smoothie out of any fruit thats so bizarre looking that it has to have 'fruit' tagged to the end of its name to let people know what it is. *starts peeling Dragonfruits*

Can somebody possibly put some pillows on the floor behind me? I've no idea whats going to happen.

MRSUNIVERSE832

Monday, September 8, 2008 2:23 AM (P)

*sticks gigantic pillow behind Seryn*

Now, you do know that I am most DEFINTELY getting some of that smoothie, right?

Hey....who ate all of my chips?

Mrs. Universe

MR. UNIVERSE----> <----MRS. UNIVERSE

THEREALME

Monday, September 8, 2008 3:26 AM (P)

"Well, if you are all tired of snow, that is okay. It sounds like you are in a more tropical mood."

TheRealMe reaches out. A spot of light appears and it expands into one of his dimensional portals.

"It has been a good long time since we played on the beach. We had a great volleyball game back just before the planet Rukus was destroyed. Through this portal we can find a nice vacation spot with warm sandy beaches and sports boats. After all, the title of this thread is 'Skiiing with Yeti'. We tried snow skiing. Now we can ski behind a boat!"

TheRealMe packs up some things and jumps through.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

MAI

Monday, September 8, 2008 4:53 AM (P)

Woo Hoo! Beach time! *grabs less warm clothing and jumps through the portal after TRM.

SERYN

Monday, September 8, 2008 7:09 AM (P)

*grabs an extension cable and moves operation out to a small hut on the beach*

Don't anybody trip on the wire!

*Seryn adds Mangosteen fruit and a banana (because for some reason there's a banana in EVERYTHING) and looks at the resulting white smoothie with tiny little black pips in it. Then in a flash of inspiration she mashes some raspberrys and mixes the bright pink juice with the black-and-white mix in a swirly pattern (turn tables aren't just for potters and dj's you know!) and finishes them with slices of Star fruit soaked in the rasperry juice and a paper brolly*

Ta Da!

Ok, every one who wants one come and get it!

Now i'm off water skiing!

I'm going to water ski in-thread because Stuart keeps threatening the possibility of water skiing IRL and the thought terrifies me - maybe the practice will help? (hee hee)

JAKEWOLFE

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 5:02 AM (P)

The Beach?? Grand!! *Jake digs through his bag, pulling out a beach towel, sunscreen, volleyball type stuff, a cooler full of beer, and some kind of musical playing device*

((OOC: Also... BUMP!!!))

MAI

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 6:32 AM (P)

Oh yeah, sunscreen! I knew I forgot something. Could I borrow a bit of that? Please and thank you.

SERYN

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 6:51 AM (P)

*flutters eyelashes and smiles sweetly at Jakewolfe*

can I use a bit too? i don't know where my handy bag has gone!

or maybe TRM could open us a portal to the magical land of sunscreen? we could run in, roll about a bit and be covered for however long we want.

ok, so maybe not such a great idea...

MAI

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 7:35 AM (P)

Also, if anyone is hungry, I brought stuff for smores. Although, someone with bonfire building abilities would be useful first. Anyone?

THEREALME

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 11:40 AM (P)

"Sunscreen? Not needed! As you can clearly see, this place is bathed in reddish light due to its K5 rated star, dimmer than that of the Sun of Earth-that-still-is. So it appears to be on the verge of sundown even though the sun is high in the sky. As a result, the world of Sundown does not receive large blasts of ultra-violet light that would cause sunburn.

"Also, of course, it means that this place is not as bright. If you were wanting to work on your tan, perhaps we should move to a different world."

TheRealMe pulls a hand flamer from his pack.

"As to starting a bonfire, STAND BACK!"

TheRealMe points the weapon at a nearby pile of logs and closes his eyes.

WHOOOSH!

Half of the beach is bathed in flames, luckily, it is the unoccupied half.

TheRealMe raises an eyebrow as he examines the hand flamer. "I suppose that I should put settings on this thing."

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

JAKEWOLFE

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 1:00 PM (P)

*Blinks*

...Huh...

*gives an evil grin*

Were can I get one of THOSE TRM??

JAKE7

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 2:07 PM (P)

**OOC: Well, having another jake around might get confusing, especially since one's female and the other's male! Beware of Cozen JakeWolfe! **

**Jake7 jumps through the portal to play on the beach.**

Ah, this is the life. First freeze to death in the snow, and now warm up on the soft, warm sand of...um... Where are we, TRM?

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
***********
"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

THEREALME

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 9:50 PM (P)

TheRealMe shakes his hand flamer and holds it to his ear. "We are on a planet named Sundown, Jake7."

Meanwhile some Yeti and some of the Brides come through the dimensional portal in swimwear. Some have skis, others have surfboards.

The tiny Olympic synchronized flying team of faeries also come flying through the portal. They hover around Seryn. "Where's the baby?" They chorus.

TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree

SIMONWHO

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 10:17 PM (P)

Ah, there's nothing I like better than a little apres ski in... well, apparently a glorious beach. Yetis, I suggest you put up parasols to shield yourself from the sun, I think your coats might be a bit thick for this heat.

