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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 03, 2013, 02:27:27 AM »

They're just following their programming.  Spiders click and follow every link that they can find.  When you post a link to another site on your blog, any spiders accessing your blog will follow that link.

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 03, 2013, 02:24:55 AM »

Some spiders are just generally ill-mannered, and can overtax a server by their numbers and their actions.  Spiders follow every single link that they can find, and when a large number of spiders all attempt to register, that can impact a forum's operation.  Already, we've installed a mod to prevent bots from registering, and that's helped a lot.  Though, later tonight, I'll look into a mod that could possibly limit the number of spiders visiting.

What's happening is the spiders from that guy's blog are following the link to here, and that's why we have a large number of them.  The activity should die down eventually, though.

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 03, 2013, 02:11:22 AM »

Lots of Google spiders crawling around...

I may go in search of a mod to thwart them...

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 03, 2013, 01:56:46 AM »

I haven't noticed the connection problems today, but then again, I was spending the day cleaning my apartment.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 03, 2013, 01:36:16 AM »

The door to the interrogation room was already shut, and Quickie was still searching for a decent lawyer.  Most of them had up-front fees that Quickie couldn't afford, or had collection fees that she couldn't afford even if she won the trial, because as far as she knew, there wouldn't be any settlement involved.  Mewtwo was the settlement. 

Other lawyers that Quickie spoke to simply would not touch the case, with good reason, she supposed.  The court would no doubt assign her an attorney, so she supposed that it was better than nothing.  However, to help with her case, she planned to do extra research in these types of trials, see if there were anything from past cases that she could use to her advantage.

There was a low roar the increased in pitch as Quickie heard the station's ventilation system kick into high gear.  It shouldn't take more than ten or fifteen minutes to clear the Stun Spores from the air.

In the Computer Crimes division, Archie and Officer Jenny were likewise trapped in the office, waiting for the all clear.  In the meantime, Archie had resumed his perusal of the discs, selecting the CD in the newest condition and opening it. This one was not password-protected and only contained a few files.  Selecting one, he opened it.  "Huh."

Jenny looked over. "What?"

"Brain scans," Archie pointed to the screen.  He closed the file and opened another, confirming his suspicions. "Yep, they're all scans, looks like.  They're recent, too, from a couple weeks ago.  I could check the metadata, see where they came from."

"Go for it," Jenny nodded. "Once we get the all clear, I'll go talk to my cousin about arranging a meeting with Mewtwo."

"Yeah, she was too busy when I went to talk to her," Archie nodded. "Okay, got the serial number for the machine that was used.  I'll pop it into a database, get some more information..." he trailed off, then looked to Jenny. "When is the Pokemon Institute taking it?"

"Tomorrow morning," Jenny nodded, "so we're running out of time.  Once the transfer goes through, we'll need to go through the Institute just to question Mewtwo further.  It won't be easy, as they haven't been exactly cooperative with us in the past."

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 03, 2013, 12:13:23 AM »

Mewtwo nodded, backing away from the window, the guards monitoring his every move.  He returned to the corner and crouched, idly wondering where the rest of that trio were.  Though, as he was jumping from mind to mind, he caught a sense of another familiar aura, which he knew as Meowth.  Meowth was somewhere in the station, though Mewtwo could not readily determine if the Pokemon was with James or not.

In the lobby, Misty jumped to her feet as James bolted through the station and into the reception area.  "Oh no you don't!"  Using a few tricks she learned from Ash, she tackled James to the floor, fighting to pin him down.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 02, 2013, 11:33:01 PM »

Mewtwo heard the attack and stood.  He saw a blur go by the small window set into the door, followed by another, smaller blur.   Moving cautiously, so as not to startle the guards, he approached the adjoining wall and placed both hands flat upon it.  Closing his eyes to shut out any external distraction, he concentrated.  Perhaps he could earn some redeeming points by stopping the attack...

He heard one of the guards speak, but he ignored it, focusing, allowing the psychic trace to travel along the length of the wall, and finally give him a glimpse into the hallway.  His target emitted a dark, frightened aura that trailed behind as it ran.  Though, there was something else, something familiar... 

Mewtwo linked to the mind of one of the guards, using the man's words as a pathway, then jumped to an officer out in the hallway.  From there, he established another link with Wily, who was turning toward another room, and then to another passing officer, and then finally to his target.  The link was fading as his target ran, but he still had enough time to issue a command.

"James.  Stop."

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 02, 2013, 10:43:19 AM »

Damn connection almost made me lose my RP post.  Thank goodness for the back button, and a quick copy-paste into Notepad.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 02, 2013, 10:33:35 AM »

Mewtwo nodded slowly, as by broadcasting his telepathy throughout the station, he hoped that it would alert the other officers to Jenny's threats.  He isolated it to the room once more, working to regain his composure. "When I had created them... it was during a particularly tumultuous time.  I was not of a sound mind when I had created them.  However, I had given them life, and they became my responsibility.  They were brought into this world due to my actions, and my irrational behavior... and now my actions and irrational behavior are threatening to take them out...  They should not be forced to suffer.  They had done nothing wrong."

