Awesome Land!: An Interactive Story

[Xero]

Cha Cha heard Captain L give the command to board ship, and immediately looked for a place to hide. He ducked behind a crate full of rum and pulled Salvatore down behind him just as the pirates climbed over the side of the ship. Then Cha Cha remembered that they were dressed as pirates, and it would be very suspicious to see two pirates hiding behind a crate of rum. So Cha Cha stood up and fell into the mass of pirates boarding the ship and headed below deck with the crowd. The crew sat down on rows and rows of benches and took the oars sticking out of the side of the ship.

[Sartorius]

Sept 14, 2008 15:04:07 GMT -5 Xero said:

(Austin, apparently, the Sealed Dimension is now the Veral Dimension because Narrator is there..... it wasn't supposed to be connected the the Veral Dimension, but I guess it is now.....)

(Never! They are two completely different things. Narrator escaped the SD and became sick from E. Coli, so he decided to go to the VD in his mysterious Narrator fashion. The two dimensions remain separated completely!)

[Mizagium]

( Narrator ripped a hole in the Sealed Dimension and escaped into the Veral dimension. Also, Physics can be defied in the Veral Dimension, but the longer you stay in it, the more you fade into the Null-Void FROM WHICH THERE IS NO ESCAPE!)

[Mizagium]

Sarah became increasingly confused at this man's (Narrator's) behavior, and so vanished before his eyes.

"You should leave here, oh rude one, the longer you are here, the more you fade away."

[Sartorius]

From within the Sealed Dimension, Taenas rage level was growing past its maximum. "I go to join his army and he sends me here to fight to the death with no escape!" Taenas yelled. "Fine...Whatever...I'll make the most of it. All of you, spar with me one at a time. I swear on my life I won't kill you." Taenas commanded truthfully. Soldiers of the IA, bored, began to fight him. His powers were sealed, so for the most part they were fairly even.

"Hmm...Zombie dragons still aren't feeling well..." Veralice observed, listening to them scream loudly. "And they tend to go toward flocks of people when they are upset..." Veralice said to no one in particular. "It's a good thing that everyone is...in the Sealed Dimension or on this ship!" Veralice exclaimed, realizing that things weren't looking so good. A zombie dragon flew directly above the ship as Veralice stared in disbelief. The dragon seemed to be much more awesome than the ones he had made in the past.

[Mizagium]

(No, Narrator was in the Sealed Dimension, got E. Coli, used a megaphone and ripped a hole in the dimension. When he came out of the hole, he was in the Veral Dimension.)

[Duke Nukem]

Narrator, somewhat confused by whats-her-face dissapearing, let go of Derp-bot's face. he noticed the dimensional hole leading into the shack and leapt through it with the grace of a gazelle. He proceeded to leave the shack and walked onto the beach. Fat Man ran by, and Narrator kicked him. Fat Man flew onto Veralice's pirate ship with a boot in his ass. Narrator laughed, and started walking down the beach towards the ship.

NARRATOR IS NOT RUDE. HOW DARE YOU.

[Sartorius]

The intensely powerful zombie dragon flying above the ship swooped down towards the rear, where several people were wielding only the oars they used to row. The dragon flew behind Salvatore and began flapping its wings extremely quickly, blowing Salvatore's pendant to Captain L's feet.

"Hmm? What's this?" Veralice asked himself, picking up the pendant and putting it around his neck. The zombie dragon started breathing fire upon the ship, burning all in his path. To make things worse, as Veralice put the pendant around his neck, a fierce storm brewed, making piloting the ship impossible.

(LOL Robert gave me permission to take Salvatore's pendant, so it's mine now, k?)

[Xero]

(lol wut? Salvatore was below deck...? I changed it, so your post makes sense now.)

[Sartorius]

I wonder how Veralice is faring with my gift? Walter asked himself. "It seems that my faithful servant's power can place dragons within Awesome Land with ease. Perfect; it should be able to take me there." Walter laughed, donning light but protective black armor. He jumped on top of a massive, and I mean MASSIVE dragon, at least 100 times the size of Veralice's pathetic zombies.

"Dimen (pronounced Demon), let's go, please." Walter asked his pet. The dragon roared ferociously, creating a huge circular portal. The two walked through and ended up in...THE SEALED DIMENSION.

[Mizagium]

Johnny was a little behind Cha Cha and Salvatore as they boarded Captain L's ship, but he caught up with them in due time and they settled in the mass of crew members.

