Yes, this will do. Now then... Oh sage 8-ball, grant us the wisdom we need to... hey wait a minute... don't these things only answer yes or no questions?

Yeah.. like this. "Magic 8-ball, should we talk about the fact that Locke is trying to get into the safe right now?" OK... spin it.

Alrighty then... *spins the 8-ball, then blinks several times*

What's it say?

Hmmm... what's this supposed to mean? "Outlook not so good"? Is it telling me that Microsoft's e-mail program sucks?

*Rast's cell phone rings* Hello? Oh... OK. Just use a Cure3 potion and try again tomorrow. *hangs up* Apparently, Locke got chewed up by Super Mutt because Bahamut was busy killing the audience instead of helping him.

Dammit! Those two annoying SoE guys just won't get hurt!

Well... Wonder Boy does carry a huge bazooka with infinite ammo everywhere he goes.

Hmmm... I should probably write something in his contract about that... *scribbles in the contract with the Magic Marker* There...

*comes running from backstage* Ummm, mist... I mean, Macc... my bazooka just disappeared!

So?

Well, uh... I could use some more help guarding the strongbox...

Oh, all right, my newest flunkie can join you... oh Zell, I've got a job for you!

OOOOOH YEAHHHHH! Do I get to beat someone up now?

Perhaps... just go guard that strongbox with Wonder Boy and I'm sure something bad will happen eventually.

Awright! Leave it to me! *leaves with Wonder Boy*

Let me guess... another contract?

Yup... easiest one I ever got, too. All I had to do was give him a hot dog in order to get him to sign the contract.

Heh. You should be careful with contracts...

Well, I never sign them, I just make them up... along the way... when someone else has already signed them.

I don't sign them either. Like that contract earlier... I signed it with this pen. *hands Macc a pen labelled "Disappearing Ink" on the side* You can keep it, I got a million of them.

Yeah, that was probably a very smart move. I don't want to force you into anything yet... but you never know what the future holds.

True... So, how goes your quest to take over the world?

Eh? I don't have quests like that... that was you and Nintendo, remember?

Yeah, but I thought the Reploids were trying to take over the world too.

Nah, only Maverick Reploids do that. I was once like that, but not anymore. I just could never get rid of the nickname, so I kept it as a souvenir.

What about Dark Macc?

That's... a different story I guess. I have no idea what he's up to, but taking over the world is probably high on his to-do list.

Well... me and him will have a talk then when he gets close (Nintendo will probably be there too).

Are you sure you want to do that? He's not too friendly, you know.

YES! I WILL CONQUER AND DESTROY! I WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING! I WILL CREATE A MONUMENT TO NON-EXISTANCE! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Easy now...

Sorry... I just can't help it.

You should realise that if you start using lines that have been featured on a Nintendo console game, you're giving the competition an edge...

Argh!

That's how you should view them, by the way: nothing but competetion. I know for a fact that Dark Macc won't negociate, and I don't think Nintendo would, either.

Well... we'll have a 'talk' then. I will make them my subjects.

We'll see... just let me "talk" with Dark Macc first.

*coughs* It must be nice to be a Reploid and never get colds... there's a bad one going around here.

Yeah, it's pretty nice... I can just laugh at everyone who's sneezing... then realise that Reploids actually can have hay fever, at which point the joke's on me...

Hmmm... *walks over to the wheel o' topics*

Yeah, good idea. You change the topic, I'll change the music.

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