It's a typical day in the beautiful world of Ohtori Academy when our tale opens. The young woman known only as
Katie is calmly walking along, minding her own business, when something very typical to Ohtori Academy happens.
Catwho sneaks up behind the unsuspecting Katie, and glomps Katie-chan and ties her down, declaring "The Spice
of Life, chap 7 now up!"
Katie, for her part, lets out a somewhat muffled ACK!, and tries to escape, but to no avail. She is thus tied
down. "Well hello, dearling."
Kevin steps in behind Catwho and ties her down before she can escape then sits there playing with his knife.
"So, Kate, what do I get for rescuing you? Hmm? or should I just sell you back to Baka-boy like that?"
Kevin grinned evilly - he so enjoyed these moments.
Katie, irrepressable even under mounds of rope, sticks tongue out at Kevin. "Maybe I LIKE being tied up! Wait.
That didn't sound quite right..."
When out of the shadows comes a new voice
"[CENSORED]! You Amazons are some kinky [CENSORED]! Ahem. Excuse me. I get this weird urges to say strange
things from time to time. *nod* Later. I'll leave you to your group bondag- Err... group bonding. ^_^;"
Kevin raises an eyebrow, grinning like a chesire the entire time.
"So desu ka? Why, Kate-chan, Who knew you had a streak of perv in you? Well, maybe I can make a good profit
off of selling you back to Baka boy then... "
Katie aims a floating PoD at Lufio* "BAKA!"
She bops Kevin with said PoD.
Unfortunately, the PoD went awry, because a PoD ricochets off of the lurker's head and flies towards Kevin.
Struck dizzy, the lurker pauses in his escape as he sways back and forth.
"Ooooo... Look at all the kinky Amazon Bondage Fairies... Woooooo..."
He falls over with a thud.
Said PoD passes right through Kevin, shattering him itno shards of shadow that scatter across the floor. Slowly
the shadowy fragments pull together leaving Kevin flat on his back with little stars dancing around his head.
"itaiii...."
All is silent for a moment, but then Lily comes across the passed out/tied up group. "You guys SERIOUSLY make
me laugh (good thing)! It is so funny to watch these interactions! Group hug!! Yeah, you all won't be able to
breath but.." She shrugs with a smile as she gathers them all up in a bone-crunching grip.
The lurker waves a little sign above the group hug.
[ OH, YEAH... ADD SOME BROKEN RIBS ON TOP OF THE CONCUSSION WHY DON'T YOU... ]
And from corner where Katie's still tied up. "Bakax2"
The lurker raises another sign.
[ SO MY ONLINE PERSONA'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MASOCHIST. ]
He flips the sign over.
[ ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH. ^_^ LAUGHTER'S GOOD FOR YOU. ]
He flips the sign over again.
[ BESIDES, KATIE, YOU'RE ONE TO TALK. BONDAGE GIRL. ]
He flips the sign over again.
[ "Oh, oh... yes, tie me up some more... Oh!" ^_~ ]
A tendril of Kevin's Shadow-essense snakes up from the floor, forms itself into the shadow of a P.O.D. and
smacks Lufio upside the head.
"Enjoy that Masochist-baka!"
The lurker Lufio's sign flips around out of grasp after he recieves his punishment, finally landing on the
ground where all can read it.
[ WAI. ANOTHER CONCUSSION. G'NIGHT! ]
Then Katie becomes mysteriously untied, and peers down at Lufio. "That looked like it hurt. Impressive, Kevin."
Lily kneels next to and looks down, and panics. "Ack!! DAIJOUBU KA?!"
She glances at the other two, a cute innocent look of concern on her face. "You do this all the time right? he
okay?"
Lufio tries to focus eyes on owner of the voice. "Sure, sure... I'm fine..." He tries to get up by rolling to
the side and pushing up with his arms, "I'll live- Whoa! Dizzy..." he pauses while resting on all fours, then
blinks a couple of times.
"Really dizzy... I think I'll go nap-nap now... Yes... Nap is good. G'night." He collapses face-down.
A sign pops up over the fallen lurker
[ FRAGILE. HANDLE WITH CARE. ]
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[ THIS SIDE DOWN. ]
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[ RELOAD IN... 10... 9... 8... 7... ]
And of course, this being Ohtori Academy, there simply MUST be the ubitqous oddly dressed individual. This time
personafied by the trenchcoated Siobhan, who wanders over to the fallen lurker and pokes him a bit with her saber.
"Hmmmm... Eh?"
She is presently joined by one of her varied 'personalities' (read, characters)... X-merc.
X-merc looks up at Siobhan with big glittery eyes. "Ooooh.... looks dead. Can we eat him? PWWEEEEEASSSSEEE???"
They are presently joined by Juri.
"Figures. First thing she does is try to eat the first dead thing she sees. No telling where that thing has
_been_..."
They are presently joined by yet another 'personalitity'.... Thalia.
Thalia, speaking in broken Italian, adds. "But of course, friend Juri. This decaying bit of flesh would no
doubt serve as a wonderful sacrifice to appeasing X-merc's hunger, wouldn't you say?"
Juri appears to ponder for a moment. "Ah... I believe I do agree with you, Thalia. Very well, let her eat him."
They are presently joined by the rest of her 'personalities' carrying eating utensils.... Chibi-Haruka
Tenoh.... Ikariko Oyuno... Ami Mizuno... and Chibi-Anthy Himemiya, who happens to be carrying a biiiig butcher
knife that she's calling the Sword of Dios for some reason...
Chibi-Anthy hands X-merc the 'Sword of Dios'. "Here you are, X-merc! Eat up!"
Siobhan can only watch in horror as the rest of the group stands around in a vulture-like circle about the
fallen lurker and sloooowly starts backing away before they get any 'ideas' about the next 'course'... plus, she
just does NOT want to see X-merc EAT ANYone!
"YEEEEEOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" A very much alive lurker jumps up from
where he laid rebooting. Several knives, forks, and spoons are sticking out from various parts of his body.
Assorted chibi characters are also hanging on by their teeth.
"OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!" The beleagured lurker falls back down into the
heap. "Yeowch! Ack! Not the belly button! Not the belly button! Yeek!" He attempts to wade through the horde
and make his escape.
