Current Events > Teen Titans CYOA: Romance Resurrected Part 23

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B

"Let's have the TV off this time," you say as you use the remote to turn it off.

"Aww..." the guys pout.

"Oh c'mon," Bumblebee says. "This is dinner. It's much better for us to sit and talk about stuff than to distract ourselves with television."

"Quite right," you say. "Let's talk and enjoy each other's company."

"Fine..." the guys grumble.

"Speaking of talking," Robin says towards you, "what did you go talk with Raven and Arella about?"

"Oh, just wedding things," you say. "Nothing important, really."

"Then why talk about it in private?" Robin asks.

"Because it was a private matter," you say with a shrug.

Raven and Arella return to the living room and are served a plate of potatoes and glasses of the Virgin Mango Mojito.

"Oh, this is pretty good for a pretend cocktail," Arella says.

"Thank you," you say.

Now with everyone at the table, you all eat up, and discuss...

A) Wedding party outfits
B) Wedding reception refreshments

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B

A)

A

Wedding party outfits.

"Obviously, tuxedos are a must, gentlemen," you say to the lads. "We can go classic black and white with different colored cummerbunds for each of us."

Beast Boy chuckles and says, "Cummerbunds."

"Yes, yes, it's a funny word," you say. "So obviously, we're going with red, blue and green for the three of you, but what shades should we be going for?"

"Hmm," they all say while thinking.

"I guess that depends on what shade this counts as," Robin says as he tugs at the shoulder of his own costume.

"Let's make sure we get some good lighting on that," you say. "We want to have the right shade in mind."

"Oh, yeah, lighting can play a trick on the eyes," Beast Boy says. "Remember that thing about the dress being white and gold or blue and black."

"We can always hexadecimal it," Cyborg says.

"Yes, that would be incredibly accurate," you say. "But again, good lighting would help."

"Don't worry, my cybernetic eye can account for that," Cyborg says. "Just hold still."

Cyborg looks at Robin's shirt and you see a flicker in the robotic eye.

"E-A-0-4-2-0," Cyborg says.

"Okay," you say as you write that down, putting Robin's name next to it.

"Really?" Robin says. "Would've thought this was at least up to F."

"For Beast Boy, we should try and match his hair," you say.

Cyborg looks over at Beast Boy.

"0-2-8-4-3-F," Cyborg says.

"Okay," you say again as you write that down and put "BB" next to it.

"And I already know my shades of blue are 5-A-8-D-C-2 for the lighter blue, and 0-1-5-7-A-C for the darker," Cyborg says.

"Hmm," you say while writing those down.

A) Go light blue
B) Go dark blue

B.

B

B.

B

"We should go with the dark blue," you say. "Overall, it'll match with the others, as that shade of red and that shade of green are on the darker side."

You circle 0157AC and put the paper in your pocket.

"And what about us ladies?" Argent asks Raven. "If the fellas are in tuxes, are we gonna all be in the same kind of dress?"

"I don't know if there's a style of dress that'd work for all of us," Jinx says as she looks over at Starfire, and even at Argent and Bumblebee; then she frowns slightly.

"I'm sure we can figure out something," Bumblebee says. "Long flowing gowns that cover the shoulders but leave the back open. Mostly for me cuz of my wings."

"That doesn't sound too bad," Argent says. "They can even be our 'little black dresses' if we wanted."

"Just black and white?" Arella asks. "Are you sure that won't look too formal or too drab?"

"Monochrome is kinda the Null Family aesthetic," Raven says with a shrug.

"Yes, it is," you add.

"And we can always accent it with our colors," Bumblebee says. "A yellow belt for me, pink for Jinx, bright red for Argent and purple for Starfire."

"Now that would look nice," Argent says. "A belt and a dress, very throwback."

You take out your sketchpad and a pencil to start drawing.

"And who's that supposed to be?" Raven asks.

"It's just the average body type," you say as you finish the female silhouette. "Belt around the waist here, and shoulders but back open, it'd have to be one loop around the neck. Maybe make it part turtleneck, it'll still be rather chill in February, especially here on the island with the breeze coming off the water."

You sketch up the neck for a nice collar.

"For the flowing skirt..." you say as you start sketching down the legs.

A) To the knee
B) Below the knee
C) To the floor

C

C

C

"Yes, full gowns to the floor would look nice, wouldn't it?"

You draw all the way down the leg on both sides.

"Maybe not too tight, though," Bumblebee says. "We want to be able to walk comfortably."

