9830/You Are A Toy!

You Are A Toy!
Date of Scene:	29 October 2019
Location:	Avalon Heights, Avalon
Synopsis:	Honey, I shrunk Excalibur
Cast of Characters:	Captain Britain, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Psylocke, Wolfsbane, Moonstar

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Captain Britain has posed:
The invitations had been sent out earlier in the month. Handwritten, and sealed with wax and the Braddock family seal. Most had RSVP'd through electronic means, E-Mail, text, or phone. But Brian could be so old fashioned at times. Those invited were encouraged to bring their friends if they so chose.

Subsequent instructions had been sent via the Malbank Mystery Mansion, asking for sizes, as costumes were involved. Those costumes were delivered based on consultation. Everything was set so that from the moment one walked through the doors of the Malbank, they would be immersed in their setting.

Brian was already inside, laying on the floor, like a broken toy. He wore a white space suit with green and purple accents, as well as a tight hood covering his hair. It was the one part of the costume he hated. But one does such things for spaceflight.

They must have used holographic devices, or had one hell of a workshop, as it looked like they were in a massive room that appeared to be Andy's Bedroom, complete with an insanely large bed. Could they have used space folding, subspace? Everything felt real. It looked real. It even smelt real.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty spent no less than an hour in front of her mirror practicing her voice. Lockheed rolled over on his back, legs up in the air as if to tell her that she was killing him, before she finally made the trip.

The door opens and Mrs. Potatohead-Kitty walks in. She has on a white cap with a petunia prominent in the center-front. Her costume leaves only her feet, clad in big shoes, and her arms, revealed. A pair of heavily lipstick covered lips are stuck around where her stomach must be, while other parts of her body have been used to add to the curves of her eyes further up. A somewhat large, pinkish nose in contrast with the brown potato color of the rest of her body is prominent. Similarly pink ears have piercings in them, leaving little doubt this is Mrs. Potatohead and not the Mister of the family.

"Where is everyone!" she says in a loud voice that is both motherly, and somewhat annoying. "Buzz! Why are you lying there?" she asks, clomping over in her big shoes.

Nightcrawler has posed:
It's difficult to be comfortable in some of this, for Kurt due to the makeup of his body - but it makes due - and Rahne went with his idea to make it a couples costume situation. But he's got a cowboy hat on, wide brim, telescope crowned with red bandana, holstien pattern vest over yellow with red cross line shirt, thick belt with a pistol, blue jeans... and oversized boots so his feet will fit. The picture pf the country sheriff... with a tail. And blue fuzzy face.

At his side, and possibly on an arm! Who knows! Rahne is clad in a cornflower blue one-piece with a quilted and frilled, sky blue panel from the squared neckline down to the pink sash belt cinching the outfit. A dark blue cloak with red floral pendant seals it at her throat, a pair of purple bracers at her wrists, black slippers on her feet, and a blue shepherd crook in one hand... If she wears the big pink bow? Who knows!

Psylocke has posed:
Upon looking through the list of characters, one stood out and there was no way it could not be chosen. Thus the next person to enter was Hamm-Betsy! She was in a full on pig costume with extra padding and her hands were covered in black hooves of sorts. It sucked for finger dexterity but looked perfect for the character she was portraying. Her head was covered in a full size pig head, although her face was revealed through the open 'mouth' of Hamm.

"Hey, what's going on?" And the voice wasn't hers. By liberal use of her telepathy to share the perception, she sounded exactly like the character she was playing, right down to the accent.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Is this how Rahne is meant to meet with other members of the group Kurt was telling her about? Excalibur? She'd heard of the Britain-based team, of course, especially from living out there and spending some summers at the Mutant Research Center on Muir Island - there may have even been times someone from Exacalibur was around.

But, a themed costume..thing? That was not what she probably expected, but when Kurt explained the Bo Peep character to her and her 'relationship' to Woody, she relented after minimal protest. It wasn't an indecent costume, and the shepherd's crook could always be used to smack him if he deserved it. She was no blonde, though, so the wig was kind of necessary. Yes, it had the pink bow as well. Rahne even 'put the wolf away' for now, though it could have been ironic to keep. "This is..really something," she says as the two arrive, leaving her to look around with wide eyes at the oversized bedroom setup.

Captain Britain has posed:
As everyone filtered in, Brian as Buzz pretended to wake up, rising his massive form, as the guy was built, in England, though the moulding on the back of his costume suggested he was from China. He began to speak as he rose, but he wasn't speaking in his traditional English accent. Instead, he was doing what many English people are known to do, and did his best faux American accent, in this case, the heroic one. He was modeling his voice on Tim Allen, though ended up sounding more like Captain America.

"Hello everyone, welcome to Andy's?" and mid sentence, there was a flash of lightning across the windows. It looked to be raining outside, even though when they had entered the mansion, it was a clear night.