All of a sudden, some more chibi characters arrive yelling. "EAT LUFIO! EAT LUFIO! EAT LUFIO!" A couple of
CHIBI-Lufios arrive on the scene. Unfortunately for the BSHNN-Lufio, the CHIBI-Lufios are in their cannibalistic
mode. Three CNNBL-Lufios dogpile the beleagured BSHNN-Lufio. The poor lurker disappears beneath the chibi feeding
frenzy.
More floating POD's appear and begin fending off the chibi's on Lufio's behalf.
As chibi characters are flung off here and there by dive-bombing PODs, some of the fallen chibi strike up a
conversation.
"Oooh... it's not dead. We can't eat it if it's not dead."
"No eat if not dead? Why not eat if not dead?"
"We get into lots of trouble if it's not dead."
"Oh. Lufio not like trouble either."
The cannibalisticc chibi characters ponder for a bit. Meanwhile, yells of pain and other sounds of discomfort
sound out from the buffet pile.
"Oh! Lufio know!"
"Yeah?"
"Lufio and other chibi make sure big Lufio dead before eating big Lufio."
"Oh. That makes sense. Okay, let's go. I'm hungry."
The conversing chibi rejoin the other chibi, wielding their weapons of choice. A butcher's knife. A shish kebab
skewer. A spork. Back into the chaos that are flying PODs, dueling forks and spoons, ravenous chibi, and a
thoroughly masticated lurker.
Kevin looks around disturbedly. "now that's just wrong. So wrong in fact, that it's time to do something about
it."
With that, shadowy tentacles erupt from kevin, each one grabbing a chibi-lufio and holding it off the ground. More
burst out of his chest to wrap around Siobhan's characters and they start getting lifted off the ground.
Off to the side, CMMNTTR-Lufio attaches the microphone onto the lapel of his purple blazer. After testing the
volume, he starts off with his running commentary as he watches the scene live and on vid-screens. Nearby, the
tattered remnants of a necktie lie on top of a pile of discarded clothing.
"And with that said, the other half of Team Double-K joins the fray. With the addition of Kevin's phantasmic
pseudopods to Katie's pugilistic pillows, the pair are weaving a fantastic defense against the all-out assault of
the cannibalistic chibi."
The eccentric commentator then towards a different vid-screen.
"But don't count the Feeding Frenzy out yet. They have greater numbers on their side, along with an overwhelming
need to feed. A major driving force in organisms, they can withstand a lot of discouragement to fulfill that urge."
The vidscreen zooms in at some of the tentacle-tangled tourneyers. A few attempted hacking at the amorphous
appendages. Others were trying to chew their way out.
"Yes, they are a resourceful bunch. As resilient as roaches." He lets out a rueful chuckle.
"This is proving to be a most spectacular melee, folks. What started out as a missing person search exploded
into forum-stopping extravaganza of foreplay, friendship, and food fights. Stay tuned for more coverage brought
to you by KakumeiKard: The Power to Revolutionize The World. "
Siobhan pops in out of her hiding spot for a moment to point a little recognized fact out about her
'personalities'.
"Only Chibi-Haruka and Chibi-Anthy are really chibis... the rest are aaaall normal sized. The only reason
Anthy and Haruka are chibi is cause I play them as chibis..."
Then she quickly starts sneaking away*
Only to have X-merc spot her escape. "THERE GOES _LUNCH_!!!"
"DAMMIT!!!!" Siobhan races off with the Hounds of Hell hot on her heels.
Katie pokes Kevin. "We're the double K-team now?" She starts humming the A Team theme under her breath.
A sheet of paper gets handed to CMMNTTR-Lufio as he prepares to resume his broadcast. Holding it in his hands,
he once again faces the floating vid screens.
"Once again, we're back to this forum's coverage of _There's Something About Katie_. Last time, we saw the KK
Team holding their own against the onslaught of the chibi."
He glances at the sheet of paper in front of him. "During the commercial break, I've been informed that many
of the chibi involved in this fracas are not actual members of Team Feeding Frenzy. To find out where they came
from, we have a guest commentator with us, one of the members of FF Team."
CMMNTTR-Lufio gestures towards one of the vid screens. In it, a smiling, blue-haired schoolgirl is listening
in on the broadcast. She, too, is wearing a purple blazer. "Mizuno-san? Your thoughts."
"First of all, in behalf of the rest of my team, I'd like to thank you for allowing me to be on your
broadcast." She bows to viewing audience. "Well, as for the presence of the extra chibi, there is a simple
explanation for that fact. Some of us felt that the squeamishness factor involved in the act of feeding upon
an actual human being, virtual though it may be, may actually be too high to depict in this public forum."
Pausing for a bit, she continues.
"Therefore, we thought to temper the impact with the use of super-deformed caricatures of ourselves. Thanks
to Himemeya-san, we were able to acquire stunt doubles to participate in the food fight. She was--"
Behind her, several people stampede in the background. First, Siobhan whizzes by as if in a hurry. Then,
X-merc leads a charge of the chibi after her. Several of the other characters have also joined in on the fun.
One of them shouts out at the suddenly-embarassed Ami.*
"TELL THEM THE TRUTH, GIRL! WE GOT SUBSTITUTES BECAUSE _SOME_ PEOPLE WERE TOO EMBARASSED TO PARTICIPATE!"
"Err... ummm... Like I was saying, Himemiya-san was, ahh, quite inventive in her masquerading of Chu-Chu and
her other friends as ourselves." She presses on determinedly, despite the heavy blushing. "We were all quite
impressed with her work." She then smiles at the viewing audience.
The lurking commentator smiles back. "Thank you, Mizuno-san, for your enlightening words." He then turns
towards another of the floating vid screens.
"As the horde of chibi has now seemed to have fixated upon the newly-dubbed lunch menu, Siobhan, Team Double-K
are the only ones left at the now-emptied buffet line. They approach warily where they last saw the besieged
lurker. What horrifying sight will they encounter at the lurker's last stand?"
Not too far away, Katie raises an eyebrow at the antics of the commentator. Kevin shrugs at her and raises one
of his shadow limbs. He points it at the side of his head and swirls it around, indicating his opinion of Lufio's
sanity.
"What grisly scene will they find at the site? Is this the end of the mysterious Masked Lurker? Will we ever
see his rose-throwing escapades again? Who--"
With a sigh, Katie walks up to the ever-growing dramatic commentator and bops him upside the head with a small
PoD.
