MIDWEEK MISC - PART II

[Stanley The Weeb]

"I'll stress again to him that time is of the essence. I skimmed through his file at the Speedwagon Foundation. Seems he can read as fast as he draws, and he can draw really really fast."

(OOC: I say we speed round the encounters till we actually get to the base.)

[Penguino]

@penguino on chirpy

Dyno (unfortunately) will probably have an easy victory against Tommy End who (Also unfortunately) has teamed up with Arizona Chance and Stanley. Talk about Drama

#Glory #EZwin

[Dark Mauler]

Jun 19, 2022 12:49:42 GMT -5 Thumper Moore III said:

Jun 19, 2022 8:36:57 GMT -5 Stanley The Weeb said:

"It should be noted that I have contacted Rohan Kishibe last night. I'm quite sure that once we land that Ninja Star will send out as many stand users he has access to. And we need to get Tommy to be able to see and interact with stands without making him a stand user. And Kishibe-senshi's stand Heaven's Door will be able to do that for him. There is just one catch...he won't do it unless we allow him to read us."

Stanley looks at Arizona. "His stand ability is to turn a person into a book. He can add abilities to other people by writing stuff in our 'book'. He won't do it unless he reads all of us, for resource for his manga Pink Dark Boy. He already read me. Now he wants to read you and Tommy. The only other way is to cut him with one of the arrows. And the risk of death is just too great."

Arizona thinks to himself, I can’t wait for this nonsense to be over. “OK, if that’s what must be done, so be it. Wait, you mean literally? He does change us back after he’s done, right? Right?”

“If he feels like it.” Stan’s answer was less than reassuring.

“If it ends this, let’s do it. But we’re on a very tight schedule— Tommy has a match in two nights, we need to get to the Green Mist Dojo, and then to Ninja Star’s base in the mountains. Tommy, what do you say? Want to have the ability to see everything Ninja Star is going to throw at us?”

Tommy End: Might as well do it, as long as it’s temporary. I don’t want this stand stuff to interfere with my career. But speaking of stands, I’ve procured something that will help.
*Tommy pulls a vial of black mist out of his bag.*
Tommy End: I found one of the Red Oni’s labs, and tricked one of the scientists inside into helping me make a special mist mixture. This should let me temporarily block a stand user’s powers, at least long enough for me to take them out.

[Dyno]

Dyno pulls up at Haneda Airport with Satoshi.  They both get out as Satoshi instructs the driver to wait for him as he sees Dyno off.

The pair walk into the terminal building and head to the airline desk where Satoshi picks up Dyno's ticket home.

SADAO: "And like that, the visit is over.  Here you go, flight's on time.  Just remember, you have everything in you, you just need to remember to relax!"

DYNO: "Thanks man.  It won't be as long until I'm over again, promise.  And hey...you can always come see us you know!"

SADAO: "Ha ha.  If I can ever get away from the school, you'll be the first to know."

DYNO: "Oh and thanks for hooking Denny up.  He's been kicking around UK and the rest of Europe for a while now, if he's serious about this thing, having him working in Japan will show it!"

SADAO: "He has talent that boy.  Not as naturally gifted as you, but with proper focus, he can accomplish great things, like his cousin before him!"

Dyno grins then the two exchange a hug and Dyno turns to leave before stopping and turning back.

DYNO: "I really have appreciated this 'Toshi.  You know that right?"

SADAO: "You're welcome any time my friend."

The two bow to each other and Dyno heads off as Satoshi heads back to his waiting car.  As Dyno steps on an escalator he does a double take.  Was that Thumper Moore III, Stanley The Weeb and Dark Mauler he just saw leaving the airport?  He shakes his head...

DYNO (to himself): "And now I'm seeing things.  Heh, time for a beer."

He heads to the departure lounge, checking his ticket first where he sees that Satoshi has upgraded him to first class.  Dyno chuckles to himself and heads to get a drink before the journey back to the States.

[Stanley The Weeb]

The three men of the Bushi, Stanley the Weeb and the two members of the Ronin Arizona Chance and Tommy End, were lead from their plane to a private lounge by a Speedwagon Foundation member, where mangaka of Moriah Rohan Kishibe waits.

Rohan draws his stand, Heaven's Door, into the air and speed reads through all three of them. Being turned into a book feels odd. Soon he was writing in Tommy these words in Japanese.

