Tourney Spectator Lounge

So far, everyone seemed to be taking the whole thing surprisingly well. Even DNR, though it looked like he went nuts for a little bit first. "Sure thing!" The Aqua Navi extended his own hand, meeting the surgeon Navi's halfway, and shook it. "And if you really liked my other form, don't worry...Sabrina'll probably make me use it sometimes anyway! Besides, it's kinda neat being able to do things that are normal for most Navis...like having a mouth! And you know that spear twirling I did before? I don't think I'd be able to do it like this..."

The talking was growing significantly harder, what with the hysterical laughter going on. A look to the side revealed the culprit; VoltMan and his operator. The first Cross Navi he'd ever gotten, doing that...he needed a word with him. "Excuse me for a sec, DNR..." He warped over to Shigeru's occupied shoulder, giving the other Elec Navi an angry stare. "Any reason you're laughing at one of your Cross Navis, VoltMan?"

"Oi...I was really hoping all that wouldn't come out with everyone here...but I knew I'd have to do some explaining eventually." Sabrina looked over at the Navi on her shoulder, who was taking it pretty well, really. "Nice to see you're taking it all in stride, DNR! Don't worry about it all sinking in for a while...it hasn't done it for me, either!"

"Ahhhhh... Voltman... I see your alright and able!" DNR said as he popped to Voltman's side, giggling a bit. "Well its good to see there are more electric navis around here... although the fact that we both treasure sharp implements... well... it kinda removes the fun of having my cross... Why have my cross if anybody else can have yours?" DNR said with curiosity, wondering if Voltman or Splashman said anything.

Polonius meanwhile laughed a bit at Sabrina's comment, saying "I have to wonder if things like this occurred to you Sabrina. Could you tell me a bit about this show. I think the only show I vividly remember watching when I was young was the Dimensionman Super Special Action Show. Heck, I even made a GMO like you did, emulating the hero."

Druidman laughed and slapped his knee. "Look at it this way, DNR-dude." he said between chuckles "You could have not flubbed it with 'her'. Ha HA!" Then, he noticed the Navi that he was talking to. "Voltman?" he said puzzled. "I think I remember a Voltman, but I'm pretty sure he was a little kid..." he said, scratching his head.

Voltman stopped the laughing. It's not you, Splash. It's good to see you again. It's just the whole situation. Still, out of respect, he prevented himself from further riotous mirth, when something from Druidman caught his attention.

Oh, wait a sec... you met Watt? Well, the little bugger'll probably want to say hi, then, won't he? Voltman flipped open a holoscreen in front of himself, typing out a few commands and becoming engulfed in a white light. A moment later, where the adult navi had stood, Watt was sitting, absentmindedly balancing a miniature spear on his nose. The spear dropped, and he looked around.
Woah, it's a party! He looke around, laughing, stopping abruptly when he saw DNR. He turned his head away, making an attempt to not look at the doctor, and instead focused around the room.
I don't think we know... well, a lot of you! Hi! I'm Watt! The big one that just left was Volt, but don't worry, he'll be back!

"The situation, huh?" SplashMan stopped and thought about it for a sec. And admittedly, if he wasn't so close to the situation, the story was ridiculous enough to be pretty funny. "Well, I guess I can understand that. Don't worry about it, then!"

He then turned over towards DNR. "What are you talking about? So you're both Elec Navis with sharp pointy objects. So what? I bet if I had both your crosses, they'd be totally different! And I'm at least halfway towards that already, so pretty soon I'll be able to let you know!"

He looked over towards VoltMan again, only to notice that he was gone, and there was some kid Navi in his place. "...Huh?! Hey, where'd VoltMan go?! And what's this kid doing here?" He quickly shut up as he got a brief explanation on the situation. "...I guess VoltMan had to go do something...too bad, since it'd be kinda nice to talk to him a little off the battlefield!"

Imp gave a sickeningly smug look at the fallen doctor, <Heh, we were right and you were wrong. told you there was something weird about her... or should I say hi-->

Imp was cut short by a punch to his face from Void, <He made his choice, we tried to help, truth was found out, it's over...>

Rubbing his sore jaw, Imp muttered, <What's the point of being right if you can't be right. Right?>

Jay casually walked into the lounge, only to be surprised by the amount of netbattlers in the room. "Well, this is just a party, ain't it..." he muttered, smiling. He glanced across the room, and noticed Ceres lurking about. He waved and shouted, "HEY! CER-"

"SHUT UP!" Big interrupted, his hologram floating directly in front of Jay's face. "Ain't you guys supposed ta' hate each other now?"