"You, nut. We can hear you, you know. We know that you're right over here." She rolls her eyes upwards and
shakes her head. "You can be such a drama queen, Lufio-kun."
"Katie! Eh heh hehe... Fancy meeting you here!"
Actually - not all of the Cannibalistic Chibi Lufios (CCLs) are chasing Lufio anymore. Seems there is one
discrepancy Kevin forgot to mention about his shadow-tentacles. They taste like dark chocolate covered licorice.
The result is, of course expected as many of the ccls start chewing on the tentacles to escape.
"Well kate, we do normally make a good.... AAAHHH!!!!! GETM OFF! GETTER OFFF!!! AHHH!!!! THATS NOT FOR
EATING!!!! AHHH!!!"
Kevin begins running around like a man on fire, tentacles waving in the air in an attempt to shake the ccls
off.
CMMNTTR-Lufio turns from the indulgent Katie and takes a look at the latest development on the vid screens.
"What a surprising comeback for the FF Team! Just as it looked like Team Double-K had won the field of battle
due to the Feeding Frenzy quitting the field, some of the attackers had laid in wait to hamstring the defenders."
*The floating vidscreens focus on the various flailing tentacles trying to dislodge the three CNNBL-Lufios
hanging on with their tenacious teeth and limber limbs. Once in a while, one of the cannibalistic chibi would
get thrown off, but they would just bounce back and grab hold of another of the appetizing amorphous appendages.
"Panicked by the surprising counter-attack, Kevin of Double-K is in a tight spot. Watch as he runs with the
classic desperation defense, Man On Fire."
One of the vidscreens follow the screaming mass of tentacles and chibi as it runs forward in some random
direction.
"The Man On Fire manuever, not to be confused with Chicken With Its Head Cut Off, is an instinctive move
that comes about when your person is in danger. Similar to Chicken With Its Head Cut Off, the Man On Fire
differs in that the person is screaming its head off and is not randomly zigzagging back and forth in the same
place. The Chicken With Its Head Cut Off manuever involves too much panic searching for a solution to allow the
person to even scream. Not so with the Man On Fire. The Man On Fire has very clear objectives: to get the hell
away from the problem and to let the people in front of you know to get out of your way."
While the crazy commentary ran its course through Kevin's retreat, Katie ran after him. A flotilla of floating
PoDs flew alongside her as she chased after her fleeing teammate.
"PoD patrol... POUNCE!"
PoD's pause before begining their powerful persicution of the Feeding Frenzy. Oh the chib-anity!
Several PoD's hear the inner dialogue, and, as they don't approve of puns... begin attacking random chibi's
with more force than ever imagined.
Upon the vidscreens, the party of pugilistic pillows pounce down with extreme prejudice upon the pile of
phantasmal pseudopods, panicked prettyboy, and peckish peewees.
"Whoa! Katie, the other half of Team Double-K, has just unloaded a major can of WHOMP! upon her opponents.
Unfortunately, she did so upon her teammate as well. What a massacre! What carnage! What extreme violence! What
ratings!"
The commentator pauses for a moment to gloat and rubs his hands together fiendishly with glee.
"The FF Team has taken a tremendous beating. The punishment rained down upon them by the PoDs have knocked
them senseless. The few faux chibi that had stayed behind with the CHIBI-Lufios have even been unmasked due to
the persistent persecution. Here and there, little animal critters lay dazed upon the ground."
Shots of an unconscious mongoose wearing pants with one pants leg shorn off and of a dizzy Chu-chu holding
together what remains of a sailor seifuku are displayed on the vidscreens.
"As for Kevin of the KK Team, well..."
A tangled pile of tentacles and pillows have buried the previously panicked defender. His legs can be seen
sticking out. Other limbs can be seen twitching in the pile, presumably belonging to the few chibi that proved
to be quite persistent in obeying their appetite.
"Looks like the shounen half of the Team Double-K may have to be moved to the injured players list. Still,
he's proven resilient in the past and have been seen to bounce back from similar injuries." One of the floating
vidscreens replay previous scenes of Kevin being pummeled by Katie's PoDs.
"The action here has reached a stopping point for the moment. Let's take a break for a word from our sponsors.
When we come back, we'll hopefully have more word upon what happened with the Lunch Special, Siobhan."
[ This coverage of There's Something About Katie has been brought to you by KakumeiKard: The Credit Card with
the Power to Revolutionize the World. ]
Lily suddenly, and audiably, bursts in to the 'studio', "As a spectator following your fabulous commentary, I
just have to say thanks for putting up the link of the "sponsor". I love the vid!"
Suddenly, there's a Flash of Black Lightning and a roar of inverse-thunder, and Kevin stands atop the the
pile of Chibis and PODs, bokken in hand, dressed in the typical clothes of a kendoist. "I Fight On!"
To the camera he grins, "I knew those classes with Saionji and Kuno-sempai would pay off!"
"We're back, folks. That was just one of many viewers who've called in to let us know they appreciate this
forum's coverage of There's Something About Katie. It's one of the forum's hottest topics right now. Heck, it's
the forum's only current topic right now." One of the vid screens cues up a laugh track. "Now, let's get back to
the action with our on-the-spot reporter, Lufio IV. Yon-ban? Are you there?"
On one of the floating vid screens, a blackened, slightly crispy, trenchcoat-wearing lurker is readjusting
his smoking fedora over the microphone headset.
He coughes a few times from the wisping smoke. "Damned lightnin'... so damned touchy about 'is tentacles...
'Ow ya doin', mate? Am I comin' in clea'?"
"Err... as well as can be expected. So, can you tell us? What's going on right now with the KK and the FF
teams?"
"Well, now, Team Double-K pulled off 'nother miracle as Kevin of the KK Team 'as made a recov'ry from 'is
injuries. He's drawin' 'is strength from the nigh-invincible power of the Not Quite Sane technique. Some people
might 'ave heard of it as "the Art of Being Too Stupid Too Die.""
A disdainful sniff comes from another of the vid screens. "Miracles? There are no miracles." An elegant
beauty has appropriated a set of microphone headsets. Her vibrant orange-red curls frame her face on the vid
screen. She's holding a purple blazer she's tossed over her left shoulder.
"Arisugawa-san! How nice to have you with us! Ummm..." An awkward pause occurs. "If you don't mind me
asking... Weren't those the headset and the announcer's coat that Mizuno-san was wearing?"