'I can see and affect stands with my own power for three days of this writing.'

Stanley tests Tommy by manifesting [Nature Trail to Hell]. Tommy laughed as he realized this 'fearsome force' looks like a really skinny guy doing a bad Slashmaster cosplay. After being hurt by the said stand in a short spare, Tommy realizes that looks in stands do not indicate power.

Rohan bids the group a goodbye (and not nessisary a fond one...he likes the resource material but he doesn't actually thinks he could actually get along with the trio). All in all, it only took a half hour for everything which happened.

"Ok. I can rent a car or we can go by [Red] to the Green Mist Dojo. Taking [Red] would be faster, but would attract unwanted attention. So I suggest we rent a car."

"...and by unwanted attention I mean people seeing three people floating in the air going at car speeds across the road. It would also alert the Red Oni that we are here."

[Thumper Moore III]

Jun 19, 2022 22:35:39 GMT -5 Stanley The Weeb said:

Being turned into a book feels odd.

OOC: I’ll take “Sentences you don’t expect to see on a wrestling game message board” for $300, Alex.

“I agree, Stan. Let’s take a regular car.” The trio hail a cab. The cabbie strikes up a pleasant conversation. As Arizona knows very little Japanese, he reminisced about his time touring Japan as part of the Adventurers years ago. The taxi whizzed past the home of one of his sponsors, past the old home of the young lions which had since relocated along with Total Japan Wrestling to Kyoto.

So much has changed in the last two decades. Yet, much stayed the same— Akihabara still dazzled in the late afternoon with it’s ridiculous electronics and anime shops, Roppongi would still wake up in a couple hours and the salarymen would head there for some karaoke. The cab eventually sidled up to an extremely old building near Inoshakira Park. This was the part of Tokyo where the old ways still existed. Much has indeed stayed the same here for decades, even centuries.

The trio leave the cab. Arizona felt a sense of reverence was present in the building, but Tommy and Stanley exchanged looks of disgust. Their master had led them down a path that went nowhere, but they prepared to enter the building one more time to go somewhere.

[Stanley The Weeb]

"To think, this was my home for many years. I can't believe the master would train us so hard, only for not actually having a plan or goal for us beyond 'becoming wrestlers'. At least it beat my parent's plans for me...becoming addicted to the boob tube."

"...his plan didn't exactly work thoe...I still find myself staring at screens more that I like at times. Too much of the scared young boy being dragged across the world only to plop down in front of the television set while dad did a jobber job and mom supported him while ignoring her son at the motel still inside me."

[Stanley The Weeb]

We finally got inside the Dojo building. Mirei was dressed in her Great Ginzu outfit doing training under the watchful eyes of the Original Great Ginzu. He spotted us and I did a respectful bow to our sister of the fist and our old master. He might of failed us, but we must still give him a minimum of respect.

"We need to talk to Mirei master. It is about her escape from the Red Oni, or should we say Ninja Star."

"I cannot allow this. Go back home and forget the Red Oni." It is obvious that the master was afraid.

"We didn't come here for nothing. How can I wed if the spector of the Red Oni is over me. Only Mirei knows where his dojo is located."

The master broke down in tears, as Mirei is one of his last known blood relatives.

Arizona and Tommy integrate Mirei. Meanwhile I try to get something out of the master. I learned a bit.

[Thumper Moore III]

“I remember the day like it were yesterday.” Mirei stood, stone-faced, as she talked. “I was just a teenager. Scared. Alone. Weak. I promised myself I would never allow myself to be taken like that again. That is why I came here. Peace is built through strength, as the weak will always be victims of the strong.”

Hearing these words made Arizona even more determined to end the Oni. No one should live with fear driving them. “Mirei, can you tell us how to get to the place you escaped from?”

“Hai. I’ll draw you a map.”

As this happened. Tommy’s eyes locked with his old master’s. Ginzu began to speak before Tommy could open his mouth. “Tommy-san, you have no idea of the stresses that I faced on a daily basis. I knew it likely that Mirei was an unwitting spy of Ninja Star, and so I could not teach you everything. For if I did, Mirei would also know, and so would Ninja Star. I may have failed you and Stanley-san as a master, but I have honored the world with my failure. End the threat, as I know you will, and if you choose to return as my student, I will teach you everything.”

