The Day They Became Real

"I'm guessing this disguise thing can't alter me enough to get a human shape and slip under the radar, huh?" Jeremy asked as he watched Junon doing her work.

"If you ask me, you'd make me a wonderful Chinese Dragon! You know, the kind you see on parades? That could work" Iris said, although with a smile that made you wonder if she wasn't subtly mocking Jeremy.

"I dunno, that's kinda the wrong country... You might wanna try some antropomorphization of Nandi if you wanna go with the local flavor." Jeremy countered with a smirk, pausing as he glanced down at his bandaged arms.

"Eh, the claws might give it away, though."

"Tut tut. You keep underestimating me" Iris waved her finger at the Albino Deathclaw. "You're going to be a glorified roof ornament, remember? If anybody asks, we'll say we picked it up at a Chinatown. We'll be pretending to be tourists, after all. Best way to get around without attracting attention."

"Now Junon, be a dear and get to it. The sooner we get started, the better!"

edited 27th Apr '16 5:25:18 PM by Sijo

"By anyone's standards, I'm weird. I write detailed alternate histories in my Star Wars notebooks."

Felix's new outfit was simple, a black sweater and hoodie and jeans. He kept Akko's physical appearance, as planned, and he could feel his wand in the right pocket of the hoodie. He smiled. "Okay, this works."

"H-how, um, detailed a-are we talking here", asked Marcia.

Before formulating her next question, Marcia tried her hardest to come up with something related to Star Wars. Darth Vader was the bad guy in this series, right? From what she heard, Marcia knew that there a huge spoiler for Darth Vader. Was Darth Vader Luke's father, was Darth Vader his brother, or was Darth Vader his former college roommate? Either way, Darth Vader was related to Luke somehow.

"H-have you, um, created a timeline w-where Darth Vader n-never joined the Dark Side, or whatever the b-bad guys were called in Star Wars?"

Junon listened to Iris's orders and worked her magic on Jeremy. Junon tried her hardest to make Jeremy look like a Chinese dragon, but magic can only help you so far if you don't know the physique of the person you're working with, especially since Jeremy is a giant humanoid lizard. It's basically up to fate to determine Junon's magic works or not.

edited 28th Apr '16 2:27:18 AM by josh6243

Felix blinked, then smiled and wrapped his arm around Marcia's shoulders. "I like you, we are going to be friends, I declare it. Once this is all over, we're watching all the Star Wars movies together."

"Right, the roof ornament..." Jeremy replied with a groan of frustration. " Because no amount of disguise is gonna hide the fact I look like a fucking monster."

"Jeremy, quit bitching," grunted Damien, who didn't really look all that happy himself. "I'm not too sure this disguise is going to work either, but ask yourself; do we really have another fucking choice in the matter? If we want to save, oh, everyone we know we're gonna have to bite the bullet and do shit we don't like."

"R-really...?"

Finally, there was something Marcia and Felix could bond over. Marcia now had a wide grin on her face as she began to wonder how great the Star Wars series was. She heard that the prequels were pretty bad, though.

"W-where, um, would we start?"

After Junon finished her spell, Junon listened to Jeremy and Damien argue over whether the disguise spell is effective or not. Oh, well. Boys will be boys, I guess.

"Right, now quit arguing and get to it, people. Or I'm turning this bus around and going back to Gallifrey" Iris snorted.

She wondered if anyone would get the reference. Or find it funny. Eh, she didn't care. It was funny to her.

Jeremy blankly stared at Damien, letting out a small sigh.

"... Damien, please, I know that already. Do you think I was having fun back there?" He asked as he pointed towards the crater left by the group's latest fight, holding up his other bloody, clawed hand.

"My problem isn't doing shit I don't like. My problem is that with the current arrangement, I'm going to spend the whole day practicing a scaled-up edition of a human statue routine, contributing a grand total of fuck-all with a side of jack-shit towards solving our current problems."

"Au contrair" Iris interjected with a swoosh of her new feathered boa. "Under the guise I propose, you would be able to keep an eye on the surroundings because people would not give you a second thought. You'd be ready to run to our help, should it be needed. Not to mention defend our only method of escape."

"But" she shrugged, "If you'd rather just hide in some bushes while the rest of us walk around town, that's your choice, too."

"This is all assuming, that is, that Junon cannot make you smaller and manlike. Can you dear?"

"Sure..."

Junon attempted to use her disguise spell again on Jeremy. Although it took much longer than usual, Junon made Jeremy more humanlike. Unfortunately, the horns and tail are still there. Also, Jeremy now has pointy ears. As result of casting that spell, Junon passed out. Guess casting too much caused her to overexert herself.

"Oh my goodness!" Iris reacted when Junon fainted.

Alicia quickly caught the woman and laid her on a seat. Then she gave Iris a harsh stare for being so inconsiderate with well, everyone, but the older woman didn't seem to notice. Instead she addressed Jeremy. "Not a perfect guise, but it'll have to do. We'll find you a hat and a coat, or something. Now, get aboard so we can leave!"