A knowing smirk forms on her face. "Yes. They were."
"Oh." Another awkward pause occurs. "Never mind then. But since you are there on the scene, could you
please tell us, what's happened to Siobhan?"
"Very well then. The Lunch Special ..." A slight smile forms on her face. "Has currently barricaded
herself in a girl's bathroom on the third floor of the main academic building. The others are currently besieging
her porcelain sanctuary."
"Whoah. Really? I've got to get footage of this!" The excited commentator turns towards the another of the
vid screens.
"Well, I guess this is all for the moment, folks. Next time on There's Something About Katie, we'll bring
you live coverage of Siobhan's Stand-off. This is CMMNTTR-Lufio, signing off!"
The crazed commentator starts shouting at some people in a couple of the vid screens. They all appear as
if they've recently been in an explosion. They're all quite singed and still trail smoke. "Ni-ban! San-ban!
Meet up with Yon-ban! We're heading to the main academic building in Ohtori Academy."
A Character Chest appears from a random shadow and ponderously thumps its way after the Lufio's
*from inside*
"OUCH!"
"HEY!"
"Watch the elbows, ladies."
"Oi, Tenjou, what's goin' on up there?"
"Hang on, Kagome, the lid's stuck!"
A LOUD banging and a wail insues.
"My lady Queen, can't you do SOMETHING about the lid?"
"Really, Wolf, when was I granted the power of teleportation?"
"OH! Teleport! Tenjou, do any of us teleport?"
"I think Desire does. Hey, Nabiki, where is she?"
"I'll tell you... for a fee."
"Nabiiikiii..."
"Eating nachos in the kitchen. Where else?"
"Well GO GET HER!"
"Do I LOOK like I'm your personal servant? Where's Haruka? She can get her."
"Haruka-san is on vacation with Hitomi-chan and Karou-sensai."
"So who's going to deal with Desire?"
A hollow pause echos dimly.
"No. No. NO! I didn't volunteer for this!"
"Tough luck, Tenjou. This is your anime forum, you get to tempt the Avatar."
"Kuso. Just my luck."
Time passes. Suddenly the CC shudders.
A cute, pixie-ish voice wails from inside. "I can't get out EITHER!!!"
There's a minute pause and the CC goes into convulsions, shaking and rocking as all the characters try
beating their way out. No one left in the stadium notices the suspiciously innocent-looking heart-shaped key
which has fallen into the deep, thick grasses along the sidelines. A broken neck chain glitters beside it,
indicating that the owner may not yet be aware of her missing characters.
Kevin heads over to the character chest and begins examining it carefully, his bokken tapping on his
shoulder.
"Hmm. I know a way to open the chest, I do."
Mikorei fades into being beside him and Swaps him upside the head "Stop trying to mimic Kenshin. And
what were you planning to opent the chest, Kevin-sama?"
Kevin's face darkens. "there's only one person in the Character station who can get past this lock."
Mikorei starts to back up in horror. "no. NO. NOOOO!! DON'T DO IT!"
a dark, mirthful voice comes from behind them all "It's too late for that. I'm already here."
Muriko has entered the fray.
Meanwhile, Siobhan has indeed barricaded herself in the bathroom, having ripped several cheap,
imitation-porcelain fixtures from their places in her panicied frenzy. Unfortunately, this has resulted in a
rapidly rising water table within the room as liquid death gushes unmercifly from the multiple shattered pipes!
Her main personalities have caught up with her as well, trebling the danger quotia in mere seconds!
X-merc chews on a stray bit of lurker that she had managed to snare earlier. "Come oooout and PLAY,
Siobhan-sama!! We promise not to bite... MUCH!!"
Chibi-Haruka accquired the butcher knife 'Sword of Dios somewhere along the way. "Of course not! X-merc
doesn't bite! She just chokes it all dooooown!!" She starts hacking at the cheap imitation porcelain barrier
with the 'Sword of Dios'.
Chibi-Anthy chants with a soft voice. "Go, 'Ruka! Go!" Then swoons for no particular reason.
Siobhan, staring in horror as the barrier begins to shudder under Chibi-Haruka's blows, has managed to back
herself up against the far wall as the water begins to rise about her waist. "Aaaaahhhhh....."
Surprisingly enough, though. It appears that the barrier is currently leak-proof and not letting any of the
building water out of the room...
"And we're back, folks, for more of this forum's coverage of There's Something About Katie. What you've just
heard was the lunch bell being rung at the impromptu school cafeteria."
The lurking commentator and various floating vid screens are peeking around a hallway corner on the third
floor of the main academic building. A crowd of chibi and other characters have gathered in and around the
entrance to the girl's bathroom. In the courtyard below, a few students can be seen milling about during their
lunch break.
"As we can see, they've stormed the entryway of the female lavatory. They're currently being held back by
something. Let's take a closer look to find out." The intrepid announcer sneaks around the hallway corner and
edges along the balcony wall. Closer and closer, he moves in, hoping that the cannibalistic crowd are too
preoccupied with trying to break in to notice him.
He whispers softly to the accompanying vid screens. "Let's see now... what could be holding them back? Ah! I
see! There seems to be a barricade of sorts, jury-rigged primarily out of bathroom sinks and toilet bowls." He
turns excitedly to the vid screens. "Team Feeding Frenzy are huffing and puffing, threatening to blow that ceramic
barrier down. Will they succeed? Is Siobhan's sanctuary a house of straw or a house of bricks?"
Now several of the besiegers are hacking away at the blocked entryway at the same time. The barrier of cheap
imitation porcelain shifted about ominously.
"Uh-oh, folks. Looks like Siobhan's Walls of Jericho are about to come tumbling down. Will this be the end of
the souped-up shinobi? How will she get out of this- Huh? What the hell?"
The people laying siege to the blocked bathroom had stopped their assault on the barrier. They stood there,
as if befuddled. Rivulets of water are seeping their way out of the entryway.
"Wonder why they stopped... Eh? Water? Where's this water coming from? Huh... Huh! Water?!? Water!!! Oh,
shi-" A wall of water bursts through the bathroom barricade and through the besiegers, sweeping them along into
the hallway and over the third floor balcony walls.
Katie is calmly walking along, minding her own business, when something very typical to Ohtori Academy happens.