[Stanley The Weeb]

Stanley gives a knowing look to Tommy, then give a cold stair at his master. "No need to mention, but it is both our prerogative if we rejoin the dojo. I have learned a few new tricks under the Hamon method. I'm quite sure that I can pass on the knowledge to Tommy. Imagine how powerful his foot to the face attack would be of he could stretch out his leg by dislocating his joints, and using Hamon to lessen the pain you inflict on yourself doing so."

"I am quite familiar with Hamon," replied the Original Great Ginzu. "Only a select few has the ki to tap into the Sun's ki like Hamon masters can do. Your shattered and reformed mind allowed you to tap into that power. Tommy could never do that."

"I'm sure Tommy can decide for himself about that." Stanley turns to Tommy. "We now know why, do you forgive him Tommy?"

[Thumper Moore III]

A knock on the door interrupts Tommy’s reply. The door then busts open, and a two men burst through, each with a stand of their own.

The first says, “The Red Oni sends his regar—“ Arizona interrupts him with [Red Barchetta], who simply runs over the man’s stand, knocking out the stand and leaving the man unconscious. Stanley quickly dispatches the second assailant with [Nature Trail to Hell], launching a barrage of punches similar to the Ranken on his stand, knocking him unconscious as well.

Tommy reaches into Mirei’s hair. “Tommy, what the hell are you— OWW!” She assumes a fighting stance until she realizes Tommy is holding something, even though she cannot see it. Tommy holds up what appears to Arizona and Stanley as an ear, made of energy. He throws it to the floor and stomps on it, and it crumbles to dust.

Stanley uses the arrowhead and eraser on the two unconscious men, sealing their stands. “Do with them what you like, Mirei. They’ll be no threat to you now. The three of us will make sure no one like this bothers you or this dojo again.”

Arizona adjusted his fedora. “They know we’re here now. We know where they are. Let’s go.” The three hop in [Red Barchetta] since it is now the dead of night, and take off through empty streets into the countryside.

OOC: Tommy, if you want to add anything, feel free to retcon a conversation. We’re just running up against a real life time crunch to wind this down.

[Stanley The Weeb]

(OOC: True. Tommy can time rewind a reply.)

The drive there was a fast drive. But when we got half way there it appears that the road has changed. Another man in a stand/car appears besides us. And the 'radio' turns on and a voice is herd.

"I am Deen Janson, and my stand is [Dead Man's Curve]. I guarantee you won't come back from it."

It was a race between the two stand/cars, and with [Dead Man's Curve] having the power to warp space to create a space loop, it looks like we would never reach the end of the road...

...till Arizona's stand just stops and [Dead Man's Curve] crashes. Then we drive right past them to our destination.

[Stanley The Weeb]

It wasn't long till they arrived at the enimie dojo. It was a scenic climb up a mountain side surrounded by beautiful but foreboding forest.

It didn't take long, about halfway up the mountain stairs before the ninja mooks started to appear.

Needless to say, we plowed through the mooks like a lawnmower through grass.

Then we came across the courtyard. Needless to say again that even more mooks appeared. We made an opening for Tommy to get through. By the time we whiped out 75% of the mooks the stand users came out.

We faced [Hot Blooded], who can cause blood to litterly boil inside your body. Jethro Thule also appeared again with his [Aqualung], and it's ability to fill spaces with water. [Moon Revenge] does...something. There was also , [Chala Head Chala], [Ring of Fire], and [Hurt]. All of them were defeated and had their stands sealed (with Jethro having his stand sealed a second time).

I'm sure their was a few stands we are forgetting in this list.

Finally Tommy appeared carrying an unconscious Red Oni unmasked and his face full of black mist.

With our battle finally over, we were fixed up by [Red], and we sealed whatever stand which possessed Ninja Star all those years ago. Later on, we traced the start of the "Red Oni" after a match in the late 80's Ninja Star had in Egypt, and the odd appearance of a third full moon in a row in a month. Did this have anything to do with the Joestar's biggest enimie Dio Brando? Well, it is not our job to know.

We drove to a hotel and after being sure there was no more of this nonsense I volunteered to be the first one of us to be sealed. Then it was Arizona's turn. That then left Tommy, but since he actually doesn't posses a stand, he only needed to wait for it to wear off.

We then took a flight home. It was uneventful. Rebecca and Veronica and Maddie greated us when we got back. Tommy grumbled something about how family makes us weak, but it seemed more like Tommy embodimenting Vegetta, and even Vegetta has a woman and son.

