(Ducky has wings?) *Pulls Willet and Ducky in with him* This was your fault, Willet. Now we're all in here. *Portal closes... again*

(prays really hard)





all of a sudden, FreeLance Ducky and Unknown reapear in the tavern. the portal is totally gone for now. hah

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ, who fell asleep in his nice comfy chair, wakes up, noticing only a giant mithril ring sitting there

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: huh... wat? WHO THE HECK CLOSED THE PORTAL?!?!?!?!!?!?!?

*He then glances over at Ducky, Freelance, and Unknown, noticing they still have inter-dimensional mists seeping off them*

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: You... DO U KNOW WAT U DID?!?!?!?!?!

Unknown: No....

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: well... THEY MIGHT BE TRAPPED IN THERE FOR ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unknown: Oh....

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: ok... Freelance... u were somehow remotely involved in this... so...

*BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ runs up and puts his hands on Freelance's Shoulders*

Freelance: wat... are u do, BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ?

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: easy.... getting a recharge...

*BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ flashes a wicked grin*

*BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ then starts absorbing some of Freelance's power*

Freelance: Arg... Stop... It...

*Then BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ lets go of Freelance's shoulders*

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: Soul Sap, i just sapped some of ur energy... plz forgive me, but if i don't reopen that portal, they could possibly be lost...

*Freelance then stood up again, coming back from almost blacking out*

*BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ then pressed a variation of buttons for the inter-dimensional coordinates for the Inter-dimensional Warp Director to scan*

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: ok... lets see here...

*BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ reopens the dimension warp*

*Then BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ electrifies it with a red bolt of lightning*

*Then, as bright as da... well, not as day, but, really bright, the portal was open*

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: phew.... let's hope it work...

*All of a sudden drained by the energy it took and in the amount of time, BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ plopped onto the couch*

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: look... I’m gonna... *yawn*... maintain this in my sleep... i want youz not to touch it, ok? btw, ducky, Unknown now has to pay the tab that slay and batty was gonna pay, k? Now I’m going to sle...

*BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ then fell asleep, waiting for slayer and batty to return*

(walks over and knocks the legs off of beau's chair using a blast of ice from across the room)



beau jumped up and looked around.



everyone snickered, but no one made any sign to who'd done it.



my ice was totally deminished, so he couldn't know it was me. huhuhuhuhuhuh.

(since when did everyone leave the Tavern...?)



Grabbing a tray of ice cubes from the freezer of the Tavern, Beuthing chucked them at Lancie from across the room. He has suspected Lanice. An all out war started. People took sides. Brother against brother and all that stuff. Ducky broke a bottle of wine over the head of Unknown, who has unwittingly sided with Beuthing. Ah, such is life. Anyway, it ended up with someone knocking over the candle (I'm so clumsy, dontcha know. Stopp hitting me ole Duck ) and the fight continueing on heaps of rubble where the beauuutiful War Tavern had once stood.



*Black

uh...





(opens up midsection)





(you know, like in cartoons. the 'joey-pouch' effect)



(retrieves time ship)



(goes back to just before he blasted beau's chair legs)





(doesn't do anything bad)



(stands around)



(chugs some fresh mead)

Que Passa!!!!



Meanwhile, Batty- who had NOT been dragged out of the portal, was trying to figure out where the heck he was...

It appeared to be a large forest- which Batty didn't mind all that much; he had been born and raised in a forest, but not in one where all the trees looked like they had faces.

"Geese..." he said timidly. "This is some serious Scooby Doo stuff going down here." He started to walk where the woods looked thinner, singing a little diddy he had no idea where he heard it from, but it seemed approprite.

"Oo-ree-o, Coooookies, Oo-ree-o, Coooookies, Oo-ree-o, Coooookies," Soon he heard sounds comming from the bush and sang another song.

"Possums, and Raccoons, and Owls- Oh my...Possums, and Raccoons, and Owls- Oh my...Possums, and Raccoons, and Owls- Oh my..."

Suddenly, he stopped and felt something bump into his leg from behind. With a heroic cry of "PLEASEDON'TKILLME!PLEASEDON'TKILLME!" he turned around and saw a little black dog.

"How long have YOU been following me?" Asked Batty. The dog barked and jumped into his arms. "I hate to tell you, mutt, but I'm as lost as you are." He reached for his nametag. "What's your name, anyway... 'Toto'? Didn't I see you on those 'Lone Ranger' movies?"