"Well, I guess..." Jay said, lowering his arm. "Doesn't mean I don't hafta be friendly."

"...Wait, wha?" Big replied, deeply confused. "Aw, phooey. Let's go meet some other people. The guys in this room look purty tough."

Jay approached the small group of people who seemed to be having a good time. He abruptly said, "Whatcha guys talkin' 'bout?" to Steve, an awkward grin on his face.

Ceres stared blankly at Jay, not quite understanding why the imposing man knew his name. After a few seconds, a sparkle of comprehension glinted in his eyes, and he called after him, Hey, I remember you! You're the guy that punched me! Laughing it off, he settled back in his chair and watched the woman-man love drama unfold before his eyes. This allowed him to keep his grin, which Enigma noticed.

Stop smirking, he chastised, attempting a stern look but only managing boredom.

"Are you alright there Watt? You seeeeeeeeeeeeem to be ignoring me." DNR said as he holo poked the little boy, tilting his head out of curiosity. He could see that the boy attempted to not look at him, but why he did so... he had to know.

"Well Splash, Voltman here has two forms, whom have different personalities, Watt here's basically a little kid. " DNR responded to Splash with a smile as they continued talking.

"A hurr hurr huuurrrr!" DNR said with a mocking laugh to himself as he heard Druidman's laugh. "... I think I heard that one before, but nevermind, heheh... each joke is enjoyable in different ways."

Watt flailed his stubby arms at the poke DNR aimed at his head. Hey, stopitstopitstopit! He took a step backwards, glaring at the doctor. I don't want to talk to you! Last time we saw you... well, you know what you did, meanie! Indignant, Watt would have stamped off, but given the small space to move around on, decided to just turn away instead.

"Yeah, I remember you, kid." Druidman said to Watt. "We ate pie and stuff, then I think I left to go stomp some HeelNavi ass, man." he said, thinking back. "I don't recall all the details, though." shaking himself out of nostalgia, "So, you're a kid and an adult? Hmm, that makes sense. You can have fun and get serious. Cool, dude."

"Two personalities...I guess in a way, that means he's sorta like me. Only I'm the same me when I change forms. I just change physically!" SplashMan looked towards Watt, before suddenly thinking of something. "I wonder if this means I'll have two personalities if I use VoltCross? I've heard you get some of the other Navi's mannerisms if you activate their cross..."

"What, Princess of the Sea?" Sabrina was a bit surprised at the request...mainly because she actually knew what the show was about. "Well, it's a cartoon show about a beautiful mermaid and her friends, and their quest to protect the ocean from anyone that might harm it. There were two main villains in the show; the evil queen Medusa, whose army of dark creatures tried to take the sea over for her, and the evil organization GOOP, who wanted humans to expand into the ocean, even if it meant ruining it. Don't get me wrong, though...even with all the action, it was definitely more girl-oriented. It was huge here in Netopia 5-6 years ago...back then, I knew every episode by heart, had a ton of stuff from it, and I was even my hometown's Princess of the Sea fan club president!"

Back in the holographic conversation, SplashMan had another question, this time directly concerning the two Elec Navis. "Huh? What happened with you two last time? Anyone mind filling me in?"

"Getting in tune with their inner child... That kinda sounds like fun, dude!" Druidman said, who had never technically experienced 'childhood'.

"Whoa! So you and Dude-NR know each other from before, little man?" he continued, impressed. "We should form up a commune party sometime, or something, dude. It'd be fun."

Jay was a little agitated at Steve's ignorance of his hello, so he turned to Shigeru instead and said, "Hey, what's up?"

DNR quietly poked Watt again, whispering in a hushed tone of voice "I had to do what I had to do okay? I only had to do it so I can avenge fallen comrades one day!" DNR quickly coughed up to remove wandering eyes towards everybody else, hoping that nobody noticed that small discussion.

"A commune you say? Well... I am quite open enough to do so, we did talk about that a good while ago in our emails Druid ol' bean. About me and Voltman.... We paired up during the "Great War" fiasco and kicked some quite nice gluteus maximus. " DNR said with a smirk and a nod.

"Hummm... interesting show... My favorite childhood show was that Dimensionman show I said. It was a male-oriented show... let's see.... it dealt with the title character... fighting off the forces of evil or some kinda stereotypical plot like that... I know the main character was this dominatrix-like character called Confine? I remember her since I used to had a bit of a.... crush on her... right..." Polonius said as he coughed himself, feeling quite embarrassed from saying that to Sabrina. "But yeah it was much more action packed and I was part of it's fan club myself, heheh."

