Scoobying Workshop #7, Afternoon 7/4/2006 (Main Campfire)

[soldtoarmenians]

[Roster]

Xander is...totally not here. There's just his laptop sitting on a log, and Rory standing next to it. When everybody's assembled, she presses a key, and a recording fills the screen.

Xander (soldtoarmenians)	A face that might be... slightly familiar behind the glasses, even-bushier-than-usual eyebrows, giant somewhat plasticky looking nose, and fuzzy mustache, looked out at the viewer, looming above Willow, who appeared to be tied to a chair. Of course, the loominess might be the effect of the camera being low to the floor. A dog's-eye view, possibly. "Muahahahahaha," laughed the villain, with a villainous tone. In an artificially-gruff voice, he added, "Xander couldn't be there today, because I, his Evil Alternate Personality TM...um...Xandino, have taken over his body. I've also kidnappinated Willow. Because I'm evil like that."
Willow (willbedone)	There was a pause as though somebody - we're not mentioning names here - had briefly forgotten her lines. "Oh! Yes!" Willow said, trying to make 'Help me' eyes at the camera. "He's so evil! Extremely! Also? This rope is very scratchy and this is in no way a comfy chair."
Xander (soldtoarmenians)	"And if you meddling kids don't get here in time to rescue her, I'm going to force her to watch..." The Evil Villain lowered his voice to a loud, terrible whisper. "That episode of Wendy the Werewolf Stalker where Wendy and Ryan have the unsexiest sex ever for fifty-five godawful minutes. And I'll tape her eyes open!"
Willow (willbedone)	Willow didn't have to act her look of disgust. Or her attempt to get away. "No! Never! Somehow I will escape from these tight, confining ropes that are holding me down and - " Willow paused, momentarily breaking what amounted to her character. "You had to do this while Peter was out of town? Really?"
Xander (soldtoarmenians)	There was a pause, during which Xand...ino stared at her like he was mentally filing that particular comment away under OMG THINGS I DID NOT WANT TO KNOW WILLOW AND I HAD IN COMMON AND WILL DO MY BEST TO FOREVER ERADICATE FROM MY MEMORY. Then there was a cough that sounded suspiciously like "line...," and the astute observer might note him poking her gently on the shoulder.
Willow (willbedone)	Willow gave him a Look, and continued. "So yes! Please save me, members of the Scoobying class! It doesn't matter which one of you comes FIRST, or that you may have to search all over town and each FLOOR OF THE DORMS for a ROOM that might, you know, belong to somebody who looks like XANDER...ino."
Xander (soldtoarmenians)	"That's Xandino! And that's enough outta you, missy!" Xand..er..dino reached offscreen for something, and returned holding a piece of duct tape. Or possibly several pieces of masking tape stuck together and cleverly painted to look like duct tape. He placed it lightly viciously over her mouth.
Willow (willbedone)	Willow did her best to try to shout "Help!" while trying to make sure she didn't accidentally dislodge the tape in spite of her oh so vicious and cruel new gag.
Xander (soldtoarmenians)	From behind her, there was a loud, "RIBBIT?" The Evil Xandino turned and put a finger to his lips, right under the bushy mustache. "You shut up too, Jerem...mino, and quit yer whining. No, they won't get here in time to rescue her, 'cause they have to do the in-class exercise first. Or Rory'll cry, and they're all too goody goody to make Rory cry. Plus they're not smart enough to team up to track us down, and the fish that keeps moving around on the door will just confuse them, which means none of them will get any of the delicious--" He coughed. "Cidigookidigies whidigich Idigi adigam nidigot tidigellidiging thidigem adigabidigout sidigo thidigere."
(*cough*)	From offscreen again, but this time as if it's right behind the camera, came a loud trumpeting sound. "Oh, don't you start!" Xandino said. "Cut! That's a wrap!"

The screen goes dark.



[Is open! Posted early due to various people's holiday schedules. Final thread is open as well.]