The power cut out, staying out for about two minutes. Brian continued to talk in the total darkness. "Room. Huh, power outage?" He walked around, not sensing any danger as of yet. And then, he yelped out, "ahhh..." descending into a hole that had opened up in the floor. And he was gone. To those who might wish to seek him out telepathically, he was happy, laughing at the fun of it, and then suddenly he disappeared, as if he were somehow shielded.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde says in her normal voice to Betsy, "Oh that's so good," of her psychically-assisted voice. Before realizing she said that in normal tones. "I mean, that's so good!" she repeats in a slightly more annoying-pitched and appropriate Mrs. Potatohead voice.

"You sounded so real I thought my ears were deceiving me," Kitty says. She removes one of her ears, buffs it on her sleeve and then puts it back in place again. "Ah, much better."

"Bo! Woody! There you are," she tells them as they come inside. "Bo, if any of your sheep are missing, we really need to have a long talk," she says, putting her hands on her hips in that traditional, you might be in trouble posture.

The disappearance of Buzz causes Mrs. Potatohead to turn about. "Uh oh. I think we lost Buzz. Did anyone see Andy come and get him?" she asks as she walks forward to where he disappeared.

Nightcrawler has posed:
Ultimately in theme. Got it. Kurt is a performer as well - and when people start being 'in character' Kurt actually flail runs, arms flopping about his head as he gangly runs across the room to the spot Potatohead is headed for.

"Buzz? BUZZ!" flopping to a to a stop next to Kitty, pulling the hat off and holding it to his chest. "No. NoooOoooo... not again." a quick turn about and he focuses on Betsy a moment, "Hamm! What cut the lights? We need to set out a search party!" so many things at once! Frazzlewoody!

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane has not..actually seen the movie, believe it or not. What a buzzkill. Not that Buzz, hopefully. Rahne's first instinct, as the lights go out, is to sharpen up her eyesight in case there's anything she can tell, but she's just trying to go along with it. "Where did Brian..I mean, Buzz go?" she asks. No attempt to change up her voice, not good with other accents. She's never tried that. "Was this supposed tae happen?" Worry creeps in, and she moves closer to Kurt/Woody. The outfits Kitty and Betsy were in did get a brief smile from her before all this.

Psylocke has posed:
"I felt use of powers would be befitting the voice situation at least," Betsy says in her real voice.

The lights go off and she freezes in place, reaching out telepathically to find her brother. Only to find he is just gone. Suddenly the game is forgotten since she should be able to still find him telepathically. Was this part of the game? Did they have that sort of shielding?

She murmured softly in the darkness. "He was there and now he's gone. Even to my telepathy. Are we allowed to use powers for solving things because if not, does someone have a torch?" The American term would be flashlight. Hopefully no one pulls out a torch and fires it up with a Bic lighter.

Then the lights are back on and she looks around the room as Woody begins to ...well, act like Woody.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty is really into character, assuming this is part of the show. Hands on hips she sways to make the giant Potatohead shake back and forth with her words. "Oh it's just like Buzz to go zooming off somewhere and leave us all worrying!" she says in that somewhat shrill voice.

"I suppose we should find him then," She says. before looking over to Hamm-Psylocke. "Really? Can't even sense him? I mean... I don't know who he hired, but if so that's a pretty darn capable company. Though, look at this place," she says. Kitty goes over to the giant bed and tugs on the blankets. "Even feels real," she says. "Could be hard light technology for all I can tell," she says.

She looks back around. "Well, I'd say powers are allowed. Though, it's still a game so..." she looks around. "Ok, I need my bigger eyes to look for clues," she says. She grabs a bag she brought with her and pulls out wide-eyed eyes to replace her current ones with. "Bo, any sign, of smell of him?"

Nightcrawler has posed:
Woody turns in a circle, panicked, hands cupped around his mouth now "BUZZ!" and then he is taken to suddenly running around Andy's room, arms flailing about his head, his path zig-zagged. Totally useful he is! How does he keep his hat on? How do his boots not fly off! Kurt's good, that's how.

Wolfsbane has posed:
While Woody runs around being, well, Woody, Rahne is going in another direction. She does indeed let the wolf out, Bo Peep's pale skin taking on a darker, furred look. *sniffsniff* She never really had the chance to get /in/ character before she's acting more like herself again, and she can be seen to approach the oversized door leading out of 'Andy's Room.' It really is big like this. "Kurt! Shhh! I can smell him over this way!" She points at said door, using the crook.

Psylocke has posed:
As permission is given for power usage, Betsy slips back into character with her little telepathic touch again for Hamm's voice. "Then c'mon! We gotta go look for him! You know how much trouble he gets into when we leave him alone."

Him and Woody for that matter.

Hamm-Betsy ambles over to the door then looks up and up and up at the doorknob way up there. "Anyone got a ladder? And thumbs?" She holds up her hooves.

Shadowcat has posed:
Mrs. Potatohead walks over and looks up at the giant door. "Ok, I think I got this," she says. "Just, give me a moment to get the rest of my face to the other side," she says. Kitty takes her back, walking through the giant door and then coming back without the bag. "Ok then. Woody! Time to saddle up partner and go get your bestest buddy back," she says.