"What happened to that dress Starfire wore for that whole Robin-takes-Kitten-to-the-prom thing?" Raven asks.

"It is still in my closet," Starfire says. "And yes, that would be a lovely example of the dresses we could wear."

"In that case, let's make sure to get that to my sisters, too," you say.

"Huh?" the lads say.

"Oh, yeah, his sisters are really good at making clothes," Argent says.

"And how do you know that?" Beast Boy asks.

Argent smirks and the other ladies have their own nervous blushes and smiles.

"How about shoes?" Raven asks, moving the conversation along. "I'm going to be wearing heels, are those okay with everyone?"

"We might need to practice that," Jinx says.

"What other accessories should we have?" Argent asks. "The belts will be nice, but what if we had gloves?"

"Is that because you wear gloves?" Bumblebee asks as she points out the sleeve gloves Argent's wearing.

"It could be different kinds of gloves," Argent shrugs.

"Gloves would look nice with the dresses," you say as you sketch those onto the picture.

"Starfire did wear long gloves with that dress," Robin says.

A) Black gloves to match the dress
B) Gloves that match the belts
C) Lace gloves with intricate patterns

B

C)

bump, will get this tomorrow

B

"The gloves could even match the belts in color," you say.

"Yeah, I bet that would look great," Argent says.

"Hmm, yellow belt and yellow gloves," Bumblebee says. "Yeah, I think I can handle that."

Bumblebee smirks and the others chuckle.

"Wait, if your sisters are making the clothes, don't we need to meet with them?" Jinx asks.

"Well, you could," you say. "Or you could send your measurements along with my notes about the colors."

"I don't know if we want to leave those written somewhere people can read them," Raven says.

"I wouldn't read them," you say. "You all can write them out and I'll just mail the paper to my sisters."

"What would reading the numbers even do anyway?" Argent asks. "They're just numbers, not a picture."

"Okay, then say yours right now," Jinx says.

"32, 24, 34," Argent says without hesitation.

Everyone is speechless, with the girls giving Argent an incredulous look. You're pretty sure Beast Boy is blushing.

"Well, that's one down," you say as you write Argent's name and the numbers.

"And they're going to write the rest themselves," Raven says as she takes the paper and pen from you.

With the ladies adding their measurements and dinner almost done, you make dessert.

A) Poached Pear Vacherin Meringue
B) Banana toffee cream pudding
C) Dark Chocolate Self-Saucing Pudding

A

C

RANDOMIZE!

C

You have the oven preheat to 392 and grease a five-cup baking dish. You place dark chocolate and butter in a small saucepan and sit it over low heat. This will melt within the next three to four minutes, so you quickly crack eggs open to mix with sugar using an automated egg beater.

The buttery chocolate mix is taken away from heat and allowed to cool down completely while you combine flour and almond meal in a bowl. You fold the powdery mix into the egg mixture, then fold in the cooled chocolate mix. You pour all of this into the baking dish and tap it gently to level it all out.

The baking dish is then put on a tray, and you bake for up to 20 minutes. That is just long enough for the pudding to cool through while having a soft and wobbly spot in the middle. The tray is then put on a wire rack so it can cool for five minutes while everyone gets tall glasses of milk. You dust the pudding with cocoa, and serve it on top of vanilla ice cream in nice big bowls.

As everyone digs in, Raven, Jinx and Argent have almost identical reactions of very strong "Mmm~!" as they smile and even perk up a bit.

"Sho good~!" they all say, pudding still in their mouths.

"Really?" you ask. "You like it that much?"

"I lubbit," Argent says before swallowing and washing down with milk.

Jinx nods in agreement as she also swallows and chases with milk.

"Definitely serve this at the reception," Jinx says.

"That is a good idea," you say. "I'll keep it in mind."

As everyone finishes eating, dishes are put away and Cyborg washes them. The drying rack sets to work as items are placed on it, but most things still go into the dishwasher.

"Alright then," Arella says. "I'll be checking in for the night. Hope to see everyone in a few weeks."

"Good night, Miss Arella," you say.

"I'll help you with the trip back to Azarath," Raven says.

Raven and her mother head back into the hall.

"I should get going, too," Bumblebee says. "It's almost 11 on the East Coast and it's going to take me a bit to fly there with just the mini-jet."

"Later, Bumble," Cyborg says as she flies to the door.

A) Go back to your place
B) Stay the night

A.

B

B

"I think I'll stay the night," you say. "My room still open?"