Down the hall, in the interrogation room, Quickie paused in searching for a lawyer, having heard Mewtwo's broadcast.  She bit her bottom lip.  If she were questioned again, she would vouch for the clones' welfare, hopefully secure some protection for them.

In another part of the station, Officer Jenny, the divorced sister-in-law of her second cousin twice removed, had also heard the broadcast.  She looked to Archie, who had cracked the second disc and was exploring its contents. "Anything on those discs about Mewtwo's family?"

"Family?" Archie raised an eyebrow.  "No idea.  Though, I did find out that it's not entirely a clone of Mew.  Got lots of other DNA spliced in there, some of it might be human.  Not sure, though, as it wasn't entirely specific.  Just listed everything by serial number and a vague description.  Really, 'humanoid' could mean anything."

Jenny folded her arms, furrowing her brow.  "I don't think we should be talking about this so casually..."  She sighed and glanced out the window.  "I mean, my sister-in-law didn't like what she saw.  She really needs a day off, she's been up for days.  My cousin said that the interrogation with Mewtwo's creator didn't go too well."  

Archie nodded. "She'd have kittens if she read any of the documents on here."  He opened a document and read through it, then closed it immediately.  "Holy crap."

"What?" Jenny stepped over.

"Yeah, I'm done with these.  I didn't see that," Archie ejected the disc and put it on the pile.  

Jenny raised an eyebrow. "What happened?"

"Off the record?" Archie turned to face Jenny.

Jenny backed up and kicked the door closed with her heel.  She then returned to Archie and leaned in. "Off the record."

Archie leaned in and dropped his voice to barely a whisper. "Two words: human cloning."

Jenny clamped her hand over her mouth as her eyes widened.  It took her a moment to recover from the shock.  "You're right.  We didn't see that.  This conversation never took place.  I'll file those discs in evidence," she gathered the discs, "you talk to my cousin about arranging a meeting with Mewtwo to see what's on its computer."

"Gotcha," Archie gave a nod, stood, and left the room to go talk to the more hospitable Jenny.

(Stupid forum crash.)

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 02, 2013, 09:46:31 AM »

After a long moment, the effects of the stun wore off enough to allow Mewtwo to haul himself to a seated position, then finally to a crouch.  He dropped his gaze to the floor.  "I apologize...  That officer's callous words...  I cannot allow my friends to be cast aside like rubbish.  To be destroyed due to my actions..." he trailed off for a moment. "This was something that I had attempted to thwart on Mount Quena.  If I had not surrendered, they would have used my family in experiments, from which they would surely perish."

He threw his glare to the guards and the door, broadcasting his telepathy so that the other officers in the station could hear.  "They had done nothing wrong!  You leave my family out of this!  They should not pay for what I had done!"

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: August 02, 2013, 08:55:03 AM »

How very appropriate.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 02, 2013, 08:52:33 AM »

Officer Jenny laughed. "Oh Mewtwo... My actions are misdirected? Nonono... I'm just looking at the bigger picture! Once you are locked away in the Pokemon Institute, whatever they do to you is punishment for all that you have done thus far... And to further that... Your precious clones will be... Bye-bye. Or a life of experimentation. It's really win-win for me and the law."

She then began to make her way out, pausing right at the door. "As for the humans, it's elementary, Watson. After watching a certain video... The body count was... Hard to miss." With that, Officer Jenny left the room, satisfied with the interrogation.

"You will not harm them!" Mewtwo ripped himself free of Ryuta's grip, charging the door, only to be dropped by a well-timed stun blast from one of the guards.

The other guard poked his head out into the hallway.  "Might wanna put a rush on that transfer.  We just had to taze it."

Joe continued slurping on his soda, before doing a spit-take at the mention of a nuclear blast. "That... Would be disastrous..."

Domino nodded again.  "Very.  I've seen Mewtwo in action.  I've seen records of it in action.  Each time, I really doubt that it was going at it full force, even when its powers were raging out of control.  If it was holding back the first time it escaped, when it earned its body count..." she trailed off and slurped her soda.  "All I'm saying is that if Cipher can't control it as a Shadow Pokemon... we're all royally screwed."  With that, she started the car and pulled out of the parking lot, en route to the Pokemon Institute.

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Roleplay / Re: General RP Discussion topic

« on: August 02, 2013, 08:36:25 AM »

I was once stopped by a cop because I "looked suspicious."  I was waiting for a ride at a local store, it was in the dead of summer, I was hot, sweaty, tired, and feeling sick to my stomach because of heat exhaustion.  Thus, I "looked suspicious" to the local beat cop.  He grilled me until I snapped at him and threatened to throw up on his shoes.