She'll reach out to everyone with her real arms to let them take hold. Assuming everyone does, she'll say, "Ok, no letting go now," in that moderately annoying voice. And then she phases on through the giant door and out into what turns out to be a giant upstairs hall with a stair case and railings looking down on the floor far, far below.

Nightcrawler has posed:
Once through, Woody runs down the hall at full tilt, "BUZZ! BUUUUZZ!! Where are you buddy!?" Turning about and looking to Bo, Kurt grins ear to ear and gives her a little wink before he grabs ahold of her shoulders and shakes,

"Bo! If we don't find him, what will Andy do!?" shake shake shake.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Bo Peep's more wolfy expression grows a little apprehensive once they're in the hallway. Wolfsbane's perspective as a wolf has been different from a human's, putting her lower to the ground in comparison, but this still manages to feel a lot different.

"Just..be careful. We'll find him," she says, and that could be words from the character or actually her. More likely just her, since she's struggled with getting 'in character' so far, especially with the disappearance and not knowing whether or not it was planned.

Psylocke has posed:
"Woody! Focus!" Hamm-Betsy calls out to Woody-Kurt. The pig ambles down the hallway, not the usual stride for the woman in the costume. It just doesn't move the right way for her usual walking. She gets to the top of the stairs and looks down then back to the various doorways off the area they are in. "Where should we start? Up or down?"

Captain Britain has posed:
The second floor looks like pretty much any normal second floor, except everything is scaled to being the size of a toy. There's a light coming from down the stairs, which sounds like Buzz, "In the name of the city, county, state, and planet of Emeryville twelve hundred, I order you to cease and desist all illegal actions." Then there is the voice of the Evil Emperor Zur, "not this time Space Ranger, for I have my ultimate weapon!" And then there was dramatic music, only for it to immediately be replaced by a Hispanic voice.

"In the little village where I was born, life moved at a slower pace, yet felt all the richer for it. There, my two uncles were known, far and wide, for their delicious cooking. They seasoned their zesty chicken, using only the freshest herbs, and spices. People called them Los Pollos Hermanos, the chicken brothers. Today we carry on their tradition in a manner that would make my uncle's proud. The finest ingredients are brought together with loving care, then slow cooked to perfection. Yes, the old ways are still best at Los Pollos Hermanos. But don't take my word for it. One taste, and you'll know."

Further up the hallway on the second floor, there seemed to be the sound of a little girl laughing and giggling, and came with a suitable ground shake as the girl ran around her bedroom, which had a door ajar. She seemed to be pretending to be Wonder Woman and battling Hordak, mixing up universes as children often do.

Shadowcat has posed:
Mrs. Potatohead ambles along behind Woody, her big shoes just large enough to be comical but not greatly hinder her movement. "He'll be ok, Woody, just you wait and see!" she tells him reassuring. Mrs. Potatohead walks up behind Woody-Kurt, saying, "I think I hear him downstairs!" and she gives him what probably seems meant to be a big, reassuring pat on the back.

Though it's kind of overdone, and might even be enough to send the poor cowboy action figure over the edge of the stairs. Mrs. Potatohead doesn't know her own strength. It's a different pair of arms than she usually uses!

Nightcrawler has posed:
The sound of the voice sets off at a run when he hears Buzz and Potatohead confirms... The stairs are huge, true, but it's a chance that has to be taken. "I'll get him! I've got it! You guys follow along!" and off Kurt-Woody goes again, 'falling' down the stairs in rapid order, tumbling to look like he's just falling down, even going to far as to land upside down, hat off, back against the wall and head at an add, but not broken angle. Arms and legs flailing just a little bit, "Gak! Gak! I'm ok!"

Wolfsbane has posed:
Sounds this way. Sounds that way. Everything just so...big! Including that stairway. It has to be an illusion, a trick of the eye. And then...Kurt-Woody is taking quite a fall, the scale of the steps actually very much in line with what a toy's perspective would be.

"Watch oot!" 'Bo Peep' calls, grimacing and covering her eyes with both hands so she doesn't have to watch. Hopefully nothing's broken. Hopefully they're all just..safer somehow, like this. Whatever the case, the other bedroom is ignored as the costumed Wolfsbane begins to hop and climb her way down the stairs, en route to the main floor below.

Psylocke has posed:
As Woody tumbles down the stairs, Betsy watches that he is actually controlling it impressively. But as Hamm, she calls out, "You okay there, buddy? Don't need you getting broken on top of Buzz being lost!"

Then she begins to work her way down the stairs. Slowly. Laborously. With a few mental expletives at the lack of proper hands.

Shadowcat has posed:
"Oh goodness gracious!" Mrs. Potatohead exclaims. "Woody!" she cries in a gratingly loud voice. "Are you ok! Did you break anything? You can have one of my extra arms or legs if you need!" she says.

Rather than bound down the stairs, she slides her legs over the edge and lowers herself down, then repeats it with the next step, and the next step.

This Spud takes her time. She's delicate.