Catwho sneaks up behind the unsuspecting Katie, and glomps Katie-chan and ties her down, declaring "The Spice
of Life, chap 7 now up!"
Katie, for her part, lets out a somewhat muffled ACK!, and tries to escape, but to no avail. She is thus tied
down. "Well hello, dearling."
Kevin steps in behind Catwho and ties her down before she can escape then sits there playing with his knife.
"So, Kate, what do I get for rescuing you? Hmm? or should I just sell you back to Baka-boy like that?"
Kevin grinned evilly - he so enjoyed these moments.
Katie, irrepressable even under mounds of rope, sticks tongue out at Kevin. "Maybe I LIKE being tied up! Wait.
That didn't sound quite right..."
When out of the shadows comes a new voice
"[CENSORED]! You Amazons are some kinky [CENSORED]! Ahem. Excuse me. I get this weird urges to say strange
things from time to time. *nod* Later. I'll leave you to your group bondag- Err... group bonding. ^_^;"
Kevin raises an eyebrow, grinning like a chesire the entire time.
"So desu ka? Why, Kate-chan, Who knew you had a streak of perv in you? Well, maybe I can make a good profit
off of selling you back to Baka boy then... "
Katie aims a floating PoD at Lufio* "BAKA!"
She bops Kevin with said PoD.
Unfortunately, the PoD went awry, because a PoD ricochets off of the lurker's head and flies towards Kevin.
Struck dizzy, the lurker pauses in his escape as he sways back and forth.
"Ooooo... Look at all the kinky Amazon Bondage Fairies... Woooooo..."
He falls over with a thud.
Said PoD passes right through Kevin, shattering him itno shards of shadow that scatter across the floor. Slowly
the shadowy fragments pull together leaving Kevin flat on his back with little stars dancing around his head.
"itaiii...."
All is silent for a moment, but then Lily comes across the passed out/tied up group. "You guys SERIOUSLY make
me laugh (good thing)! It is so funny to watch these interactions! Group hug!! Yeah, you all won't be able to
breath but.." She shrugs with a smile as she gathers them all up in a bone-crunching grip.
The lurker waves a little sign above the group hug.
[ OH, YEAH... ADD SOME BROKEN RIBS ON TOP OF THE CONCUSSION WHY DON'T YOU... ]
And from corner where Katie's still tied up. "Bakax2"
The lurker raises another sign.
[ SO MY ONLINE PERSONA'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MASOCHIST. ]
He flips the sign over.
[ ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH. ^_^ LAUGHTER'S GOOD FOR YOU. ]
He flips the sign over again.
[ BESIDES, KATIE, YOU'RE ONE TO TALK. BONDAGE GIRL. ]
He flips the sign over again.
[ "Oh, oh... yes, tie me up some more... Oh!" ^_~ ]
A tendril of Kevin's Shadow-essense snakes up from the floor, forms itself into the shadow of a P.O.D. and
smacks Lufio upside the head.
"Enjoy that Masochist-baka!"
The lurker Lufio's sign flips around out of grasp after he recieves his punishment, finally landing on the
ground where all can read it.
[ WAI. ANOTHER CONCUSSION. G'NIGHT! ]
Then Katie becomes mysteriously untied, and peers down at Lufio. "That looked like it hurt. Impressive, Kevin."
Lily kneels next to and looks down, and panics. "Ack!! DAIJOUBU KA?!"
She glances at the other two, a cute innocent look of concern on her face. "You do this all the time right? he
okay?"
Lufio tries to focus eyes on owner of the voice. "Sure, sure... I'm fine..." He tries to get up by rolling to
the side and pushing up with his arms, "I'll live- Whoa! Dizzy..." he pauses while resting on all fours, then
blinks a couple of times.
"Really dizzy... I think I'll go nap-nap now... Yes... Nap is good. G'night." He collapses face-down.
A sign pops up over the fallen lurker
[ FRAGILE. HANDLE WITH CARE. ]
The sign flips over.
[ THIS SIDE DOWN. ]
The sign flips over again.
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[ THIS FILM IS RATED PG-13. ]
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[ THIS APPLICATION HAS ENCOUNTERED A FATAL ERROR. PLEASE CLOSE THIS APPLICATION AND REBOOT YOUR COMPUTER. HAVE A
NICE DAY.]
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[ RELOAD IN... 10... 9... 8... 7... ]
And of course, this being Ohtori Academy, there simply MUST be the ubitqous oddly dressed individual. This time
personafied by the trenchcoated Siobhan, who wanders over to the fallen lurker and pokes him a bit with her saber.
"Hmmmm... Eh?"
She is presently joined by one of her varied 'personalities' (read, characters)... X-merc.
X-merc looks up at Siobhan with big glittery eyes. "Ooooh.... looks dead. Can we eat him? PWWEEEEEASSSSEEE???"
They are presently joined by Juri.
"Figures. First thing she does is try to eat the first dead thing she sees. No telling where that thing has
_been_..."
They are presently joined by yet another 'personalitity'.... Thalia.
Thalia, speaking in broken Italian, adds. "But of course, friend Juri. This decaying bit of flesh would no
doubt serve as a wonderful sacrifice to appeasing X-merc's hunger, wouldn't you say?"
Juri appears to ponder for a moment. "Ah... I believe I do agree with you, Thalia. Very well, let her eat him."
They are presently joined by the rest of her 'personalities' carrying eating utensils.... Chibi-Haruka
Tenoh.... Ikariko Oyuno... Ami Mizuno... and Chibi-Anthy Himemiya, who happens to be carrying a biiiig butcher
knife that she's calling the Sword of Dios for some reason...
Chibi-Anthy hands X-merc the 'Sword of Dios'. "Here you are, X-merc! Eat up!"
Siobhan can only watch in horror as the rest of the group stands around in a vulture-like circle about the
fallen lurker and sloooowly starts backing away before they get any 'ideas' about the next 'course'... plus, she
just does NOT want to see X-merc EAT ANYone!
"YEEEEEOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" A very much alive lurker jumps up from
where he laid rebooting. Several knives, forks, and spoons are sticking out from various parts of his body.
Assorted chibi characters are also hanging on by their teeth.
"OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!" The beleagured lurker falls back down into the
heap. "Yeowch! Ack! Not the belly button! Not the belly button! Yeek!" He attempts to wade through the horde
and make his escape.