*rolls out a beach towel and relaxes by reading the paper*

"Fairy child taken into care, drunken mother in custody"... whoops. This is tomorrow's paper.

MAI

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 11:27 PM (P)

Quote:
Half of the beach is bathed in flames, luckily, it is the unoccupied half.

Wow. That's impressive. I don't think I have enough supplies for that many smores! Still, it's very pretty and makes the beach a bit brighter.

*gets to work on the roasting of marshmallows.

JAKE7

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4:59 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
TheRealMe shakes his hand flamer and holds it to his ear. "We are on a planet named Sundown, Jake7."

Ah, thanks, TRM.

**jake7 returns to digging her feet into the sand to thaw them out**

OOC: Now I have the song "Sundown" going through my mind. Good thing I've always liked it!

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

COZEN

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:22 PM (P)

*Creeps down J's back stairs*

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lightfootcoz

SERYN

Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:55 PM (P)

*turns around to show the fairies Fin sleeping happily in a fabric sling thing*

actually I need a baby sitter - some one needs to look after him while i go water skiing.

*hopes to hell that no-one will look after Fin so she doesn't have to do it*

THEREALME

Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:49 PM (P)

The tiny faerie Luna flies up to Seryn, very excited. "Oh, we would LOVE to watch Fin for you!"

The other faeries start muttering amongst themselves.

In mid-air, Luna spins about to face her companions. "We would love to, RIGHT?"

The other faeries stare off aimlessly in random directions. Some whistle innocently. One shrugs.

Luna turns back to Seryn. "See, you have volunteers!"

Luna the Faerie

SERYN

Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:55 PM (P)

oh, no, its ok, really, i couldn't possibly expect you to give up you day on a... burning... beach to look after a sleepy baby... really, don't worry about it...

please don't make me water ski!

THEREALME

Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:59 PM (P)

From the pack of hovering faeries, one, Tiffany, flies down to Luna's side. She whispers in her sister's ear: "You know about diapers, right?"

"Diapers?" Luna wonders.

Luna the Faerie
Tiffany the Faerie

THEREALME

Friday, September 12, 2008 2:26 AM (P)

Three of the gigantic Yeti lumber up to Seryn. One of them bows deeply. "Seryn! In old times, Seryn go with Ervin, fly in Nandi, and blow up Alliance ship from inside! Remember? Good times! Now Seryn go with Ervin to ski? Look, Corbin has own baby SimonYeti. Can watch baby Fin. Come!"

Next to Ervin, Corbin nods. "Corbin do."

"Already rent boat and rope," Hewitt, the third Yeti, explains.

Corbin the Yeti
Ervin the Yeti
Hewitt the Yeti

SERYN

Friday, September 12, 2008 9:51 PM (P)

help me...

AIKO

Friday, September 12, 2008 11:03 PM (P)

*installs a high-class illusion projector that now can even withstand contact with others, programs seryn's image, duplicates and runs it*

*whispers in seryn's ear "got you covered go hide before people see me/us"*

MAI

Saturday, September 13, 2008 1:06 AM (P)

i was going to suggest taking a highly necessary shopping trip, you know for important supply like stuff, but hide and seek sounds fun too!

*folds up map of beach shopping centre just in case

THEREALME

Saturday, September 13, 2008 1:25 AM (P)

Sparky the Robot reverts to his original programming that he received back in Thread 3 when he was created. He goes about the beach setting up hammocks and gathers numerous palm fronds with which to fan any hammock occupants. He also prepares to fetch drinks with tiny umbrellas in them.

SERYN

Saturday, September 13, 2008 5:37 PM (P)

*hugs Aiko*

thank you! Its not hat I don't love the Yeti to pieces, but as soon as i said i was going to water ski I just decided I reeeeeeeally didn't want to!

*runs away while duplicate Seryn grabs her ski's and sets of with the yeti*

Now what shall we do with ourselves Fin? Ooh! I know!

*creeps up near Simonwho's lounger while he's reading and pokes him regularly in the shoulder, just to be annoying*

Now, how long do you think before he can tell us to stop do you reckon?

AIKO

Saturday, September 13, 2008 6:09 PM (P)

-watches the real seryn poke SimonWho before she grabs the waterskis and starts off-

-thinks to herself "waterskiing is so much fun, and I get to be in disguise, too! gotta love risk-taking...-

SERYN

Sunday, September 14, 2008 12:20 PM (P)

*get really bored already*

Seryn sets up an automated irritating machine to continue annoying Simonwho then goes to read and drink her smoothie on her sun lounger while Aiko does a fantastic job of skiing in her stead.

This is the beachy life!

THEREALME

Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:06 PM (P)

Young SimonYeti notices the poking machine on one side of SimonWho. He wanders over to the other side of SimonWho and starts poking him there.

THEREALME

Monday, September 15, 2008 4:27 AM (P)

The Yeti laugh and clap. "Come, Seryn! We go ski on water!"