"Can you see Buzz!?" she calls as she makes her way down the stairs. Her petunia hat falls off and she runs over to the edge of the stair to keep it from falling further to the floor below. Righting it again, she continues on down.

Captain Britain has posed:
Woody Wagner could see from his position on the floor that Andy was watching the TV. Andy hadn't noticed him yet, as the chair he was in was angled towards the television. With the commercials still playing, Andy got up and ran, thumping and stomping, before skidding to a stop with Little Wo Peep halfway down the stairs. He didn't seem to notice her, even as she was mere inches from his head. Had he looked straight ahead, he'd have seen her. But instead, he looked down.

"Oh, Woody? How'd you get there?" He picked Woody Wagner up, and set him down on a nearby table in the hallway, taking a moment to pose him so he could see the television too, then ran off to the kitchen, where he opened the fridge and came back with a juice box. Andy almost knocked the table Woody Wagner was resting on, as he rounded the corner, ready to get back for the rest of the Buzz Lightyear: Space Ranger cartoon.

And as luck would have it, with Hammlocke and Mrs. Potatocat making their way down, they could all see some elaborate contraption in the kitchen as the door swung open with Andy having passed through.

They couldn't make it all out, especially with such a fleeting glimpse, but there were dominos lined up, pieces of a meccano set, some lego, string, wires, what looked like a playing card pyramid...

Nightcrawler has posed:
In a loud whisper, Woody responded with a shake of his head, "No, just his show. I bet An-Hey what's that??" looking to the kitchen door "Something in the kitchen! No Buzz..." he moved to the end of the table, frowned and promptly tries to climb down 'falling' as only the one within the costume can manage, flopping and 'bouncing' off the floor. "I suspect in there. I'll be another flying attempt."

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane Bo Peep freezes in place as..as Andy shows up, and he's just /massive/ compared to her. It shouldn't even be possible, can't be real, but there Kurt Woody is, getting picked up and placed on the table, and everything about it says it's real. She shrinks back a bit. Is this what it feels like to actually be a toy? It momentarily has her looking for a place to hide, but as soon as the giant boy's attention is elsewhere her wits return and the others can see her finishing her path down the stairs to the main floor. From there, she runs around for cover to make use of, trying not to draw attention to herself by saying anything else.

Psylocke has posed:
It takes a while for her to make it down the stairs. To be honest, Betsy had considered just shadow porting but that seemed against the spirit of the challenge. Thus, she did it the hard way. When Andy entered the room, she froze but forgot to sprawl. Thankfully, the boy/giant didn't see them.

"What was that in the kitchen? Y'think that's where Buzz went?" And off she toddles that direction as quickly as she can waddle!

Captain Britain has posed:
After the commercial break, the television has a voice over say about how to tune in next week for the exciting conclusion. Alas, they had played the old trick of placing a commercial before the credits. But the show that came on next hopefully made up for it. The voice began, "Life is like a hurricane, here in Duckburg. Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes, it's a duck-blur! Might solve a mystery, or rewrite history! DuckTales! whoo hoo!" Andy cried out "whoo hoo!" at that point. "Everyday they're out, they're making, DuckTales! whoo-oo! Tales of daring do bad and good, LuckTales! whoo-oo! D... d... d... danger! Watch behind you! There's a stranger, out to find you! What to do? Just grab on to some Duck Tales! Whoo hoo!"

And then, with the group all hiding for cover near the table, a woman came down the stairs at a regular pace. Her every footstep was like a miniature earthquake, shaking the ground. "Andy, I'm just running to the store. I'll be back in 20 minutes, okay?" Andy didn't even seem to hear her, so she had to ask again, and he said, "okay mom." Then she headed out the front door, and towards the car parked in the driveway. This was all just too real. How could they afford this?

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde falls over at the foot of the stairs and just to the side, thankfully being out of the way for the giantess who comes down the stairs before heading outside of the house.

She unfreezes and sits back up as the woman is gone. A glance over to Hamm is given. "Ok, at this point I'm totally believing you're doing this. Because... I don't know how to wire the inside of the castle for this," she comments in a more Kitty-like tone.

Back on her feet, she says, "Ok, let's see what's going on in there," as she looks towards the kitchen. "Bo, you good? Woody?" she asks, turning and seeing Woody making it down from the table that looks like a ten story building in height to her. She whistles.

"Ok, we're coming Buzzy Brian Buzz," she says, making her way to the door. Mrs. Potatohead takes off an eye and phases through the door to look around. Ok that doesn't really work, so she sticks her regular head through to look around. Barring any danger, she'll offer to phase everyone through and into the kitchen.

Nightcrawler has posed:
Woody bobs his head at Potatopryde and even moves to sneak a kiss on Bo's cheek before heading for the door, skirting the walls and keeping a close watch on Andy for the others in order to help them get across.

