Madori - No, your eyes do not deceive you. I have actually updated!
Celebrate!
*Trumpets sound. Banners unfold. Confetti litters the air. Really really loud 80's music fills the air. *
Thatz - Par-tay!
Rune - Is this really the time to be celebrating? It's only the second chapter.
Madori - What?
Rune - *Shouting* I said, It's only the second chapter!
Madori - *Straining to hear over the music* What's that? You want your own pet chicken raptor?
Rune - *Sighs* Never mind.
Disclaimer - Old Chinese proverb say man who run in front of car get tired. Man who run behind car get exhausted. What this have to do with disclaimer? Absolutely nothing.
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Chapter 2: The Chapter Without a Title
Miner's Town - A rich, prosperous settlement of. miners. Disregarding their famous food, the name alone was enough to bring our gluttonous, money grubbing Dragon Knight of Earth to his knees. That is, it would have, if the trio wasn't completely oblivious to its existence. Even so, that's where they were headed, if not exactly aware of it. Why are they going there, you ask? Would it really be Dragon Knights without any detours?
Rath - Hark! *leans to one side with his hand by his ear*
Rune - What now?
Rath: My demon senses are tingling!
Rune - What, again? This is the fifth time! And we've only been on the road for negative five minutes! Wait... when did that become possible?
Thatz - Must you ask?
Rune - Never mind. I think I already know.
Madori - ^-^
Rune - Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that we should go straight to Mt. Ripoff and then we can-
He stopped as he realized that the two had run off and that he was now talking to the pigeons that had replaced them. The pigeons just kinda gave him that weird pigeony-ish look.
Rune - *Sigh* Why me? Hey, wait up!
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Rath - Deeemons! Demons, come out and plaaaaay!
Silence.
Rath - Hello, demons! Anyone there?
More silence.
Rath - Come on, you stupid demons! Get out here!
The wind blows. Leaves flutter by. Animal noises are heard in the background.
Rath - It's... not... fair! *Goes into a fetal position against the side of a building*
Rune - You brought us miles off track for this?
Thatz - It looks like a ghost town.
Rath - A ghost town? You mean there are ghosts around? Woohoo! *Runs around the town looking for the ghosts*
Rune - He really is irrepressible, isn't he?
Thatz - *Sees something twinkling out of the corner of h is eye* A ruby! *Dives for the ruby, only to be stopped by a demon that the Authoress put there just because she felt like it* Hey! Gimme back my ruby! *Takes out his sword and starts hitting the demon over the head*
Rath - Demon! *Jump-kicks Thatz aside and doesn't bother to take out his sword, but instead starts beating the demon with the heaviest thing he could lift*
Rune - Uh... guys?
Rath - DIE!
Thatz - My ruby!
Rune - Guys? Hello...
Rath - Demons are not allowed to live!
Thatz - Yakisoba!
Rune - GUYS!!
Rath&Thatz - WHAT?
Rune - It's dead.
Rath&Thatz - *look at the demon* oh.
Thatz - Well that showed it. Stealing from other people is wrong! ...What, why are you staring at me like that for?
Voice - You killed the great beast that terrorized our town?
Rath - Hark, It's a disembodied voice!
Voice - I'm not disembodied, I'm just off-screen!
An old man stood near a house. This was not just any old man. This was an extremely unimportant old man.
Rath - Aw, so I guess this means that you're not a ghost?
Old man - No, I'm not!
Rath - Darn.
Rune - So this demon was terrorizing your town?
Old man - No, that was only the demon that was working for the demon that was terrorizing the town.
Thatz - But you said it was the demon terrorizing the town.
Old man - No I didn't.
Thatz - Yes you did.
Old man - Where?
Thatz - About thirteen lines up.
Old man - No, I said the great beast was terrorizing OUR town. You said the demon was terrorizing YOUR town. There's a difference.
Thatz - I didn't say that, Rune said that.
Rune - Don't drag ME into this!
Rath - So there's another demon? I'll gladly take care of it if you direct us to it.
Old man - Perhaps... No. No, it is not yet time for me to reveal its name to you. Not even the bravest men have faced it unafraid.
Rath - Pish-posh. I can handle any demon. Just tell me what it is!
Old man - If you insist. It is...
Rath - Uh-huh.
Old man - It is...
Rath - Tell me!
Old man - It is...
Rath - *Growls*
Old man - The physical manifestation of Madori's obsession with manga!