"Uh, yeah," Beast Boy says. "Oh, wait, I should make sure Silkie didn't eat the sheets. Or curtains. He's getting uppity and wanting to eat fabric like other moth caterpillars."

Beast Boy hurries out of the room while you and Cyborg continue with the dishes.

"Well, we should probably get going, too," Jinx says. "It may not be a different time zone back at HQ but it'll still be a long trip."

"Or," Argent says. "We could just stay the night, too."

"Whay?" Jinx asks. "Why?"

"Because there's no rush to get back," Argent says with a shrug. "Red Star, Kole and Gnarrk can handle things, right?"

"Are you talking chores or fighting crime?" Jinx asks.

"Now that I think about it, a bit of both," Argent says. "I know you don't look forward to laundry day any more than I do."

"Yeah..." Jinx says. "Well... Okay, it's not that late yet. We can hang out a little longer and then leave so we can still make it back before midnight."

"Yes!" Argent says with a little fist pump.

Argent smiles as she then floats over to the couch and flops down to relax. Jinx rolls her eyes but still joins Argent while Argent goes through the cable guide.

Raven returns to the room and heads for the couch.

"What're you two still doing here?" Raven asks as she sees Argent and Jinx.

"We're just spending a little more time here," Jinx says. "We'll head back a little later."

"Maybe," Argent adds.

"El Nio is back and with a vengeance!" a news commentator says.

"Huh?" Argent says as she exits the guide to watch the news.

"The strong rains are on their way tonight," the commentator says, "expected to hit the Bay Area with rain in the double digit inches. Get inside and off the roads while you can, we're in for a long night."

"Okay, see, we really should get going then," Jinx says as she gets up.

"I don't think flying in that will be all that safe," Robin says.

"I can already see the rain on its way," Starfire says as she floats by the window.

She gets up close on the glass and uses her hands to block out light.

"Yes, that is most certainly rain in the distance," she says. "It will surely be here before you leave what is considered the Area of the Bay."

"Guess we're staying the night after all," Argent says with a bit of a smile.

Now Jinx and Raven both roll their eyes.

"Well, night, Rorek," Raven says as she gives you a kiss on the cheek.

"Um, thank you," you say. "But I was planning on staying in, too. And that was before the rain warning."

Raven frowns.

"Sorry?" you say with a shrug.

Raven goes to the couch and sits with Argent and Jinx while they return to scanning the cable guide.

A) Suggest a comedy
B) Suggest a fantasy/sci-fi
C) Suggest a horror

C

C

C

"How about we watch a horror movie to cheer you up," you say as you lean over Raven.

You give her a kiss on the head and she chuckles.

"In that case," Raven says as she takes the remote.

Raven goes to the search function and types in "Slumber Party Massacre."

"Oh good, the original is on here," Raven says as she selects the 1982 film.

"Oh ha ha, I get it," Jinx says. "We're staying over so you're gonna make us watch a slasher about a slumber party with a stalker."

"This is a slumber party?" Raven says. "Not if the boys are around."

"And isn't this movie Rated R?" Robin asks.

"You gonna tell on us?" Raven smirks.

"N-No...!" Robin says nervously.

Raven selects the movie and it begins.

Early morning in suburban Venice, Los Angeles, California. A paperboy bikes through the neighborhood. The headline is pretty straightforward, a serial killer named Russ Thorn is on the loose. 18-year-old high school senior, Trish Deveraux, wakes up and dresses, full view of the window and there's nudity already.

"Wow, two minutes in," you say while sitting down right next to Raven.

"Awesome...!" Beast Boy says, eyes wide as he leans against the back of the couch.

Trish packs up some toys, those she's grown past. But she does hold on to her favorite plush sheep dog. Her mother calls, her and Mr. Deveraux are heading out. Trish heads downstairs just as the radio also reports of Thorn's release, and the horrible crime of five victims at once, all in Venice, LA.

Mr. & Mrs. Deveraux finish packing and Mrs. Deveraux makes sure she has everything she needs. Trish promises everything will be fine while they're away. Mrs. Deveraux knows, but still has their neighbor, Mr. Contant, keep an eye on things. And Mr. Contant promises the girls won't get up to any trouble. Trish is not happy about that, though. Mrs. Deveraux wants Trish to lock the doors and windows but Trish brushes it off like she's just being babied. Trish then throws away her old toys and heads to school. But someone takes her Barbie...