"Maybe it's like my inducer but bigger?" Woody snickers and does his level best to just flappy flail hurry, rather than default to his quadruped run, offering hands and a sneaky tail for any to grab on as needed.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Bo Peep has found a spot to hide out by the time the heavy, thudding steps of Andy's mom are felt. She can't even really see well enough to make out the woman's face from her perspective, but once that danger is out of the way she hustles along with the rest. It really is beginning to feel like they're stuck in this world, as if something has shifted on them beyond whatever was expected. At least, that's the nagging thought in the back of her head. It's far too real to be just some Danger Room scenario she's familiar with. "Let's just keep moving," she says in a hushed tone, Woody's smooch barely diverting her from the goal.

Psylocke has posed:
Upon reaching the door, Hamm-Betsy takes the offered hand from Kitty then offers her free hand to the others. "Be ready for anything."

And she waits to be phased through the door to the other side, to see what might be hidden there and if their missing toy is present.

Captain Britain has posed:
Inside the kitchen, the floor is partially covered by dominos, which make a wonderful pattern from on high, but at this height, it's just too hard to make it out. The Dominos are lined up so that if a single one is knocked down, it would lead to many, many others. If it was all placed correctly, it'd make for a spectacular sight. Those dominos go up some steps, made from Lego bricks, and connected with a race car set. That was set up onto a dining room chair, going around, and then back towards the dustbin.

On the dustbin, there was a helicopter like gyro, next to a trigger. It was on a tension lock. Above the dustbin, there was a spatula, which hung on some kind of a fulcrum. What was going on up on the kitchen countertop was hard to make out. But there seemed to be a Connect Four towering over things. There were also some strings.

Once inside, Brian's mind was again visible to the telepaths in the area. Not that it was needed. He could , "Buzz Braddock personal log number thirty-eight. I remain trapped in some kind of torture chamber. I begin to suspect that they use a lemon based cleansing agent to rinse the remains of those who were trapped before me."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde waves her arms and dances from one big foot to the other. "Buzz! Oh Buuh-uzzzz! Yooo hoooo!" the Mrs. Potatohead-dressed woman calls loudly. "We've been worried sick about you. Just sick. I was literally going to pieces," she complains.

Her nose falls off and she picks it back up, waving it towards Buzz. "See!?" she calls to him. She pushes the nose back onto her costume and then looks at everything. "I'm thinking we really shouldn't knock any of those dominoes over," she says as she looks around.

Her eyes go back to Betsy. "He's ok though, just part of the game, right?"

Moonstar has posed:
Dani Moonstar was waiting in the shadows, watching things unfold, while leaning against the wall. She moves her large, pink cowgirl hat to the side, and says, "Darn tootin'! Why am I here? This seems like a wile west, without tha' west!" Jessie looks left and right, and says, " And where is Bullseye anyway?"

Looking down at her outfit, Jessie blinks, and notices her long, single, ponytail. "Well I'll be a monkeys uncle! Red hair! Whoo hoo!" Moving out of the shadows, Jessie looks around. "Hello everyone!"

Nightcrawler has posed:
Kurt Wagner freezes and then runs towards Jessie as she comes out into the open, "Jessie! We have to save Buzz!" Looking back to the contraption, the others, and then back to the bin. "I've nothing though..." he cups his mouth, "Buzz! Make some noise so we can find you better!"

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane has 'hidden' the wolfen side again, back to looking like a mostly normal Bo Peep instead of a wolfy shepherd. Out of all of them, she seems to be the one least familiar with the source material for her character, and she's wavered on how much of this feels like a game and how much feels real. Dani turning up - easy to forget Jessie back there - has her pausing and staring, for the voice is more the Cheyenne she's familiar with. Being a Wild West Cowgirl..well, she seems to be playing along, at least. "He's up there..somewhere," she says, pointing to the scene laid out before them, her other hand gripping the crook tightly.

Psylocke has posed:
"On the countertop," Hamm-Betsy agrees with Wolfsbane/Bo. "I can sense his mind again. So strange." She is talking as Betsy at the moment, looking to her friends. "this is much more elaborate than any mystery event I've been part of before. I don't know what to think. For the sake of our sanity, it may be best if we do this carefully and not chance injury since...I just don't know anymore." She sounds a little frustrated by that.

As Dani-Jesse joins, she gives a nod to the other woman. "We need to find a way up to the counter near the sink." She reaches out to Brian telepathically. <Brian, are you alright? Was this part of the package you purchased?!>

Captain Britain has posed:
Still playing the part, Brian, who is out of view, but within hearing range, doing his best attempt at a Tim Allen voice, which came across more like Captain America's, "Buzz Braddock's personal log number thirty-nine. My extended incarceration has begun to manifest itself in hallucinations. I seem to have imagined Woody and Mrs. Potatohead calling out to me, but the experienced Space Ranger in me knows this cannot be. Now I'm hallucinating hearing Jesse and Little Bo Peep. Come on Buzz, remember your Space Ranger training. The homing beacon is active. Help is on the way. It must be. It has to be." With the mental link established to Betsy, he thinks ,'I'm all right, for now, but there's a literal sword of Damocles hanging over my head. This thing is far more real than I would have imagined. But it's in keeping with my understanding. Just, next time, I hope somebody else gets to be captured.'