Comments

Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[soldtoarmenians]

Form teams of two or more out of the resources you actually have at your disposal, and use the VERY SUBTLE CLUES to figure out how to rescue Willow. Make your way across camp and back to the HIGHLY SEKRIT LOCATION!

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[The actual thread for busting in THE COMPLETELY UNLOCKED AND IN FACT CRACKED-OPEN HEAVILY BOLTED DOOR and rescuing Willow won't be up until tomorrow morning, but everything up to that point can go here, including if you so desire staring for great WTF at the painted yellow fish that's in a different spot every time you look away.]

Re: Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

When Lana was done with her planning she looked around for someone who wanted to team up with her tomorrow when the Mun gets back up to go rescue Willow.

Re: Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[multiplez]

Z looked around for Bridge. She already had a teammate, after all. Might as well use him.

Also, she suspected for some reason Bridge might have inside info on 'Xanderino.'

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Z!" Bridge says with a bounce. "Wanna work together? Since we *are* teammates and all?"

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[multiplez]

"Yes," Z said with a bounce of her own. "So. What do you know about this Xandino character?" she asked teasingly.

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I... may have done some intelligence gathering, yes." Bridge says with a solemn nod.

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[multiplez]

"Anything that might help us find his completely secret hideout that there are no totally obvious clues to the location of?" Z blinked a few times, then said, "Pretend that had grammar."

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I spent the last week there?" Bridge offers.

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[multiplez]

"Excellent. Let's go! Um, is there some kind of arm-waving ritual we're supposed to do now?"

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia looked about for someone good to team up with and find Willow.

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[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie beat his fist on the wall until he was surrounded by eight Jamies.

"Alright, listen up, Team Jamie. Our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Xandino. Our victim's name is still probably Willow. Go get them!"

One of the duplicates just rolled his eyes. "Dude. They totally said where they were."

"He's just always wanted to do that."

Jamie glared at his dupes. "I hate you all. When did I get to be no fun?"

"SOCK PUPPETS!" All the dupes said at the same time.

"You guys suck!"

Re: Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack looked around for someone to team up with.

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[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordelia approached Zack. "Hey, wanna go rescue someone I really dislike together?" she asked.

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Cordy," Zack said. "Sure."

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[upforachase.livejournal.com]

"Okay, so I'm thinking it might actually be quite easy to find them, but I don't have a problem with letting Willow stay tied up for a while," she said, grinning. "Not that I'm like, cruel or anything."

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"Of course not," Zack replied. "Besides, would defeat the point of the exercise not to take proper precautions before attempting a rescue. We might end up getting caught ourselves otherwise."

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[upforachase.livejournal.com]

"Good point!" Cordy said. "And I bet Xandino is a real bastard. So how do we need to prepare? I have a stake on me, only slightly smelling of orange-pineapple Jello. I have a cricket bat back in my room I can grab, too. And maybe a flashlight? Flashlights seem to always come in handy."

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"Plus they can double as blunt weapons," Zack pointed out. "I have a chemistry set up in my dorm-room, it shouldn't be too hard to whip up a batch of mace, or some form of anaesthetic."

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[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordelia looked impressed. "You can do that? How long will it take?"

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Zack didn't look the least bit shifty when he said that. "Surprisingly little time, really. However considering the on-campus ban, a bluff might be just as effective as the real thing."

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[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordelia nodded. "Of course. I've actually managed to not get detention yet, miraculously. Good call. So we mime mace and cricket bats. What next?"

[ooc: of course!]

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack thought about it a minute. "It would be worth interrogating those who might know the locations of the hidden lair."

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[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordelia nodded. "That would definitely be Bridge, Xander's boyfriend," she said.

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"Indeed, but for all we know, he's in on the plot," Zack said. "We'll have to find a way to lower his defenses."

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[upforachase.livejournal.com]

"Hitting him?" Cordy suggested.