"Aye, no need to ask me twice..." Jeremy said as he stumbled into the bus, having a bit of trouble getting used to being back in a human-shaped body right away. Besides the tail and the horns, the human disguise was almost perfect, save for his face that retained some of the deathclaw's more predatory features on a close look, and a couple scaly patches on the less exposed parts of his skin. Speaking of which, said skin inherited the albino lizard's paleness, along with his hair, and his eyes having kept a reddish tint.

"... Crap, is Junon gonna be alright?" he asked, his voice just a bit less growly than usual thanks to the magician's handiwork.

edited 2nd May '16 11:47:46 AM by FokiasTheJester

"I'm sure she will" Iris explained almost off-hand. "You see, I have sensors built in here that scan everyone inside. If anyone's health is in bad condition, an alarm sounds. She probably just needs some rest; spellcasting can be fatiguing. Or so I hear, I'm no wizard myself."

"OK, everyone inside? Good! Because here we gooo!" she then suddenly added, and her 'bus' took off down the dusty road. Then she pressed a button and everyone felt a disturbing turbulence as the disguised TARDIS 'blinked' out of existence from the outskirts of Hollywood, only to reappear a second later just outside of San Francisco.

Marcia just looked at the unconscious Junon with concern and listened to the others talk for a bit. The now humanoid Jeremy asked Iris if she’ll be alright, and Iris explained that Junon will be dandy after a little rest. After all, casting magic can be real exhausting. Then again, Iris isn’t a spell caster. Iris also mentioned that the TARDIS has sensors that can detect whether someone is in good shape or not. If someone is in bad shape, an alarm will go off and notify Iris immediately.

Iris rhetorically asked if everyone was ready or not and exclaimed, “Here we go!” The bus took off and Iris pressed the button. After a bit of turbulence, the bus finally arrived in San Francisco. After shaking off her dizziness, Marcia looked out the window and silently hoped that the spot the bus arrived at wasn't dangerous at all. Then again, Murphy's law has a tendency at proving anyone wrong.

edited 2nd May '16 9:56:52 PM by josh6243

"Eh, the prequels aren't as bad as they're made out to be, but you still want to start with the originals. It's just how it's done."

After checking on Junon real quick, everyone seemed ready to go. And go they did, giving Felix a quick wave of nausea as the TARDIS traveled through time and space. When that cleared up, he looked out the window and saw what he had been hoping to see for the last four years.

San Francisco. Home of a very large bridge, some very weird people and a very, very good friend.

He grinned. "I've been waiting for this moment for years..."

"Ok gang, we are here!" Iris proudly exclaimed, as she drove into the city. "Ahh, Frisco. Brings so many memories... ehem. Never mind that" she said coyly. "Gotta look for your friend Alex. What did you say was her last name?" she asked Felix. "Knowing it would be a big help."

Meanwhile, elsewhere

"Iris' TARDIS has teleported to San Francisco" a voice announced.

"Why? What does she hope to find there?" a second voice said.

"Who cares?" said a third voice. "It's not like she can really do anything to us."

"FOOL!" the second voice shouted. "That's the same kind of thinking that got beings like Omega defeated by The Doctor despite all their power!!"

"How dare you call me a fool!!"

"Quiet, you two" the first voice said. "No matter what she tries, we can undo it with the Dragonballs."

"I say we use them right now and eliminate her!!" the second voice said.

"Destroying a TARDIS is no easy matter. They are not our species' top invention for nothing. And remember, the space/time fold must be reenergized each time we use it. If it ever becomes uncharged or overloaded, we will lose the Dragonballs. Let's not risk it unless strictly necessary."

The second voice fell silent, but that didn't meant it was satisfied.

edited 3rd May '16 4:50:39 PM by Sijo

Jeremy let out a sigh of relief as the bus teleported them safely to the outskirts of San Francisco, glancing out the window, slightly leaning on Iris' seat.

"Alright, what's the play? You got any info about the stuff happening around here?" He asked before pausing, briefly glancing back at the others.

"Actually, how're we looking like on the supplies front? Our plan to get food and meds kinda got cancelled by a case of formic hordes back in LA..."

After hearing they arrived in San Francisco, Marcia did another check on her healing potions. Can’t be too careful, right? She’s the group’s healer, and if she misplaces even a single potion, it could spell doom for the rest of the group.

“W-welp, I’m, um, r-ready to go…”

"Don't worry your pretty little horned head" Iris said to Jeremy. "I had a Replicator I, ah, borrowed from Starfleet built into my TARDIS. As long as you hang out with me, we won't run out of food, or other items" she explained. "In fact, why don't you go and make yourself a hat and coat for your disguise? It's in the back, the controls are so easy a child can use them."

Then she turned to look at Felix, still waiting for him to tell her Alex's last name.

At first, Felix had been mildly freaking out because he couldn't remember Alex's last name. But then he remembered one time she had mentioned it. "Redwood, I think. Kind of a weird last name, but also kinda cool."

"Huh, pretty convenient... I'll take it, thanks." Jeremy responded with a nod before making his way to the back of the bus, looking for the machine in question.