Cha Cha and Salvatore didn't recognize Johnny at first since he changed his face with the False Shield, but he reassured them who he was.

[Sartorius]

Taenas, who was slightly injured from his recent duel, noticed a hole open in the Sealed Dimension. "Who are you? Has Veralice sent you to dispose of us?" he asked, drawing his blade in a futile attempt to fight.

"Did that fool send you in here to die?" asked Walter, hopping down from Dimen and looking at Taenas and his army.

"I was sent here to fight a man named Narrator who already escaped...I was left behind..." Taenas said sadly, exhausted from his battle.

"Curse that man! He would do something like that...Well, there is but one thing to do, then." said Walter, climbing back on top of Dimen.

"What is that?" asked Taenas.

"We fight him. The man is cold blooded and I refuse to serve him. Hop aboard." commanded Walter, and sure enough Taenas and his IA struggled to climb on top of the massive damage. At the speed of light, Walter and company went through the portal of the Sealed Dimension and flew toward Veralice's ship.

[Mizagium]

The Time Keeper watched Captain L's ship sail away from Veraland. Now he was alone.

Perfect.

He summoned his energies and Half-Entered the Veral Dimension. Yes, HE CAN DO THAT! Sarah was waiting for him.

"What do you want here?" She asked spitefully. She clutched the Soul Patch behind her back. "I'll be out of this infernal dimension soon, and when I am -- "

"It matters not!" He cut her off. "Once you are free I will already be more powerful than Leon." He announced dramatically.

"What?!"

"Johnny and his Trumpet-playing friend have three of the Artifacts of Wisdom. Once they purify the Beauty Mirror, I will be able to take all of them for myself! I will be free of this wretched form!"

"You'll never take the Artifacts form Johnny or Cha Cha!" Sarah exclaimed.

"Oh, I think I will. In order to free you, his precious sister, Johnny would do anything! If I stole the Mirror and Sword, the instruments of your revival, I think he would be more than willing to hand over the Ugly Stick and False Shield." Sarah clenched his fists tighter because she knew it was true. "The Trumpet Hero seems also very willing to help you, I think I will have no trouble with the two of them."

With that, he vanished from the Veral Dimension, but not without leaving a little parting gift.

Sarah tries to reach out for Johnny, Cha Cha, and Salvatore, but found herself unable to do so. He had put another Barrier between Awesome Land and the Veral Dimension.

The Time Keeper laughed menacingly to himself as he left the island.

[Mizagium]

(Austin, is Captain L Leon Veralice? Or is he another person entirely?"

[Duke Nukem]

Narrator found that Veralice's ship had already left Veraland. He turned away from the beach and noticed the Time Keeper leaving the Veral Dimension.

"Well don't you look like you're doing something maniacal," Narrator said in an imposing fashion.

[Duke Nukem]

Fat Man, now aboard Veralice's ship, ran around in an annoying fashion. In fact, he ran up to Captain L himself and did twiddly fingers in his face while yelling "WOODLY WOODLY WOODLY." He then ran away.

[Sartorius]

(Captain L and Leon Veralice are one and the same.)

"Well, if it isn't Veralice!" Walter said in a voice that suggested he had no idea what was going on.

"Shut up! You've tampered with this zombie dragon, haven't you?" Veralice accused Walter, though he really was in no position to do so.

"Oh, there you go again, always insinuating something. I would never do something like that!" Walter laughed as he put emphasis on the word "never".

The storm became extremely fierce, sending Captain L's ship just off the coast of Awesome Land. "That dragon will kill us all! What have you done to it?" Veralice yelled, drawing his blade.

"It became angry on its own. I merely gave it a tad bit of power from a true dragon." Walter replied calmly. Taenas chuckled to himself as he watched the two from Dimen.

[Sartorius]

"Now, Veralice, you shall pay for EVERYTHING you put me through. Necro Dragon, end this!" Walter yelled, flying off into the distance laughing.

The dragon let out a mighty roar as lightning began to strike, whirlpools began to form, and hurricanes destroyed things nearby. The zombie dragon blew a single flame from its mouth, destroying the entire ship in the attack. The whirlpools grew larger and finished the job, sucking all of the ship parts and everyone who was on the ship into the depths of the sea, knocking everyone unconscious.