Ervin and Hewitt lead the disguised Aiko off to the waterside. Floating at a dock is a speedboat. They carefully get in so as not to capsize the boat. Ervin squeezes into the driver's seat while Hewitt helps Aiko down and casts off the line. Ervin revs the engine, both Yeti give off an ear-shattering howl, and the boat darts off away from the dock at a high rate of speed.

Hewitt ties a rope around Aiko's waist. "Seryn, you go ski first!" Hewitt stands up in the boat facing backward and easily lifts the disguised Aiko over his head. "Ready?" he yells.

SERYN

Monday, September 15, 2008 6:29 PM (P)

*watches the yeti and feels sorry for Aiko*

*not sorry enought ot go take her place though*

*feels mean and goes to make Aiko a soothing smoothie for when she gets out - Rum, rum, strawberrys and rum*

SERYN

Monday, September 22, 2008 11:04 PM (P)

*boing*

*a random bunch of monkeys see Simonyeti and the irritating machine annoying Simonwho and decide to join in*

SIMONWHO

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:40 AM (P)

What the...? Oh, that's a bit annoying. Still, what's good for the goose...

*uses his sonic screwdriver to disable the poking machine*

And now for the gander...

*disables the projection unit*

Hey look Hewitt, Seryn seems to have come off the waterski and gotten back onto the shore. Best go straight over and help her back onto the skis, yes?

SERYN

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:24 PM (P)

*grabs the sonic screwdriver and hands it to one of the monkeys who obediently runs away to hide, then handcuffs her wrist to Simonwho's*

well if i now have to water skiing, you do too.

THEREALME

Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:52 AM (P)

Hewitt is about to toss Aiko-disguised-as-Seryn into the water behind the boat. He looks up and is surprised. He sets the newly revealed Aiko down. Then he glances this way and that, spotting Seryn on the beach next to SimonWho. He puts Aiko down, cups his hands around his mouth, and yells. "Seryn! Good trick! How does Seryn get all the way over there?"

SIMONWHO

Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:18 AM (P)

My dear lady, ultimatums are wonderful things... providing the threat is actually something to be feared.

Hey Hewitt, come pick us up and take us along that stretch of water - there's a trick we need to do.

THEREALME

Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:12 AM (P)

Ervin makes a right-angled turn with the speedboat that almost dumps his fellow Yeti Hewitt and the non-disguised Aiko into the drink. Hewitt grabs Aiko before she goes over the edge.

Then Hewitt takes the rope and fashions a large lasso. He twirls it overhead as the boat speeds parallel to the shore. As the boat passes SimonWho and Seryn on the beach, Hewitt tosses the lasso. It settles around SimonWho and Seryn for a moment, then it is pulled tight and the two are dragged into the water.

"Good fun!" Ervin yells.

Actually, three are dragged. At the last moment young SimonYeti grabs his namesake's leg in a death grip and goes along as well.

SERYN

Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:50 PM (P)

*screams*

THEREALME

Friday, September 26, 2008 3:04 AM (P)

SimonYeti screams too, but with glee!

SIMONWHO

Friday, September 26, 2008 6:04 AM (P)

Yahoo!

Seryn, do scream if you want to go faster.

Now Ervin, try and line us up for that ramp over there - we're going to have to jump!

MAI

Friday, September 26, 2008 6:07 AM (P)

*watches the skiing, lazily from a comfy beach chair.

I hope they've got helmets on. That looks a bit scary.

SERYN

Friday, September 26, 2008 8:05 PM (P)

*help!*

SOULOFSERENITY

Friday, September 26, 2008 8:30 PM (P)

A small girl with angel wings flies out of the portal to the SereniTREE, laughing.

"Sera, you get back here this instant!" The voice comes from the other side of the portal. "Your mother will kill me!!"

Soul stumbles through the portal and dives for Sera, only to get a faceful of sand as his daughter evades his grasp.

"Ow..."

OOC: Miss me?

______________________

Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.

Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."

I'm blogging about the novel I'm writing! Stay informed, and keep me inspired! Please!

http://havenofsouls.blogspot.com/

MAI

Friday, September 26, 2008 9:16 PM (P)

Holy Rocking Chair, Batman! Soul is back! So nice to see you again. *hugs*

Umm, I think your child just flew out towards the water. My she's grown.

THEREALME

Saturday, September 27, 2008 12:03 AM (P)

Ervin obeys his instructions, and sharply turns the boat toward the ramp. Hewitt again catches Aiko before she falls off.

SimonWho and Seryn seem to be doing fine, handcuffed and tied up together, using SimonYeti's body as a ski. They experience some discomfort at Ervin's sharp turn, which puts a considerable amount of Gs on them as they swing about on the far end of the line.

SimonYeti howls his approval, though is occasionally submerged.

The Olympic flying team of Faeries fly after the angelic Serafina, all but Luna who is struggling to pull a new diaper over Fin. Luckily, Corbin the Yeti helps Luna.

OOC: Excellent! Now we have Soul back, too!

OOC: And Mai, that is a wonderful shot of you!

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