Suddenly, out of the shadows popped a large owl wearing an cheifs hat. That was enough of a hint for Batty to get his little edible tail the heck outta there in a hurry, with the dog in his wings, and the owl on his heals.

Back at the ranch Tavern, Never Mind was sitting on the floor, dazed. (This is a standard after-effect of going in and out of a portal at high speed) He started when someone said his name. (Not his name, but what everyone calls him. I.E. Unknown) "Yes?" It was Ducky, with BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ's bar tab. "Pay up. I'm sorry, nothing personal, but I HAVE to pay for the door somehow." Never Mind looked at the number, noticed Ducky unrolling it further and further, and fainted. When he recovered, he did the logical thing. He edited his profile on page 1 of the profile thread and gave himself tons of money. He gave some to Ducky, put away his lap top and put a small "kick me" sign on BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ while no one was watching.

Dear FreeLance, hitting people's chairs with your ice isn't a way to make friends! Ah, you shall not freeze me, because I am non-existant! TRy if you want, but you won't ever get me.



Nevar thought I'd mysteriously pop up from nowhere, eh? Well, as Pizzie always says, so NYA!



Hah! Now that I scared you guys.....heh....

I just found a huge clue. I mean, really.

Nevar mind, though. *choke* Secret..*gasp*identity*gasp* Hi SssssTannie. I mean Ta..Tannie, yeah.



Okay. Here, now there is ice everywhere, y'all can have a round of spiced hot cider on me.

In tankards.

Oohyeah.

`Ducky

hmmm...



hot, REAL cider right? not just hot apple juice with the "country cider" sticker slapped on it?

Ssshhhh. Don't give 'way Duckary's secret.



*Black

(Call me Tannie, and I'll call you something you'll really, really like. I have iron guts, you know, and I daresay that calling me Tannie or any other name other than Tanpopo Kiku or Kiku is not accepted here. my name is Japanese and therefore I do not have a nickname. Call me that again and I will haunt the tavern permanently.)



Back to the story...for now!



I want a bag of nails. Someone hand me that and a pack of screws. Also please give me Sakura's sword.

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ then was awakened when another ice cube hit his head.

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: oi! I was really onto developing a new spell in me subconscious y'know...

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: eh, WAT HAPPENED TO THE TAVERN??!?!

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: ARG! Now I know how Wabbit(aka FATE)

Used to feel...

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: fine... u asked for it...

*Then the ground started shaking, many of the rabbits being levitated of the ground*

*Then, like millions of puzzle pieces, the Tavern reassembled, except now gleaming*

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: man... this is tiring... I’m gonna go to the back of my shop and take the portal with me...

*BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ warps the portal and all the equipment to the back of the shop*

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: btw, ducky, the repair charges will come to Ç 14,276,982 for repair, replacement of destroyed alcoholic drinks, repair of various doodads in the tavern, and the nice sparkling shining wax job

Ducky: Wat??? Wait a sec; I didn't ask u to repair it...

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: well, unless u want me to undue it all...

*Ducky Mutters and forks over the cash*

BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ: Hmmmmmm... Only Ç 7,624,091 to go till i can buy that new star cruiser...

*BæÅüMÃ(-)Ñ goes in back to his shop and goes back to sleeping, again maintaining the portal and waiting for Batty and Slay to return from their journey to inle'Ra in search of Sakura*

*Everyone who was floating fell down on their heads*

*An ice cube hits Ducky in the head*

Ducky: Ow! Why i otta...

And so the chaotic ice war continued

Beau, (Doesn't feel like copying name this time) the War Tavern WAS NOT destroyed! Ducky paid you for nothing, and you swindled her. (Oh, and what ever happened to Lil Wabbit anyway?)

(Ya, wat ever did happen to wabbit?)(And yes, I did, in a way, swindle her, and the tavern was destroyed... (Mutters about forgetting how to do the quote thingamajig) read back to Blacksheep’s post, he said...

=============================================



"Ah, such is life. Anyway, it ended up with someone knocking over the candle (I'm so clumsy, dontcha know. Stopp hitting me ole Duck ) and the fight continueing on heaps of rubble where the beauuutiful War Tavern had once stood."