When some of the people awoke, they found themselves underwater. There was a good thing and a bad thing about this: The good side was that they were able to breathe just fine. The bad part was that they were in an expansive underwater jail, guarded by a winged man wielding a silver sword and wearing a small amulet.

Noticing that some had finally come to their senses, the guard said "You there! You have been arrested for trespassing upon our glorious underwater city. Your execution is at dawn tomorrow. Have a nice day." With a sinister chuckle the guard went off to tell the queen of Special Land, a nice place with a wondrous monarchy and a (usually) benevolent queen. Veralice spat in disgust at the fact that there was a hidden city he had no control over.

(YOU GUYS NEED TO POST MORE OR MY CREATIVE JUICES WILL DESTROY YOU ALL! HAHAHAHHAAH)

[Xero]

"Your execution is at dawn tomorrow. Have a nice day."

Cha Cha heard these words and snapped awake. Where was he? What had happened? And why was there a parrot on his head?

Cha Cha swiped at the bird, which flew to Captain L's shoulder, as he stood up. He took a look around and saw that he was in and underwater prison. He took no notice of the strange fact that he was able to breathe underwater. Things like that were common to him, after all. He spotted Veralice sitting on a bench in his cell, looking at the guard menacingly. Cha Cha reached for his Sword. It wasn't there. That didn't surprise him. He calmly looked around and tried to find the True Sword.

"You won't find it," said a gruff voice. Cha Cha turned around and saw that Salvatore had already recovered, sitting against the wall in the same cell, twirling a stick of driftwood between his fingers. The brother of Dante wasn't taking any chances and chose to speak as much like a pirate as possible at all times until they were out of earshot of Veralice and the pirates. As escaping the presence of the Emperor of Awesome Land was impossible at the moment, Salvatore remained a pirate all the way through. "The Queen took it. She took all our weapons."

"Queen?" Cha said, confused.

"The Queen of Special Land. That's where we are. We're all scheduled to be executed."

"Yeah, I heard. Tomorrow."

"No," said Salvatore grimly. "Tonight."

"Tonight!!" shouted Cha Cha. The other prisoners looked up from their various forms of time-wasting. Cha Cha grimaced and whispered, "Tonight?"

"Yes," said Salvatore. "Apparently, the Queen recognized the True Sword and is friends with the Royal Family of Really Cool. She thought you killed the Royal Family. I tried to convince her otherwise, but she wouldn't believe me. It also didn't help that that numbskull over there," he pointed at a pirate with a scar on his face, "was constantly spitting at her and yelling, "Yeah, we killed 'em! Worthless scum! So the three of us - you, me, and that bilge-rat - are scheduled to be executed tonight as the Queen's evening entertainment."

"What about Johnny? Is he okay?"

".... I don't know. He was being taken away by some of the guards when I woke up. They said the Queen wished to see him."

Cha Cha looked at the exit sadly. He wiped the sad look from his face and replaced it with one of determination.

"Okay, so how are we going to escape and get our weapons back?"

[Mizagium]

(ALL RIGHT!! TIME FOR JOHNNY TO BE IMPORTANT!)

"Wake up!" A gruff voice jolted Johnny awake. He vaguely remembered the sinking of Captain L's ship. But where was he now?

He looked around. The room was dark, except for a single lantern. The walls and floor was stone.

Two men in armor were standing by him, one was shaking him violently. "Get up you, you've been summoned!" He thrust a skin of water under his nose indicating he should drink it. Johnny complied without argument.

"Summoned? By who?" Johnny asked nervously.

The guards snickered. "'By who' he asks, why the Queen of Special Land: that's who summoned you!"

Johnny choked on the water. "Special Land?!" He reached to his back for the False Shield and Ugly Stick. They were missing. Alarmed, he stood up. The one guard drew his spear, as that seems to be the stereotypical weapon of guards. The other pushed it down and shook his head.

"Relax, they're in safe hands." He grabbed Johnny under the arm, the other guard did the same. "Now you're going to go along with us nicely, right?" It wasn't so much a question as an order. The guards led Johnny up a set of stone stairs.

[Mizagium]

The guards led Johnny up the stone stairs. It was a dark stairwell lit only by an occasional torch. The two guards didn't say a word.

It suddenly occurred to Johnny that he was UNDERWATER. Hew panicked for a moment then remembered the Special Land was and underwater kingdom. his parents were on friendly terms with the royal family of Special Land.

"Where are my friends?" Johnny asked of the guards. The one guard smiled.

