As the group was tumbled down the mountain, they all lost consciousness. When they regained it, they were all buried under a 15 foot wall of snow. They all managed to get out before they suffocated, but when they got out, they saw that there was an army of goth-chibis lined up in front of them. <color=turquoise>Awwww...aren't they cute!
<color=navy>Quiet woman. Ron, what does this remind you of? "Nothing. Why?" <color=navy>Oh god, that's right, she erased your memory. Rag, please tell me you remember. Please.
"I know. Only thing to do is tear into them and hope she doesn't screw with us even more." With that, the army of goth-chibis attacked. The team defended themselves well and drove them off, though they did not kill all or even many of them. In the confusion of battle Master Kitty snuck(OOC=?) away yet again, to cause trouble for our heroes again at some later date.
"Why does this always happen to us?" asked Ram when they were all finished. "Is it karma or something?"
"No, I just want to play games with you." said an eerie girl dressed in dark clothes. "It's fun to play chess with live pieces. More satisfying somehow."
"Who are you? What do you want?" asked the Logician.
"Have you forgotten, Ronald? I am hurt. I feel I may cry. My name is Gera and I feel that you need a challenge. Especially you, Ronald. And you, Enma. You have both become complacent since the last time we played. Need I take you back and remind you of the destruction averted?"
Ragnorak seemed agitated.
"Now, now, Enma. Do not lose control in front of all your new friends. I doubt they speak Japanese and besides, I did nothing except play the game."
"Yes, and you nearly wiped Tokyo off the map! More than 10 thousand lives gone, just like that, on your whim! I should never have agreed to play your game."
"Ah, but what will happen if you do not? I wonder where we should play next? Not Tokyo, you and Ronald have too many advantages there now, even if he does not remember. I believe we shall next play in the British Isles. London, I think. I hope to see you there Enma. I will be most disappointed if you do not bring your friends along as well. And, this time, a forfeit is a loss, not a draw." and she was gone.
"What...the hell was that, Rag?" asked Spike.
"Something that needs to be dealt with. Jerry, do you still have the rules in your memory banks?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Rag. Maddawg is randomly shooting nukes everywhere. He needs to be dealt with first. Nukes are more damaging than a little girl's games, whatever they may be." said Ram.
<color=navy>Not this little girl's, Ram. Unfortunately. I'd rather deal with maddawg than her. Yes I do, Rag. The game lasts for a year. No one in or out of the city except us, and we can only enter, not exit. No calling in airstrikes or nukes to die in a blaze of glory. We win, London continues as normal, she wins, it's razed to the ground. Damnit, odds are she's already there so we can't just hope that maddawg'll get her with a nuke. London won't be approachable for a year, even by air, and if we don't win, she'll have razed it when you can get near it again. If she has all this power, why doesn't she just kill us? Why does she insist on playing this game?
"I don't know, Jer, I don't know. Unfortunately, we do need to stop Maddawg first. Nukes kill more people than live in London anyway. We'll just have to hope she won't have too many pieces on the board before we get there. At least we don't have to worry about London going up in smoke in the meantime. Well, we need to stop Maddawg very quickly and then get to London. Any plans?"