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde starts looking for a way up to the countertop. Though she's gone through doors, she doesn't want to just airwalk up there. Mrs. Potatohead does not airwalk. Moonwalk? Quite possibly.

"Ok, can you guys get up there? Woody, he's your best buddy, I'm thinking this is your show?" she suggests. Kitty looks around and spots a stool. "I'm going to try to get up there and get a better look at all the dominos and things," she says, moving over and wrapping her legs around the stool leg and shimming up slowly.

"Don't worry, when I get to the top? I plan to keep my eyes peeled," the giant talking Potatohead says.

Moonstar has posed:
Moving a step back, Jessie screams, "Eeeek!" Surprised by Kurt aka Woody! Dani looks left. Then right. Then left. No place to hide! "Um...okay Woody! Where is Buzz!?!" She looks at the contraption. "Right!" Bo Peep aka Wolfsbane answers her question, as though she was hearing her thoughts! She felt a connection to Bo...a strange and familiar one! "Then that is where we have to go!"

Nod, nod, nod. "Right!" Hamm-Betsy? Cute! "It is elaborate...I must say, I enjoy the red hair..." Dani's eyes sparkle as she twirls the fake ponytail. "Why not? Sanity is for weaklings." Jessie grins.

To Mrs. PH. "The stool might not work....up to the sink...hmmmm...well, I can summon Bullseye..." wink, wink - aka Brightwind, "... to get us up there? Might cause some...chaos though!" Jessie grins. Then, Brian's voice. "Sounds like he is in trouble! Wait....what is a Sword of Dempclaws?"

Nightcrawler has posed:
Headed for the counter, brow furrowed, Woody shakes his head. "Climbing again it seems." he looks over to Jessie and Bo, "Hey, you two... We can use Jessie and I with the crook to help lever people up, since we're the floppiest and Hamm can be our anchor pig! Mrs, Potatohead, we need your arms too. We can make a ladder! With us!"

Woody hops up, several times, trying to get a better on on examining what he's looking at.

Wolfsbane has posed:
"Hmf," is all Bo Peep seems to have to say about 'Jessie's' reaction to having red hair. Well, she /could/ have been Jessie instead. With the situation laid out for them, she says, "All right, we need tae be careful no' tae touch any o' this stuff. It looks like anything could set it off." She still doesn't even attempt the accent, but she's already making use of that crook even before 'Woody' is asking about it. She's found a few drawers with spots she can use the crook to sort of climb up with. So, that's what she does.

Psylocke has posed:
"He has a chef's knife hanging above him. Which at this size is much bigger than he is. If we set off the trap, I am quite sure the sword will fall. He does say this is within his understanding of how the experience would be but I'm still uncomfortable," Betsy says as she watches the various people making their way up.

The red tattoo flares on her face and she almost shadow ports but stops herself. "IF we need to, I'll go up my way." Then she starts to try to follow others before realizing that is a very stupid idea. With the bulk of her costume, she likely will hit something accidentally. So she hangs by the door.

Captain Britain has posed:
Buzz Braddock seems to being going stir crazy up there, where he's tied up. He begins to rock back and forth. "Come on Buzz, it is the duty of every prisoner to escape confinement." He tries to sit up, which he manages, but that doesn't get him a whole lot. His arms are tied to his sides, and his legs are bound. "Think, Space Ranger, think."

Meanwhile, the noise coming from the kitchen has caught the attention of Buster, the big red dog, who comes racing in, knocking the flap in the door open. It knocks Hammlocke over, and races forward, before turning around, coming back to give her a big, slobbering lick of its tongue. It barks a few times in joy. In its exuberance, however, it nudged the chair leg that Mrs. Potatocat had been climbing.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde is just nearing the seat when the stool is suddenly bumped. She is dislodged enough she's sliding back down, losing all the ground she gained with a loud, "Ouch, ouch, ouch!" she says. "Splinters, ouch!" She ends up practically all the way back to the floor before finally letting go and dropping off to the floor.

She picks a splinter out of her leg.

"Oh, keep the cute puppy away from the dominos," she says, moving over to try to help Hamm keep the dog's attention, and backing away from the carefully staged wooden blocks, trying to help bring the dog away from them.

"Like fries boy? Come on, follow the spud. Just, I mean don't like them so much you eat me, but come on boy," she whistles and makes kissing noises.

Moonstar has posed:
Jessie aka Dani smiles at Rahne aka Bo, as though knowing what she was thinking. "Right! No touchie! Got it!" Dani salutes, a sharp salute that touches the brim of her pink hat! Her gaze finds Kurt...er, Woody, and she salutes him as well. "Got it Woody! Not sure I like being a ladder, but anything I can do to help!"

Jessie's eyes look over at Psylocke. "Chef's knife! That doesn't sound good." Okay, she was being a "ham". Really playing her part. "I'll stay down here then, and guard the exit, while you all crawl up...oooofff...as I am the ladder." As Kitty slides down, Dani frowns. "Are you...ok?" That didn't work. "Okay. I'll stay here, while you all plan!" Dani goes back to the shadows, trying to look inconspicuous.