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 02, 2013, 08:08:49 AM »

I suddenly want fastnachts, and I'm not sure why.  I'd get some at the store, but I know that there's none.

If it's not Fastnacht Day, no one makes them.

And I refuse to buy those glazed donuts that are marketed as fastnachts!  Those are donuts, not fastnachts!  Kennie's Market, you FAIL!

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Roleplay / Re: General RP Discussion topic

« on: August 02, 2013, 07:48:28 AM »

MEWTWO SMASH BITCHY JENNY?

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 02, 2013, 07:45:16 AM »

Ryuta grabbed Mewtwo's wrist, hinting at him to not go any further with his intentions, "Remember what I said.  Keep calm and trust your trainer."

Mewtwo nodded and sucked in his breath, once again counting to himself.

"Is that a threat? That definitely sounded like a threat to me, right boys?" The flanking officers nodded slowly. "That just helped my case really. With you gone in the Pokemon Institute, I would not need to get through you now... Correct?" Officer Jenny asked tauntingly.

Mewtwo eyed Jenny closely. "You claim that my clones are a menace, and are willing to euthanize them without a second thought.  Yet, I had caused considerably more damage, you also believe that I am the ringleader of their actions.  Thus, I become rather inconsequential in your eyes, despite my history, while my clones are to be taken from this world?"  He narrowed his eyes.  "Tell me, do your actions, your plans against them... do they not seem... misdirected?"

He stared hard at Jenny before backing up. "Tell me something else, as well...  Where did the idea that I was to create a world without humans come from?"  He had neuralized the people involved in the New Island incident, and as far as he knew, no one outside of New Island or the people he had later told had known about it.  "I do not recall saying anything of the sort to you."

Joe just stared at what Domino did. She actually ratted out a fellow Team Rocket agent... Without batting an eyelid! He glupped down some soda. Still, she does have a point about this Cipher. "What should we do then?"

Domino thought for a very long moment, and then let out a sigh.  "Right now, we have to play along.  The most we can do at this point is involve ourselves in the project and monitor each and every step.  Nothing's happened, yet.  Mewtwo won't be transferred until tomorrow, and from what I gathered, the Shadow Pokemon procedure isn't a quick thing.  Besides, Mewtwo has information that Giovanni wants, and we need to get that out of it before Dr. Yeung and his team can start tampering with it.  If we play our cards right, we may be able to delay this."

She ate some more fries, then took a sip of her soda.  "Look, I want to get Mewtwo back as much as Giovanni.  The beast belongs to us, simple as that.  It's valuable, we made it, it's our property.  But, if it's a Shadow Pokemon for the trial... I really don't know what will happen.  Shadow Pokemon won't hesitate to hold back, and I know that since Mewtwo had been trained, it holds back.  Even when it causes massive damage, it holds back."  She looked to Joe.  "I don't want to see what happens when it doesn't hold back.  I don't think we'd be able to control a nuclear blast."

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Roleplay / Re: General RP Discussion topic

« on: August 02, 2013, 07:10:18 AM »

Bipolar Jenny needs new medication.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 02, 2013, 07:07:31 AM »

(Mewtwo suddenly sounded like Master Albert from ZXA. )

"So you decided to create a new world, a world without humans, and populated by weak-minded Pokemon. How... Noble." Officer Jenny purposefully struggled with her last word. "Brainwashing or not, they were all a menace, and do you know how we deal with menaces? We... Put... Them... Doooown..."

"You plan to euthanize my clones?!"  Mewtwo stood to his full height.  "You will have to go through me, first."

Joe stared at Domino with an incredulous look. "The legendary Rocket Trio James? He was at the station!? REALLY!? I didn't notice!"

"That was him.  He's sporting this huge 'fro, now," Domino let out a sigh.  She picked up her phone and called the station, adopting her Harley persona as she did so.  After a few minutes of explanation, she said her good-bye and hung up, then looked to Joe. "Alright, they know he's there, and they should be after him now."  Domino fell silent and finally ate some fries.  "Look, I've been on all sorts of project teams, done all sorts of dirty work, and if the pay is right, I'll keep on doing it.  This whole deal with Cipher and the Shadow Pokemon project?  Handing our classified project over to another team?  I don't like it.  I really don't like it, because once they get Mewtwo, what's to stop Cipher from turning against us?  I think Giovanni needs to seriously think this through..."

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Off The Wall / Re: Latest Buys

« on: August 02, 2013, 05:59:44 AM »

Renter's insurance.

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 02, 2013, 05:35:36 AM »

Just got renter's insurance.  I can finally scratch that off my to-do list.

Back to hunting down the source images of some guy's tracings on TFN and expose him for it...