Rune - No! *Dramatic music*
Old man - Yes! *Dramatic music*
Rath - Ha! You think this is something that I can't take care of? *Dramatic music*
Rune - Enough of the dramatic music already! *Dramatic music*
Rune - *Ehem.*
Conductor - Sorry.
Old man - If you are still going to attempt to slay it, we will be gratefully in your debt.
Thatz's mind - Destroy = Reward = Riches = RICHES!
Thatz - Well, you know what they say, haste means waste!
Rune - Oho, and you know what that phrase means?
Thatz - Sure. It means that when you're in a hurry, your waist gets bigger, no?
Rune - ...There should be a law against being that dense.
Rath - There is. *Points to a couple of cop cars that are driving toward them*
Officer - Thatz Whatever-your-last-name-is, I hereby arrest you on account of stupidity.
Thatz - Noooooooo!
*Cop car drives away*
Rune - Well, that's Thatz.
Rath - Yep. Now let's go get the demon!
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Alfeegi - Now you're sure this is going to work?
Ruwalk - Trust me. It'll be so obvious that they'll KNOW it was lame attempt from us to try to get them moving again.
~`~
PmoMowm - Anime!
Rune - Ah! The Physical Manifestation of Madori's Obsession with Manga is huge! Do you have a plan of attack?
Rath - Why yes. Yes I do. All we need do is... cut off Madori's income! *Dramatic music*
Rune - *Glares*
Conductor - Eep! *Hides*
Rune - Cut off her income? How are you going to do that?
Rath - Like this! *Whips out a cell phone* Hello, Mrs. Siever? Madori can't babysit for you anymore. Yeah, something about stress level. Apparently if it gets too high she goes berserk and starts running around with electric cattle prods. Okay, thanks. Bye! *Hangs up*
Madori - *From a distance* Noooo!
PmoMowm - Animeeeee! *disappears*
Rune - Going berserk and running around with electric cattle prods? I always thought that was normal Madori behavior.
Rath - It is, but it makes for a suitable excuse. Let's go back to the town, shall we?
They headed back to town. When they got there, there seemed to be an uproar in the process.
Rune - I wonder what's going on here?
Random guy #1 - But one of 'em is in jail and the other two are right there! There can't be six of 'em!
Random guy #2 - one group of them must be imposters! *Dramatic music*
Rune - *Shoots the conductor*
Conductor - *Dies*
After a bit of investigating, they find out that the cause of the uproar is. another set of identical Dragon Knights?!
Random guy #1 - But if they all look alike, how can we determine which group are the imposters?
Elder - We shall ask them questions.
Random guy #1 - Good idea, Elder!
Elder - Of course it's a good idea!
Rath - Don't worry, there's no way these imposters can win!
Elder - Now then, we'll start with these two. First, what are your names?
Rune - Rune.
Rath - Rath.
Elder - What is your quest?
Rune - To serve the Dragon Lord Lykouleon and save Dusis.
Rath - To kill things.
Elder - What is your favorite color?
Rune - Blue.
Rath - Red.
Elder - Now for the others. What are your names?
Fake DK that looks like Thatz - Rath!
Fake DK that looks like Rath - Rune!
Fake DK that looks like Rune - Thatz!
Elder - What is your quest?
Fake DK that looks like Thatz - Hunting demons!
Fake DK that looks like Rath - To do my best for the fate of the world!
Fake DK that looks like Rune - To become the richest person who ever lived!
Elder - What is the average airspeed velocity of an un-laden swallow?
Fake DK that looks like Thatz - 10 flaps per second?
Fake DK that looks like Rath - 62 beats per minute, obviously.
Fake DK that looks like Rune - Uh... "H"?
Elder - Enough! I have discovered the imposters!
Rath - Isn't it obvious?
Elder - Yes. The imposters are... them! Guards, take them away!
~`~
CLANG!
Rune - ...What just happened here?
Rath - It appears that we've gotten arrested for imitating ourselves.
Thatz - Hiya guys!
Rune - *Slaps his forehead*
~`~
Alfeegi - It'll be obvious, eh?
Ruwalk - Hey, was it my fault that they played their roles a little too convincingly?
Alfeegi - .Time out for you!
Ruwalk - Noooooo!
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Madori - Ya-ha! Did I have fun writing that!
Rath - Don't you think it was a little... overdone?
Madori - Not really. Oh! If you noticed the line from Lunar: The Silver Star Story that I snuck in here, good for you! I also snuck in some lines from Monty Python and the Holy Grail in here, but those were a little more obvious. And since I have run out of things to say, I will just end this chapter here. Jaa Ne!