All of a sudden, some more chibi characters arrive yelling. "EAT LUFIO! EAT LUFIO! EAT LUFIO!" A couple of
CHIBI-Lufios arrive on the scene. Unfortunately for the BSHNN-Lufio, the CHIBI-Lufios are in their cannibalistic
mode. Three CNNBL-Lufios dogpile the beleagured BSHNN-Lufio. The poor lurker disappears beneath the chibi feeding
frenzy.
More floating POD's appear and begin fending off the chibi's on Lufio's behalf.
As chibi characters are flung off here and there by dive-bombing PODs, some of the fallen chibi strike up a
conversation.
"Oooh... it's not dead. We can't eat it if it's not dead."
"No eat if not dead? Why not eat if not dead?"
"We get into lots of trouble if it's not dead."
"Oh. Lufio not like trouble either."
The cannibalisticc chibi characters ponder for a bit. Meanwhile, yells of pain and other sounds of discomfort
sound out from the buffet pile.
"Oh! Lufio know!"
"Yeah?"
"Lufio and other chibi make sure big Lufio dead before eating big Lufio."
"Oh. That makes sense. Okay, let's go. I'm hungry."
The conversing chibi rejoin the other chibi, wielding their weapons of choice. A butcher's knife. A shish kebab
skewer. A spork. Back into the chaos that are flying PODs, dueling forks and spoons, ravenous chibi, and a
thoroughly masticated lurker.
Kevin looks around disturbedly. "now that's just wrong. So wrong in fact, that it's time to do something about
it."
With that, shadowy tentacles erupt from kevin, each one grabbing a chibi-lufio and holding it off the ground. More
burst out of his chest to wrap around Siobhan's characters and they start getting lifted off the ground.
Off to the side, CMMNTTR-Lufio attaches the microphone onto the lapel of his purple blazer. After testing the
volume, he starts off with his running commentary as he watches the scene live and on vid-screens. Nearby, the
tattered remnants of a necktie lie on top of a pile of discarded clothing.
"And with that said, the other half of Team Double-K joins the fray. With the addition of Kevin's phantasmic
pseudopods to Katie's pugilistic pillows, the pair are weaving a fantastic defense against the all-out assault of
the cannibalistic chibi."
The eccentric commentator then towards a different vid-screen.
"But don't count the Feeding Frenzy out yet. They have greater numbers on their side, along with an overwhelming
need to feed. A major driving force in organisms, they can withstand a lot of discouragement to fulfill that urge."
The vidscreen zooms in at some of the tentacle-tangled tourneyers. A few attempted hacking at the amorphous
appendages. Others were trying to chew their way out.
"Yes, they are a resourceful bunch. As resilient as roaches." He lets out a rueful chuckle.
"This is proving to be a most spectacular melee, folks. What started out as a missing person search exploded
into forum-stopping extravaganza of foreplay, friendship, and food fights. Stay tuned for more coverage brought
to you by KakumeiKard: The Power to Revolutionize The World. "
Siobhan pops in out of her hiding spot for a moment to point a little recognized fact out about her
'personalities'.
"Only Chibi-Haruka and Chibi-Anthy are really chibis... the rest are aaaall normal sized. The only reason
Anthy and Haruka are chibi is cause I play them as chibis..."
Then she quickly starts sneaking away*
Only to have X-merc spot her escape. "THERE GOES _LUNCH_!!!"
"DAMMIT!!!!" Siobhan races off with the Hounds of Hell hot on her heels.
Katie pokes Kevin. "We're the double K-team now?" She starts humming the A Team theme under her breath.
A sheet of paper gets handed to CMMNTTR-Lufio as he prepares to resume his broadcast. Holding it in his hands,
he once again faces the floating vid screens.
"Once again, we're back to this forum's coverage of _There's Something About Katie_. Last time, we saw the KK
Team holding their own against the onslaught of the chibi."
He glances at the sheet of paper in front of him. "During the commercial break, I've been informed that many
of the chibi involved in this fracas are not actual members of Team Feeding Frenzy. To find out where they came
from, we have a guest commentator with us, one of the members of FF Team."
CMMNTTR-Lufio gestures towards one of the vid screens. In it, a smiling, blue-haired schoolgirl is listening
in on the broadcast. She, too, is wearing a purple blazer. "Mizuno-san? Your thoughts."
"First of all, in behalf of the rest of my team, I'd like to thank you for allowing me to be on your
broadcast." She bows to viewing audience. "Well, as for the presence of the extra chibi, there is a simple
explanation for that fact. Some of us felt that the squeamishness factor involved in the act of feeding upon
an actual human being, virtual though it may be, may actually be too high to depict in this public forum."
Pausing for a bit, she continues.
"Therefore, we thought to temper the impact with the use of super-deformed caricatures of ourselves. Thanks
to Himemeya-san, we were able to acquire stunt doubles to participate in the food fight. She was--"
Behind her, several people stampede in the background. First, Siobhan whizzes by as if in a hurry. Then,
X-merc leads a charge of the chibi after her. Several of the other characters have also joined in on the fun.
One of them shouts out at the suddenly-embarassed Ami.*
"TELL THEM THE TRUTH, GIRL! WE GOT SUBSTITUTES BECAUSE _SOME_ PEOPLE WERE TOO EMBARASSED TO PARTICIPATE!"
"Err... ummm... Like I was saying, Himemiya-san was, ahh, quite inventive in her masquerading of Chu-Chu and
her other friends as ourselves." She presses on determinedly, despite the heavy blushing. "We were all quite
impressed with her work." She then smiles at the viewing audience.
The lurking commentator smiles back. "Thank you, Mizuno-san, for your enlightening words." He then turns
towards another of the floating vid screens.
"As the horde of chibi has now seemed to have fixated upon the newly-dubbed lunch menu, Siobhan, Team Double-K
are the only ones left at the now-emptied buffet line. They approach warily where they last saw the besieged
lurker. What horrifying sight will they encounter at the lurker's last stand?"
Not too far away, Katie raises an eyebrow at the antics of the commentator. Kevin shrugs at her and raises one
of his shadow limbs. He points it at the side of his head and swirls it around, indicating his opinion of Lufio's
sanity.
"What grisly scene will they find at the site? Is this the end of the mysterious Masked Lurker? Will we ever
see his rose-throwing escapades again? Who--"
With a sigh, Katie walks up to the ever-growing dramatic commentator and bops him upside the head with a small
PoD.