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General / Re: Change my nickname, please

« on: August 02, 2013, 05:34:21 AM »

Actually, I take the blame.  I didn't read your previous post and was just hunting down anyone who was missed.  I'm sorry, problem corrected.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 02, 2013, 05:18:35 AM »

"Are you a tape recorder now, repeating the same thing over and over?" Officer Jenny got out of Mewtwo's face, and turned. "Fine. The other reason I'm here is because your father said that those weird Pokemon were your clones, cloned from real world Pokemon. All the way back in the first movie. And yet, here they all are. Rampaging. Care to explain how you managed cloning, and if your cloning process was... Defective... Like you are."

Turning towards Ryuta... "This is my police station, my rules. And I told you to keep quiet. The officers here will listen to me, than to someone like you."

Mewtwo raised an eyebrow at the "first movie" line, but otherwise decided to ignore it.  "Yes, those are my clones.  I had reconstructed the laboratory in which I was created, rebuilt the equipment, and acquired genetic material to create the clones.  Each clone's growth was accelerated.  The equipment--the entire fortress--was a conduit for my powers.  I operated everything, and perfected the process.  The clones are not 'defective.'"

He paused. "As for why they were here... somehow, Carr had managed to find them and rally them together, using their trust in me.  He perverted my image and brainwashed them, and it disgusts me."

Joe finally spoke. "Shadow Pokemon? I have only been in the organization for less than a month, I know just about as much as a random grunt... Still, from what Giovanni said, I don't want to know either..."

Domino nodded slowly, ordering a meal for them both.  She pulled through the drive-thru, paid for the meal, then found a free parking space.  "When Giovanni has a plan, he usually gives me all of the necessary details.  For the operation on Mount Quena, I knew about everything.  From the equipment involved, to the troops, to the damn budget.  This time, though?"  She looked to Joe.  "He's given me about as much detail as he would our field agents.  It's been a while since I've gone in disguise.  He's got me sneaking around like Jessie and James.  And I've seen James's fashion sense before we left.  Good god."  She looked at her phone.  "I'm half-tempted to call in and expose him."

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 02, 2013, 04:34:54 AM »

Officer Jenny tsk'd, having lost the chance to ridicule Mewtwo. "To the point now eh? Fine by me. I'm here because your other friends have been brought in, and I had a word with your... Father. He seemed to be a troubled man... But as they say..." Officer Jenny got right into Mewtwo's face. "Like father, like son. If you can be considered a son."

Mewtwo just stared at Jenny, trying to figure out if she had a point.  "What is it that you wish to know?"

Joe sat silently in his seat. Even after Domino's exposition, his gut was telling him that all this was way too wrong... Had Mewtwo been right all along? Can't be... It must have tempered with his mind when he touched it...

Domino continued, changing the subject. "Honestly, I have no idea how this Shadow Pokemon business even works.  I mean, what does 'closing the door to their hearts' even mean?"  She gave a shrug, temporarily taking both hands off the wheel as she looked to Joe. "Do you happen to know?  Giovanni hasn't been entirely straight with me, concerning this project.  This is the first I've really heard of it."  She returned her gaze to the road and made a detour to a fast food restaurant, obviously trying to find a way to buy them some time to talk without interference.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 02, 2013, 04:10:22 AM »

"Huh, by one of my sisters? Why am I always the last to know about these things... No matter. You stay put and keep quiet." Walking over to Mewtwo, and just managing to see a sniffle from Mewtwo made Officer Jenny smirk a little. "So you do have emotions, you cold Psychic-type."

Mewtwo ignored Jenny's sniping, regaining his composure and sitting up straight.  In his crouch, he was just slightly below eye-level with Jenny. "What is it that you wish to know?"

Joe slid deeper into his seat... This was all too wrong..

Domino was quiet for a long while as she drove.  She put on her turn signal, pulled into the left lane, and waited for the light to change.  "You know... on Mount Quena... Giovanni was ready to destroy Mewtwo.  I told him that he couldn't, as it'd be a waste.  Mewtwo is very valuable, its creation cost a lot of money.  It could take years to clone another, and from what I've heard, this one's creation was full of problems.  Not all the genetic material was usable.  They cloned it from a fossil, for cripe's sake!"  She turned the car onto another street and kept driving.  "I took a major in forensics, and DNA degrades over time.  I highly doubt that all the DNA in that fossil was usable, and I heard that other DNA was spliced in, to fill in the gaps.  Really, it's a wonder that Mewtwo is alive and still healthy."  She fell silent once more, concentrating on her driving.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 02, 2013, 03:31:50 AM »

Domino gave a shrug as she started her car and began to pull away from the station. "Hey, I'm just doing my job."


Mewtwo glanced up as Officer Jenny entered.  He wiped his eyes, sniffed, and concentrated on regaining his composure.