Nightcrawler has posed:
Pausing, blinking from where he climbs, wrapping his legs around a drawer knob reaching for Bo's crook, "Potato down!" Woody calls out, "Distract the dog, we've got Buzz!" looking to Bo again as he opts to get her lifted up, "Right, we have Buzz, Darlin'?" affecting a -bad- American drawl. Because Eurotrash.

Wolfsbane has posed:
"Just try an' keep up!" Rahne Bo Peep says to Kurt Woody. She's going to get there one way or another, with or without the rest, especially as that /big dog/ comes romping in, causing some mayhem all around them. If it even so much as touches any of those dominoes, the clock will be ticking. "Hold on!" Brian or Buzz or whatever. Game or not, she's got a few tricks up her sleeves.

Captain Britain has posed:
Buster the big red dog, which had been giving Hammlocke one heck of a tonguelashing with that oversized tongue of his, turned his attention to Mrs. Potatocat after she called to him. It panted its tongue in her direction, ears perking up, and eyes completely on her. Rushing her way, it accidentally knocked Jessie flying, but mercifully not in the direction of any of the dominos. It tries to grasp Mrs. Potatocat in its mouth, giving her one hell of a shake, before running back to where Jessie was, but can't see her, so runs around the kitchen until it sets her down near one of its favourite toys, a faux ice cream cone stick. Except this one has the cone and the ice cream on a rubber slinky-like connection.

Meanwhile, Buzz Braddock continues to strain against the binds. He pauses to make sure that the chef's knife above him hasn't moved. Still speaking in his effort to sound like Tim Allen, "perhaps if I could roll onto my stomach, I might just..." and as he tried, he triggered his jet propulsion pack, cutting some of the bindings as his wings popped out. "To infinity, and beyond!" he called out in triumph. But then he wasn't sure how it helped him any, and said, "now what?"

Shadowcat has posed:
Mrs. Pototahead proceeds to try to keep the gigantic, Cerberus-sized animal occupied. Thank goodness he only has one head. She just treats him how she treats her puppy though, except unfortunately it seems like she's turned out to be the chew toy now. But face scritches and cheek rubs are good for distracting any puppy. Hopefully. Don't eat me. Don't eat me.

Nightcrawler has posed:
Hauling himself up, trying to look like he's climbing... well he half is - his feet are in boots and it's driving him INSANE to not be able to stick with more than just his hands. Levering himself up over the ledge of the counter and offering Bo one of his legs to drag her up with, Woody waves.

"Buzz! We've got you! Just a moment eh?" holding at the edge, checking the situation before just running in headlong like a loon.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Who said Rahne Bo Peep needed help? She's doing a fine enough job of climbing on her own, and it seems to be a competition with Kurt Woody to get to the countertop first. "I'm..fine," she insists, hauling herself up before grabbing the crook again. Over there, she can see him. Brian Lightyear, or Buzz Braddock, or whatever he's calling himself. "We're coming!" she calls out, going into a run toward the plastic basket. If she has to go with the claws, she surely will.

Captain Britain has posed:
With Woody Wagner and Rahne Bo Peep making it to the top, a purple, black, and red figure jumped down from atop a Premium Plus cracker box. "So you are the friends that Buzz Lightyear spoke so fondly about. Surrender and I might spare your pitiful lives." It was the Evil Emperor Zurg. Then he pointed his right arm cannon at them, "prepare to die!"

Meanwhile Buster the Big Red Dog was keeping Jessie Moonstar, Hammlocke, and Mrs. Potatocat busy, playing fetch. They were doing well. Except during an errant pass of the doggy treat, the dominos began to fall. This was bad, very bad...

Nightcrawler has posed:
"Bo, want to get Buzz? Or shall I?" approaching steadily now at the sight of Zurg, Woody puts up his dooks, eying long tall and ugly, waiting for him to shoot - never know it may be more than mini-ping pong balls in this case... and there's not much time. Dominos falling.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Bo Peep shares a glance with Woody, then shrugs and simply wolfs out. She's going to do this the way she feels like, game or not, because she doesn't know just what kind of danger Brian/Buzz is really in. "I think it's time we stopped playing around an' got him oot. I can hear th' trap going off." She lets Kurt/Woody do as he will, but she zigs and zags in the direction of the Zurg guy and winds up for quite the powerful swing with that shepherd's crook, right at the gun arm!

Psylocke has posed:
"Bloody hell."

As the dominos started to fall, Hamm-Betsy looked up toward the counter top. It wouldn't take long for the setup to run through and as such, she decided Rahne had the right idea. The kid gloves were off.

She turned and ran off toward a shadowy corner, as fast as her pig suit would let her. Then she dove headlong into one as the tattoo flared over her eye. It was like the shadow was a pool of water and she disappeared inside it.

A moment later, she appeared on the top of the counter by her brother, the shadow cast by that chef knife enough to allow her access. She reached up a hand out of the pool of darkness, grabbed Buzz-Brian's ankle and yanked him into the shadow realm. A moment later they would reappear where she had originally left the floor level.