"You, nut. We can hear you, you know. We know that you're right over here." She rolls her eyes upwards and
shakes her head. "You can be such a drama queen, Lufio-kun."
"Katie! Eh heh hehe... Fancy meeting you here!"
Actually - not all of the Cannibalistic Chibi Lufios (CCLs) are chasing Lufio anymore. Seems there is one
discrepancy Kevin forgot to mention about his shadow-tentacles. They taste like dark chocolate covered licorice.
The result is, of course expected as many of the ccls start chewing on the tentacles to escape.
"Well kate, we do normally make a good.... AAAHHH!!!!! GETM OFF! GETTER OFFF!!! AHHH!!!! THATS NOT FOR
EATING!!!! AHHH!!!"
Kevin begins running around like a man on fire, tentacles waving in the air in an attempt to shake the ccls
off.
CMMNTTR-Lufio turns from the indulgent Katie and takes a look at the latest development on the vid screens.
"What a surprising comeback for the FF Team! Just as it looked like Team Double-K had won the field of battle
due to the Feeding Frenzy quitting the field, some of the attackers had laid in wait to hamstring the defenders."
*The floating vidscreens focus on the various flailing tentacles trying to dislodge the three CNNBL-Lufios
hanging on with their tenacious teeth and limber limbs. Once in a while, one of the cannibalistic chibi would
get thrown off, but they would just bounce back and grab hold of another of the appetizing amorphous appendages.
"Panicked by the surprising counter-attack, Kevin of Double-K is in a tight spot. Watch as he runs with the
classic desperation defense, Man On Fire."
One of the vidscreens follow the screaming mass of tentacles and chibi as it runs forward in some random
direction.
"The Man On Fire manuever, not to be confused with Chicken With Its Head Cut Off, is an instinctive move
that comes about when your person is in danger. Similar to Chicken With Its Head Cut Off, the Man On Fire
differs in that the person is screaming its head off and is not randomly zigzagging back and forth in the same
place. The Chicken With Its Head Cut Off manuever involves too much panic searching for a solution to allow the
person to even scream. Not so with the Man On Fire. The Man On Fire has very clear objectives: to get the hell
away from the problem and to let the people in front of you know to get out of your way."
While the crazy commentary ran its course through Kevin's retreat, Katie ran after him. A flotilla of floating
PoDs flew alongside her as she chased after her fleeing teammate.
"PoD patrol... POUNCE!"
PoD's pause before begining their powerful persicution of the Feeding Frenzy. Oh the chib-anity!
Several PoD's hear the inner dialogue, and, as they don't approve of puns... begin attacking random chibi's
with more force than ever imagined.
Upon the vidscreens, the party of pugilistic pillows pounce down with extreme prejudice upon the pile of
phantasmal pseudopods, panicked prettyboy, and peckish peewees.
"Whoa! Katie, the other half of Team Double-K, has just unloaded a major can of WHOMP! upon her opponents.
Unfortunately, she did so upon her teammate as well. What a massacre! What carnage! What extreme violence! What
ratings!"
The commentator pauses for a moment to gloat and rubs his hands together fiendishly with glee.
"The FF Team has taken a tremendous beating. The punishment rained down upon them by the PoDs have knocked
them senseless. The few faux chibi that had stayed behind with the CHIBI-Lufios have even been unmasked due to
the persistent persecution. Here and there, little animal critters lay dazed upon the ground."
Shots of an unconscious mongoose wearing pants with one pants leg shorn off and of a dizzy Chu-chu holding
together what remains of a sailor seifuku are displayed on the vidscreens.
"As for Kevin of the KK Team, well..."
A tangled pile of tentacles and pillows have buried the previously panicked defender. His legs can be seen
sticking out. Other limbs can be seen twitching in the pile, presumably belonging to the few chibi that proved
to be quite persistent in obeying their appetite.
"Looks like the shounen half of the Team Double-K may have to be moved to the injured players list. Still,
he's proven resilient in the past and have been seen to bounce back from similar injuries." One of the floating
vidscreens replay previous scenes of Kevin being pummeled by Katie's PoDs.
"The action here has reached a stopping point for the moment. Let's take a break for a word from our sponsors.
When we come back, we'll hopefully have more word upon what happened with the Lunch Special, Siobhan."
[ This coverage of There's Something About Katie has been brought to you by KakumeiKard: The Credit Card with
the Power to Revolutionize the World. ]
Lily suddenly, and audiably, bursts in to the 'studio', "As a spectator following your fabulous commentary, I
just have to say thanks for putting up the link of the "sponsor". I love the vid!"
Suddenly, there's a Flash of Black Lightning and a roar of inverse-thunder, and Kevin stands atop the the
pile of Chibis and PODs, bokken in hand, dressed in the typical clothes of a kendoist. "I Fight On!"
To the camera he grins, "I knew those classes with Saionji and Kuno-sempai would pay off!"
"We're back, folks. That was just one of many viewers who've called in to let us know they appreciate this
forum's coverage of There's Something About Katie. It's one of the forum's hottest topics right now. Heck, it's
the forum's only current topic right now." One of the vid screens cues up a laugh track. "Now, let's get back to
the action with our on-the-spot reporter, Lufio IV. Yon-ban? Are you there?"
On one of the floating vid screens, a blackened, slightly crispy, trenchcoat-wearing lurker is readjusting
his smoking fedora over the microphone headset.
He coughes a few times from the wisping smoke. "Damned lightnin'... so damned touchy about 'is tentacles...
'Ow ya doin', mate? Am I comin' in clea'?"
"Err... as well as can be expected. So, can you tell us? What's going on right now with the KK and the FF
teams?"
"Well, now, Team Double-K pulled off 'nother miracle as Kevin of the KK Team 'as made a recov'ry from 'is
injuries. He's drawin' 'is strength from the nigh-invincible power of the Not Quite Sane technique. Some people
might 'ave heard of it as "the Art of Being Too Stupid Too Die.""
A disdainful sniff comes from another of the vid screens. "Miracles? There are no miracles." An elegant
beauty has appropriated a set of microphone headsets. Her vibrant orange-red curls frame her face on the vid
screen. She's holding a purple blazer she's tossed over her left shoulder.