((Sorry, ZS, I totally didn't notice. XD))

Steve snapped out of his stupor and looked at the newest arrival at the room. "Sorry, kid." he said, "Spaced there for a second. Well, we were just talking about the pros and cons of gender switching. I think our Navis are talking about old TV shows and communism." he said, as he only was half paying attention. "I think you can still run, if you want." he added, with a laugh.

Druidman, too, was laughing. "Great War? HAHA, That's totally funny. I don't remember war being that great, man. Not only that, I'd scarcely even call that a war. I don't think any babies got killed, either, dude." Druidman said, clearly unimpressed with the recent event. "I'm sure you guys did a good job smacking people around, though." he added hastily.

Rose accepted the soda and drank it happily. "Thanks, I really needed that." She smiled at her gallant hero.

She then noticed the new arrivals, and decided to greet them. "Hey there Shigeru!" Rose exclaimed when she saw him. "I remember you. You've helped me out a lot recently." She said with a smile. "I'm Rose Dunrae. You've contacted me for Gazette.Net and traded some stuff to me very generously." She approached him with a hand held out for a handshake.

SummonerMan had watched in interest as the great unveil occurred. And then he smiled as SplashMan got laughed at. "Serves Splashloser right." He thought. The explanation for the reason was far less interesting, but he heard it out anyway.

After that deal blew over, Rose greeted the newer man who entered. "Hi, my name's Rose Dunrae." She said, holding out her hand in introduction. "What yours?"

She decided to start tuning into the conversations more, and began picking things up about the Great net War, which she had recently covered, and cartoons. She couldn't decide which one to drop in on, so she hung out for a bit.

SummonerMan didn't feel like joining any conversations, and resumed watching the battles. What good did he have for cartoons and Great Wars that happened before he existed?

Aelieth pressed his back to the door, pushing it open as he walked backwards, his hands preoccupied with ensuring the precious liquid within his Styrofoam cup remained there. Clearing the threshold, he turned and found the room filled with people, prompting a hasty sip of the warming liquid. Trying to remain inconspicuous, he spotted an empty chair just outside of the largest gathering of people and made his way to it, a shy smile and a little wave given to those who glanced in his direction as he finally sat down.

Holoß, still riding high from the match with Jay and Big, would have none of this type of behavior from himself, and activated the PET's hologram function. A miniature Holo appeared a short distance away and bounded up to the group, waving happily and drawing attention to the new pair's arrival, much to Aelieth's dismay.

Taking another sip of café courage, he raised his hand in a gesture of greeting and quietly murmured "Hello."

Jay chuckled a bit back at Steve, no longer annoyed.

"S'alright, man. I space out ev'ry once an' a while." he said warmly. He turned back to the group, and said, "Gender switchin' eh? Crazy stuff. But ain't communism that thing that keeps all the phones together?"

Big slapped his hand to his head. "Ya big dolt." Big muttered. "Communism's not phones. It's computers, duh. They keep everythin' connected. N' stuff. He looked over at DNR, and shouted, "You look purty smart. Ain't communism what connects computers n' junk?"

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She then noticed the new arrivals, and decided to greet them. "Hey there Shigeru!" Rose exclaimed when she saw him. "I remember you. You've helped me out a lot recently." She said with a smile. "I'm Rose Dunrae. You've contacted me for Gazette.Net and traded some stuff to me very generously." She approached him with a hand held out for a handshake.

Shigeru was caught off-guard by the (admittedly rather delayed) response. He listened to the list of assistance he'd provided Rose with almost incredulously, and looked at her outstretched hand a moment before finally snapping out of his slightly stunned state and shaking her hand.
Ah, yeah, the netpaper writer. Glad I could help with that. And don't worry, chip trading's been generally beneficial for everyone involved, nowadays, so it's all good. He responded, scratching the back of his head. Looking around the room again, he spotted what appeared to be a cross between a crushed can and a vending machine.
Woah, wait, what the hell happened to that thing?

Meanwhile, Watt was having fun with the navis in the net, his momentary annoyance with DNR having been long since forgotten in the 15 seconds previous. He put his hands behind his back, rocking from heel to toe in front of Druidman while chattering. Yeah, it's really fun! I get to talk to everyone, and Volt takes care of all the icky, boring, serious stuff! But... He stopped rocking back and forth, scratching the top of his helmet with a confused expression. What's a com... comma... commute... thing you mentioned?