[Thumper Moore III]

“It’s over, Ronnie. It’s finally over.” Arizona and Veronica embraced at the airport as Zona said those words. Tears of joy streamed down her face.

“I knew you could do it. I knew… is [Red Barchetta] gone?”

Arizona looked Veronica in the eyes. “Tonight, he will be gone for good, babe. I’m gonna be at the arena tomorrow, to support Tommy, but then, after that, you, me, and Maddie are going for a drive. In a real car. Anywhere you want to go. I know Kip wants me there for Super Glory, but just this once he can kiss my ass because you two are the most important things in the world to me, and it’s time I started treating you that way.”

“Zona, I don’t want or need to go anywhere. I just want you home again for a while.”

“OK. A staycation then.”

The Chance family drove home, and the ride was all smiles. At home, Chance went to see his mother in her wing of the home. “Hey mom, I’m back.”

“Help! Help! There’s a strange man here!” Dementia had not been kind to Gertrude over the last few months.

“Mom, I… I need you to trust me for a moment. [Red Barchetta]… Cleansing Light.”

As Arizona called forth his stand, he felt terrible about lying to Stanley, but knew that if Stan knew why, he would understand. As the light filled the room, the look of fear on Gertrude’s face changed to recognition and motherly love. “Zona, I’m so glad you came to visit today. What brings you by?”

Arizona got Maddie and Veronica as soon as he was sure it would be OK. The Chance family talked until late that night. Then Arizona dropped the sad news. “Mom… this may be the last opportunity we have to talk like this. I have to give up the power that let me heal you, and I’m so, so sorry. But if I don’t, our family will be in constant danger. I just wanted, no, needed one more night with my mom since it was possible.”

“You mean I’ll go back to what I was? I won’t remember anything?” Gertrude looked like a child who had been given a Christmas gift, then told it had to be brought back to the store.

“Eventually. Dementia doesn’t go away— we’ve reset it a bit, but eventually you’ll stop remembering things. But until then, I’ll cherish every moment we have.”

“Son, thank you. You’ve already given me one more good day than I deserve, and any other good days are a blessing. Keep your wife and child safe.”

Arizona took the arrowhead and eraser and said goodbye to [Red Barchetta]— this time for real.

[Stanley The Weeb]

Stanley and Rebecca have some time together in their own house. "So I talked to Kip and August 2nd seems like a good time to have that public ceremony for our wedding."

Rebecca sighed happily. They already 'signed the register' a month ago and had a small private reception with the Mullet Clan. Now soon they could actually acknowledge that they actually are man and wife, woman and groom in public instead of pretending 'wifu' and 'husbando' are pet names. She twirled her pink parasol. "So...we are going to get married in the ring. I'm sure the others are going to be thrilled enough to do shenanigans."

"Probably. I haven't had anyone suggest anything yet, except something like Penguino hiding in our cake and such."

"I wonder what Chief Buffalo would plan...he has been a good sport for our storyline together."

"I'm still debating about wearing the dress and have you in the tuxedo."

"Well, we can see through your cosplay closet what that could look like." Rebecca leads Stanley off to another room. The camera doesn't follow. Some motion blurring to indicate the passing of time, and Rebecca returns wearing a Victorian style tuxedo, her hair still in sausage curls but bound in a ponytail. Then Stanley steps out.

He is wearing a white gothic lolita style hoop dress edged in blue lace. An oversized blue hair bow holds a long golden brown wig styled in sausage curls. Also a white lace veil. "Well, this is not the first time I worn a dress. How can something be so roomie and so constricting at the same time?"

"Corset. It might limit your Harmon abilities some." Rebecca blinks a bit as she looks at her husbando. "You know, someone is going to probably suggest kidnapping one of us."

"Your serious? Didn't we have to deal with near kidnapping with Chief Buffalo?"

"Well, anything to start a feud. I remember when mom was supposed to be kidnapped for six months. Getting tied up for promos were strange. Especially considering how well built she is and trying not to make it not suitable for public display."

"I'm just glad Kip doesn't have that taist in storylines." Stanley does a small twirl, causing the long curls to bounce about his body. "You know...I think I like being the groom better."

Rebecca smiles and does a beckoning gesture. "True...but before we remove you from that dress..." She goes and turns the camera off.