"Arisugawa-san! How nice to have you with us! Ummm..." An awkward pause occurs. "If you don't mind me
asking... Weren't those the headset and the announcer's coat that Mizuno-san was wearing?"
A knowing smirk forms on her face. "Yes. They were."
"Oh." Another awkward pause occurs. "Never mind then. But since you are there on the scene, could you
please tell us, what's happened to Siobhan?"
"Very well then. The Lunch Special ..." A slight smile forms on her face. "Has currently barricaded
herself in a girl's bathroom on the third floor of the main academic building. The others are currently besieging
her porcelain sanctuary."
"Whoah. Really? I've got to get footage of this!" The excited commentator turns towards the another of the
vid screens.
"Well, I guess this is all for the moment, folks. Next time on There's Something About Katie, we'll bring
you live coverage of Siobhan's Stand-off. This is CMMNTTR-Lufio, signing off!"
The crazed commentator starts shouting at some people in a couple of the vid screens. They all appear as
if they've recently been in an explosion. They're all quite singed and still trail smoke. "Ni-ban! San-ban!
Meet up with Yon-ban! We're heading to the main academic building in Ohtori Academy."
A Character Chest appears from a random shadow and ponderously thumps its way after the Lufio's
*from inside*
"OUCH!"
"HEY!"
"Watch the elbows, ladies."
"Oi, Tenjou, what's goin' on up there?"
"Hang on, Kagome, the lid's stuck!"
A LOUD banging and a wail insues.
"My lady Queen, can't you do SOMETHING about the lid?"
"Really, Wolf, when was I granted the power of teleportation?"
"OH! Teleport! Tenjou, do any of us teleport?"
"I think Desire does. Hey, Nabiki, where is she?"
"I'll tell you... for a fee."
"Nabiiikiii..."
"Eating nachos in the kitchen. Where else?"
"Well GO GET HER!"
"Do I LOOK like I'm your personal servant? Where's Haruka? She can get her."
"Haruka-san is on vacation with Hitomi-chan and Karou-sensai."
"So who's going to deal with Desire?"
A hollow pause echos dimly.
"No. No. NO! I didn't volunteer for this!"
"Tough luck, Tenjou. This is your anime forum, you get to tempt the Avatar."
"Kuso. Just my luck."
Time passes. Suddenly the CC shudders.
A cute, pixie-ish voice wails from inside. "I can't get out EITHER!!!"
There's a minute pause and the CC goes into convulsions, shaking and rocking as all the characters try
beating their way out. No one left in the stadium notices the suspiciously innocent-looking heart-shaped key
which has fallen into the deep, thick grasses along the sidelines. A broken neck chain glitters beside it,
indicating that the owner may not yet be aware of her missing characters.
Kevin heads over to the character chest and begins examining it carefully, his bokken tapping on his
shoulder.
"Hmm. I know a way to open the chest, I do."
Mikorei fades into being beside him and Swaps him upside the head "Stop trying to mimic Kenshin. And
what were you planning to opent the chest, Kevin-sama?"
Kevin's face darkens. "there's only one person in the Character station who can get past this lock."
Mikorei starts to back up in horror. "no. NO. NOOOO!! DON'T DO IT!"
a dark, mirthful voice comes from behind them all "It's too late for that. I'm already here."
Muriko has entered the fray.
Meanwhile, Siobhan has indeed barricaded herself in the bathroom, having ripped several cheap,
imitation-porcelain fixtures from their places in her panicied frenzy. Unfortunately, this has resulted in a
rapidly rising water table within the room as liquid death gushes unmercifly from the multiple shattered pipes!
Her main personalities have caught up with her as well, trebling the danger quotia in mere seconds!
X-merc chews on a stray bit of lurker that she had managed to snare earlier. "Come oooout and PLAY,
Siobhan-sama!! We promise not to bite... MUCH!!"
Chibi-Haruka accquired the butcher knife 'Sword of Dios somewhere along the way. "Of course not! X-merc
doesn't bite! She just chokes it all dooooown!!" She starts hacking at the cheap imitation porcelain barrier
with the 'Sword of Dios'.
Chibi-Anthy chants with a soft voice. "Go, 'Ruka! Go!" Then swoons for no particular reason.
Siobhan, staring in horror as the barrier begins to shudder under Chibi-Haruka's blows, has managed to back
herself up against the far wall as the water begins to rise about her waist. "Aaaaahhhhh....."
Surprisingly enough, though. It appears that the barrier is currently leak-proof and not letting any of the
building water out of the room...
"And we're back, folks, for more of this forum's coverage of There's Something About Katie. What you've just
heard was the lunch bell being rung at the impromptu school cafeteria."
The lurking commentator and various floating vid screens are peeking around a hallway corner on the third
floor of the main academic building. A crowd of chibi and other characters have gathered in and around the
entrance to the girl's bathroom. In the courtyard below, a few students can be seen milling about during their
lunch break.
"As we can see, they've stormed the entryway of the female lavatory. They're currently being held back by
something. Let's take a closer look to find out." The intrepid announcer sneaks around the hallway corner and
edges along the balcony wall. Closer and closer, he moves in, hoping that the cannibalistic crowd are too
preoccupied with trying to break in to notice him.
He whispers softly to the accompanying vid screens. "Let's see now... what could be holding them back? Ah! I
see! There seems to be a barricade of sorts, jury-rigged primarily out of bathroom sinks and toilet bowls." He
turns excitedly to the vid screens. "Team Feeding Frenzy are huffing and puffing, threatening to blow that ceramic
barrier down. Will they succeed? Is Siobhan's sanctuary a house of straw or a house of bricks?"
Now several of the besiegers are hacking away at the blocked entryway at the same time. The barrier of cheap
imitation porcelain shifted about ominously.
"Uh-oh, folks. Looks like Siobhan's Walls of Jericho are about to come tumbling down. Will this be the end of
the souped-up shinobi? How will she get out of this- Huh? What the hell?"
The people laying siege to the blocked bathroom had stopped their assault on the barrier. They stood there,
as if befuddled. Rivulets of water are seeping their way out of the entryway.
"Wonder why they stopped... Eh? Water? Where's this water coming from? Huh... Huh! Water?!? Water!!! Oh,
shi-" A wall of water bursts through the bathroom barricade and through the besiegers, sweeping them along into
the hallway and over the third floor balcony walls.