*Trumpets sound. Banners unfold. Confetti litters the air. Really really loud 80's music fills the air. *
Thatz - Par-tay!
Rune - Is this really the time to be celebrating? It's only the second chapter.
Madori - What?
Rune - *Shouting* I said, It's only the second chapter!
Madori - *Straining to hear over the music* What's that? You want your own pet chicken raptor?
Rune - *Sighs* Never mind.
Disclaimer - Old Chinese proverb say man who run in front of car get tired. Man who run behind car get exhausted. What this have to do with disclaimer? Absolutely nothing.
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Chapter 2: The Chapter Without a Title
Miner's Town - A rich, prosperous settlement of. miners. Disregarding their famous food, the name alone was enough to bring our gluttonous, money grubbing Dragon Knight of Earth to his knees. That is, it would have, if the trio wasn't completely oblivious to its existence. Even so, that's where they were headed, if not exactly aware of it. Why are they going there, you ask? Would it really be Dragon Knights without any detours?
Rath - Hark! *leans to one side with his hand by his ear*
Rune - What now?
Rath: My demon senses are tingling!
Rune - What, again? This is the fifth time! And we've only been on the road for negative five minutes! Wait... when did that become possible?
Thatz - Must you ask?
Rune - Never mind. I think I already know.
Madori - ^-^
Rune - Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that we should go straight to Mt. Ripoff and then we can-
He stopped as he realized that the two had run off and that he was now talking to the pigeons that had replaced them. The pigeons just kinda gave him that weird pigeony-ish look.
Rune - *Sigh* Why me? Hey, wait up!
~`~
Rath - Deeemons! Demons, come out and plaaaaay!
Silence.
Rath - Hello, demons! Anyone there?
More silence.
Rath - Come on, you stupid demons! Get out here!
The wind blows. Leaves flutter by. Animal noises are heard in the background.
Rath - It's... not... fair! *Goes into a fetal position against the side of a building*
Rune - You brought us miles off track for this?
Thatz - It looks like a ghost town.
Rath - A ghost town? You mean there are ghosts around? Woohoo! *Runs around the town looking for the ghosts*
Rune - He really is irrepressible, isn't he?
Thatz - *Sees something twinkling out of the corner of h is eye* A ruby! *Dives for the ruby, only to be stopped by a demon that the Authoress put there just because she felt like it* Hey! Gimme back my ruby! *Takes out his sword and starts hitting the demon over the head*
Rath - Demon! *Jump-kicks Thatz aside and doesn't bother to take out his sword, but instead starts beating the demon with the heaviest thing he could lift*
Rune - Uh... guys?
Rath - DIE!
Thatz - My ruby!
Rune - Guys? Hello...
Rath - Demons are not allowed to live!
Thatz - Yakisoba!
Rune - GUYS!!
Rath&Thatz - WHAT?
Rune - It's dead.
Rath&Thatz - *look at the demon* oh.
Thatz - Well that showed it. Stealing from other people is wrong! ...What, why are you staring at me like that for?
Voice - You killed the great beast that terrorized our town?
Rath - Hark, It's a disembodied voice!
Voice - I'm not disembodied, I'm just off-screen!
An old man stood near a house. This was not just any old man. This was an extremely unimportant old man.
Rath - Aw, so I guess this means that you're not a ghost?
Old man - No, I'm not!
Rath - Darn.
Rune - So this demon was terrorizing your town?
Old man - No, that was only the demon that was working for the demon that was terrorizing the town.
Thatz - But you said it was the demon terrorizing the town.
Old man - No I didn't.
Thatz - Yes you did.
Old man - Where?
Thatz - About thirteen lines up.
Old man - No, I said the great beast was terrorizing OUR town. You said the demon was terrorizing YOUR town. There's a difference.
Thatz - I didn't say that, Rune said that.
Rune - Don't drag ME into this!
Rath - So there's another demon? I'll gladly take care of it if you direct us to it.
Old man - Perhaps... No. No, it is not yet time for me to reveal its name to you. Not even the bravest men have faced it unafraid.
Rath - Pish-posh. I can handle any demon. Just tell me what it is!
Old man - If you insist. It is...
Rath - Uh-huh.
Old man - It is...
Rath - Tell me!
Old man - It is...
Rath - *Growls*
Old man - The physical manifestation of Madori's obsession with manga!