=============================================

So, thus, I actually did a Public Service by fixing the tavern, that was free... but i also replaced the alcohol(lots of it too, mighty expensive), and various doodads. Also that nice "Mr. Clean" shine too!(i wonder wat happened to him...). Anyhow, no one's been buying any of my various weapons because of

A: They don’t have Enough Money

B: They don't wants any kewl weapons or gadgets

C: They're just too busy drinking



The last customer I had was a Devan Shell wannabe who wanted Collapsible Knives

So, I have to go like this, otherwise i won't get the parts for that kewl Star Cruiser I always wanted. And I gave U the tab cause u almost had Batty Buddy and Slayer stranded in that nether world dimension. So there, everything explained

(thinks: i guess beau missed my post about time travel)

(thinks: I think you're right, FL)

(whispers: screw the bill, unknown.)

(but that dosn;t mean the ice cube war wasn't started)(hey, why are we talking in parenthesis?)(plus time travel is a very touchy thing, so u have to be precise in wat u say)

(and yes, i did read ur post beforehand)(i was hoping batty and slayer would post and get{or leave} sakura out of{in} there so the portal can be closed )

*Slayer and batty return and close the portal* Free grog for us

(whispers: I already paid, FL.) (Can we stop talking in ()s now?)

(no.)



(BlackSheep bought a neat weapon from Beauman and accidentally shoots him in the foot)

*Grath goes and buys a lfg 30000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0 (Yes, that is a number.) from Beauthing, it costing Ç1,000,000,000,000,000

...

(...)

(Oh honestly now!)



Kaz glided down from the rafters just watching it all after dissapearing for a while. He watched as Grath bought his imaginary gun.

"What people will make up these days or not play RPG fairly!" he says to himself and flies back up to the rafters after shooting a dud-RF into Grath's blaster waiting for him to use it.

(...)

"Oww!" A noise came from the rafters that

Kaz flew up to.

(DUH DUH DAAA!)

"What the heck...hey, it's Kovu!" Kaz saw a limp brown body laying on the rafter.

"I wonder if he's dead...hmm..." With a claw, he lifted Kovu up.

"Hey Kove, ya dead?"

(DUH DUH DAAA!)

"I'm veeery dead."

"Where ya been?"

"Well...I was a bed, and then there was a whole lotta knives and explosions, and I

got thrown up here, where I've been for the

past four pages."

"Mmh, hey, we need a plotline, fast!"

"Uh...how about the ()s everyones been using go haywire and try to slice everything

in half..."

"I don't think that's a..." Kaz began.

"AHHHH! MAD ()s!" Somebunny below screamed.

I ducked a flying (. Things were starting to get hairy again.

(...)

`Duckary

I checked page 4, but I saw no mention of you begin thrown up to the rafters. Would you terribly mind quoting it or something?

I didn't actually get thrown up in the rafters, well, I did, but no one payed attention to it.

So that's how they make movies!

Give the man bird a prize!

A bunch of bunnies filed in in tight leotards. The head bunny was a muscular female with a pink leotard and white headband.



"Did we not make it clear that we were using the War Tavern for our Yoga classes?! Everyoen get on thier butts. You'er now part of my class, I own you."

"No, because Paul is owned by-"

"Siddown!" Kazooie shrank to the floor.



*Black

The ()s struck all the yogo people in the faces, causing them to get really mad. The head yogo rabbit pulled out a huge gun, and blasted all the ()s into little "."s, ","s and "`"s. Then she started instructing.

Kiku, who heard someone say "Kiki" and another person say "Tannie," kicked the door down. It fell on someone's head, probably Freelance's. He muttered something, pulled the door off his head, and walked outside.



Kiku was dressed in black, very black black. In her left hand she held a sword. In her right hand she held some sort of staff.



"shut up about yoga in here," she snorted. "why, let's practice our swordfighting, yah?"



"Call me Tannie, call me Kiki, and I'll call you something you'll REALLY LIKE," went on Kiku. She twirled the sword and shot a fierce glance at some of the gurls in their leotards. "Duel, anyone?"



No one replied. "I got hurt the last time. But. I still live on. If people call me Kiki, or Tannie, or anything besides Kiku, I will die. It's called a curse."

Kiku...I STRONGLY SUGGEST STAYING RETIRED!

I know you said only Kiku, but what's wrong with Tanpopo Kiku? (And I never could manage a sword, no thanks)