Captain Britain has posed:
The dominos fall, one by one, setting off the chain reaction. It triggers a car in a track, which races around, and that triggers the helicopter, which moves the spatula, onto to set more dominos...

Meanwhile, Woody Wagner and Rahne Bo Peep take on the Evil Emperor Zurg, whose weapons send a laser beam. A real laser beam. Which carries with it virtually no heat. It flashes. It makes some noises. Even if he had hit Woody, there was no danger in his weapon, but the shepherd's crook sends the gun arm flailing, and Emperor Zurg along with it. He falls off the countertop, screaming along the way down, until he lands in the by now open dustbin.

It seemed that Buster had accidentally stood on the auto open on the floor.
With the Hammlock having teleported him, Buzz Braddock looks up at Betsy, who has him by the ankle, "a little help?" He said, still putting on the faux American accent. He was still tied up.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Real laser or fake, Rahne was not taking any chances here. It looked like a threat, so she was going to deal with it with what she had handy. The crook sure worked in a pinch. "An' stay doon!" she yells after the bad guy. Hopefully it wasn't someone they knew playing him.

Turning her attention back toward the 'cage' Brian's in, a show of relief passes over her once more fuzzy face as the Betsy-pig turns up before the trap can reach its inevitable conclusion, and she moves over with the intent to claw through whatever bindings are left unless otherwise taken care of first. "All right, can we end this game yet? Whit was all this about?" she wants to know.

Nightcrawler has posed:
"Good question!" Woody-Wagner states as he moves up alongside Bo-Rahne, eye towards the Zurg fellow - waiting if there will be more action from that avenue, or a need for him to teleport them to safety.

He looses some of the toy stance, half crouched - the real laser throwing him quickly out of character now.

Psylocke has posed:
As the others joined them on floor level. Betsy gave a smile to Rahne as she made quick work of the ropes holding Brian in place. "Alright, we defeated the evil villain and rescued the damsel in distress," she teased her twin. "So is this thing over? Because this was the most real fake thing I have ever done and I am over being a few inches tall."

Captain Britain has posed:
With many of the people voicing their desire for it to end, the bucket of soldiers popped the lid off, and piled out. The sergeant said, "move it, move it, move it," and the company formed an honour guard, two columns that winded around the kitchen, starting from the group, and leading towards what looked like an air vent. Two of the soldiers took the vent off. It was dark in there. It looked like there was a slide inside after only a couple of steps.

Emerging from up top, Wheezy, the squeaky toy penguin, held up a microphone and began to serenade them with, "you've got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me. When the road looks rough ahead, and you're miles and miles, from your nice warm bed, just remember what your old pal said, boy, you've got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me. You've got troubles, well I've got 'em too, there isn't anything I wouldn't do for you, we stick together and we see it through. You've got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me."

"Just a spot of fun, Rahne," Buzz Braddock said, breaking character, "These things are supposed to be great team building exercises. I thought we might enjoy it."

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane reaches up to remove the wig, letting her red hair show back up again as things take place around them. Other actors moving around, then singing? She looks a little confused, and certainly a bit out of place in the Bo Peep costume with the wolfen traits showing up. Imagine the confusion those sheep would be in.

Following the song and Brian's explanation, she raises a brow. "I didna realize I was on th' team yet." So this is sort of an initiation for her? A very strange one. "But..it was fun a' times." It seems to be the most they're going to get out of her right now, and while she still doesn't understand how it all happened to be the way it is, she heads for what appears to be the exit. "I'm getting oot o' this costume. I'm hungry."

Nightcrawler has posed:
"So, Brian - I take that means like as Rahne is saying, she's on the team then like I figured you'd say, ja?" drawing off the hat and shaking his hair out of his eyes. The boots come off and he's hopping about wiggling his toes. "Oh! Himmel... Das is gut." sighing happily at freed feet "I agree. I'm hungry as well, and I can't move in this getup." there are near rips all over he was straining it so far, dropping to all fours to awkwardly scuttle along, standing long enough to pop a kiss on Rahne's cheek.

"Welcome to Excalibur, my darling." winking as he goes. Must. Change!

Psylocke has posed:
Betsy took a last look around the room and headed for the air vent. "It was just a bit of a shock to the system. Next time we'll be better prepared for it, know what's coming." At least she's implying she would agree to a next time. It was just the concern it was too real and her brother was in real danger that had set her on edge this time. "Maybe we can go get something. That is real sized," she adds before following them to the exit.

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There is a bank of tv screens airing a wide range of crazy things. One screen was showing a sweeping view of a giant sized kitchen, then the camera angled as though moving toward a dark air vent.

"Got yourself some new friends! Good. They are more late night tv for now. Bears watching though. Maybe put it out to the viewers and see if they like the idea of this group for a prime time special!" The blobbish man with the yellow skin turned. "Spiral! Put this one in the can and throw it on at the 2 a.m. slot with a few test trailers for prime advertisements. Let's see what the viewers want!"