Rune - No! *Dramatic music*
Old man - Yes! *Dramatic music*
Rath - Ha! You think this is something that I can't take care of? *Dramatic music*
Rune - Enough of the dramatic music already! *Dramatic music*
Rune - *Ehem.*
Conductor - Sorry.
Old man - If you are still going to attempt to slay it, we will be gratefully in your debt.
Thatz's mind - Destroy = Reward = Riches = RICHES!
Thatz - Well, you know what they say, haste means waste!
Rune - Oho, and you know what that phrase means?
Thatz - Sure. It means that when you're in a hurry, your waist gets bigger, no?
Rune - ...There should be a law against being that dense.
Rath - There is. *Points to a couple of cop cars that are driving toward them*
Officer - Thatz Whatever-your-last-name-is, I hereby arrest you on account of stupidity.
Thatz - Noooooooo!
*Cop car drives away*
Rune - Well, that's Thatz.
Rath - Yep. Now let's go get the demon!
~`~
Alfeegi - Now you're sure this is going to work?
Ruwalk - Trust me. It'll be so obvious that they'll KNOW it was lame attempt from us to try to get them moving again.
~`~
PmoMowm - Anime!
Rune - Ah! The Physical Manifestation of Madori's Obsession with Manga is huge! Do you have a plan of attack?
Rath - Why yes. Yes I do. All we need do is... cut off Madori's income! *Dramatic music*
Rune - *Glares*
Conductor - Eep! *Hides*
Rune - Cut off her income? How are you going to do that?
Rath - Like this! *Whips out a cell phone* Hello, Mrs. Siever? Madori can't babysit for you anymore. Yeah, something about stress level. Apparently if it gets too high she goes berserk and starts running around with electric cattle prods. Okay, thanks. Bye! *Hangs up*
Madori - *From a distance* Noooo!
PmoMowm - Animeeeee! *disappears*
Rune - Going berserk and running around with electric cattle prods? I always thought that was normal Madori behavior.
Rath - It is, but it makes for a suitable excuse. Let's go back to the town, shall we?
They headed back to town. When they got there, there seemed to be an uproar in the process.
Rune - I wonder what's going on here?
Random guy #1 - But one of 'em is in jail and the other two are right there! There can't be six of 'em!
Random guy #2 - one group of them must be imposters! *Dramatic music*
Rune - *Shoots the conductor*
Conductor - *Dies*
After a bit of investigating, they find out that the cause of the uproar is. another set of identical Dragon Knights?!
Random guy #1 - But if they all look alike, how can we determine which group are the imposters?
Elder - We shall ask them questions.
Random guy #1 - Good idea, Elder!
Elder - Of course it's a good idea!
Rath - Don't worry, there's no way these imposters can win!
Elder - Now then, we'll start with these two. First, what are your names?
Rune - Rune.
Rath - Rath.
Elder - What is your quest?
Rune - To serve the Dragon Lord Lykouleon and save Dusis.
Rath - To kill things.
Elder - What is your favorite color?
Rune - Blue.
Rath - Red.
Elder - Now for the others. What are your names?
Fake DK that looks like Thatz - Rath!
Fake DK that looks like Rath - Rune!
Fake DK that looks like Rune - Thatz!
Elder - What is your quest?
Fake DK that looks like Thatz - Hunting demons!
Fake DK that looks like Rath - To do my best for the fate of the world!
Fake DK that looks like Rune - To become the richest person who ever lived!
Elder - What is the average airspeed velocity of an un-laden swallow?
Fake DK that looks like Thatz - 10 flaps per second?
Fake DK that looks like Rath - 62 beats per minute, obviously.
Fake DK that looks like Rune - Uh... "H"?
Elder - Enough! I have discovered the imposters!
Rath - Isn't it obvious?
Elder - Yes. The imposters are... them! Guards, take them away!
~`~
CLANG!
Rune - ...What just happened here?
Rath - It appears that we've gotten arrested for imitating ourselves.
Thatz - Hiya guys!
Rune - *Slaps his forehead*
~`~
Alfeegi - It'll be obvious, eh?
Ruwalk - Hey, was it my fault that they played their roles a little too convincingly?
Alfeegi - .Time out for you!
Ruwalk - Noooooo!
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Madori - Ya-ha! Did I have fun writing that!
Rath - Don't you think it was a little... overdone?
Madori - Not really. Oh! If you noticed the line from Lunar: The Silver Star Story that I snuck in here, good for you! I also snuck in some lines from Monty Python and the Holy Grail in here, but those were a little more obvious. And since I have run out of things to say, I will just end this chapter here. Jaa Ne!