"Oh, you don't need to worry about them, well maybe you do. Unless you can clear things up with Her Majesty, they might be dead before tomorrow morning."

"What!!" Johnny exclaimed. He began twisting in the guards arms, trying to get away. He had to go find Cha Cha and Salvatore. He would not let them be executed. His struggle was futile, the guards held him tighter before slamming him against the wall.

"Now, now. That's not going to help you OR your friends much." Johnny relaxed. His face was scrapped and some blood dripped form his nose. "Now come along NICLEY. I wont TELL you again!"

They dragged Johnny off again. He was fuming. Then he thought of something he hadn't before: without the False Shield, his illusion was gone. "I AM JOHNNY MAMBUTOO O'MALLEY, PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF REALLY COOl! UNHAND ME AT ONCE!"

The guards stopped for a second, then continued. "We'll let you clear that up with the queen." They pushed open a wooden door and pulled Johnny into the light.

[Mizagium]

"Your Majesty! We have brought the requested prisoner!" the guard announced as he threw Johnny at the Queen's feet. Special Land seemed to disregard all laws of physics underwater.

"He claims to be Prince Johnny, of Really Cool Land!" The guard announced.

"Does he really?" The Queens wheezed. She was a grotesquely obese woman. Her fat literally spilled over the sides of the throne upon which, Johnny could only guess, she was stuck in.

Johnny winced at the sight of her. "Y-Yes, your...your highness. I am Johnny Mambutoo O'Malley." Johnny told her.

Something in the throne shifted. The most Johnny could ascertain that happened was her head moved forward. "Let me see...Johnny! It IS you!" She wheezed. "Why, it's been years!"

Johnny turned his head away form her horrible breath. "Yes, yes it has..."

"Are you alright, did my guards hurt you?" It wasn't out of concern for Johnny she asked, it was out of concern for her relations with his parents.

"No, no I'm fine." Johnny wiped the dried blood from his nose.

"Well I am sorry you were arrested, what can I do for you?" The Queen was wheezing heavily now. Numerous air bubbles floated out of her frog-like throat.

"I heard form those two," Johnny pointed his thumb at the guards, "that you also arrested several others. Cha Cha and Salvatore are they're names. Please, can you have them released?"

"Certainly! GUARDS! Release the prisoners in Cell 4. Cha Cha and Slavatore!"

The guards left at once, leaving Johnny alone with the disgusting monarch.

[Xero]

"Okay, so the Queen has the True Sword. We need that to defeat Veralice. How can we get out of here and into the throne room without anyone noticing?" Cha Cha cogitated aloud.

At that instant, the two guards burst through the door shouting, "Cha Cha and Salvatore! You have been summoned to the Queen's throne room!"

"Shoot!" hissed Cha Cha under his breath. "That pretty much ruins everything. Well, I guess, since we're about to be executed, there's no need for these disguises anymore." He tore off his disguise and replaced his Trumpet Hero's cloak around his shoulders. Salvatore did the same and assumed his original mysterious mien. Veralice didn't notice the change in his two "crew members" as he was sitting on his bed, refusing to respond to anything he saw, heard, smelled, felt, or tasted in his cell. In fact, he had lapsed into a kind of trance where everything literally went in one ear and out the other. He didn't even hear the guards calling out his enemies names.

"You two!" one guard barked. "You're coming with us!" His keys jangled as he searched for the key to the cell. He finally found it and placed it in the keyhole. The lock mechanism clanked and clattered, and with a click, the cell door swung open. One guard grabbed Cha Cha and twisted his hands behind his back painfully. The other guard did the same to Salvatore. Cha Cha scowled, but when quietly enough.

They arrived at the throne room and the doors slammed open. Cha Cha and Salvatore were thrown to the stone floor.

"Thank you," said the Queen.

The two guards bowed low, then stepped out to keep watch. The doors shut behind them.

[Mizagium]

"Are these the two?" The queen wheezed.

"Yes!" Johnny rushed over to them. "Cha Cha, Salvatore, it's good to see that you're...not...executed..."

"Very well. These two are not to be executed!" The Queen huffed.

[Xero]

"Yes, Your Highness!" came a shout, barely audible through the thick wooden doors that were, somehow, not warped by the water.

Cha Cha grabbed Johnny by the collar and pulled him in close so that only he would hear. "Johhny," he whispered urgently. "The Queen has the True Sword! Can you get it back?"