Cut to school, senior boys, Jeff and Neil, discuss what girls to ask out. Maybe hte new girl? Valerie seems a bit intimidating to Jeff. Jeff and Neil then peep on the lady electrician, and Neil does his best to flirt with her. Would she consider dating a younger man? She hasn't thought about it. Jeff stops Neil there and they move on. But then sadly, she's the first victim! Her van is so soundproofed no one hears her screaming for help! The killer uses the power drill!

"Oh no!" Starfire says as blood splatters against the walls, but nothing else is shown.

Cut again to a girls Phys. Ed. class. They're playing basketball, all in brightly colored short shorts. Trish's team is in all blue, up against the girls in white shirts and yellow shorts. Diane gets isolated, passes to Trish, and the boys are watching. The ball is passed around, but Jackie makes a bad shot. Blue team hussles, Valerie is on the yellow shorts team. She passes inside, that girl passes back out, then back to Valerie. Valerie makes a lay-up. Trish's team grumbles that Valerie's some kinda teacher's pet.

But on the blue team's possession, Diane solos to score! Teacher says this is the last week for baseketball, next week begins baseball. Hit the showers!

"Wow...!" Beast Boy says again as the girls in fact do shower.

The girls talk about sports, the strong and attractive men that play. Trish invites girls over to a sleepover. Jackie gets razzed on for messing up the play, and there's a staredown between Trish and Valerie. Trish compliments Valerie on her playing, then talks with the others about inviting Valerie. And no boys. Well, that part isn't as fun.

The discussion continues as the girls dress. Diane might just be jealous of Valerie's height, skills and looks, but Trish just calls her a snob. Well only the best people are. And of course Valerie can hear all of this. Trish still wants to invite her, but Valerie turns her down. And Trish puts it together, she overheard them.

Jeff and Neil talk with the girls, but Trish points out that the boys can't come over. They're all being watched by Thorn... The rest of the group goes on ahead as Linda has to double back for something she forgot. Trish says she secured "provisions" for the party, and the boys joke that's code for drugs.

Linda returns to the locker room, and the teacher warns her things are locking up for the day. The teacher passes by the van, Thorn's not in it...

"Linda no!" Starfire says. "Linda, you must the get out now!"

"Shh, Star, wait," Raven says.

But as Linda tries to find a door the janitors haven't locked up, she doubles back again, to the door with grafitti. It's also locked, and there's the killer! He stalks up behind her, armed with the power drill! Linda sees him in time, only gets hit in the arm, and the chase is on! She uses what she can to block his path, then she snakes through the locker room to hide in a closet. Thorn hunts through the aisles, passes by the closet, and goes to the showers.

Linda is hiding under a desk in the faculty room, but there's a window Thorn peers through. He doesn't see her, and goes to the shower stalls. Unfortunately, Linda is bleeding badly, so she needs to patch herself up. She grabs for a towel on the desk, brings it down without a sound, and Thorn moves on. But Linda's blood has dripped out under the door! The door is locked, but that doesn't matter to a power drill! Linda screams, but there's no one to hear her.

"Welp, two down," Raven says.

"Well, for being a slasher, this isn't quite as gory as expected," Jinx says.

Diane is walking home, someone is stalking her. She leans down to check her shoe, he reaches out, and she throws him down!

"John Miner," Diane says, "what do you think you're doing, scaring me to death like that?"

"I won't try it again, that's for sure," John says as she helps him up.

John asks about the slumber party, Diane says it's no boys allowed. For old time's sake, y'know. Well she can get out of it, right? Maybe. She promises to see him later and continues on.

The PE teacher arrives home, fiddles with her keys, but almost gets hit by a drill! It was her handywoman putting in a peep hole but that was a close one. The phone repairman stopped by, the van is down the street. Foreshadowing...

Trish talks with Diane on the phone. Obviousy Diane brings up John and Trish says her mom would be upset if John was in the house. But they'll worry about it later. Trish hears a noise, excuses herself from the phone call, and does in fact do what her mother told her in locking the door and windows. Trish then turns on some lamps and plays the piano. But the camera moves upstairs, because someone IS in the house! Trish goes to the door, struggles to unlock it, but it's Mr. Contant! He apologizes for scaring her. Trish apologizes for being scared, being alone was more unsettling than she realized.

Back to the teacher, now she's the one hearing strange noises. and she ends up spilling her glass of wine. She picks up the glass shards carefully, but then hears the strange noise again. She goes looking and the music is ominous. She held onto a piece of glass as a makeshift weapon.

"Oooh, smart move there," Argent says quickly and quietly.

The teacher hears something from behind a door. She opens it, and it's her cat! She apologizes to "Muffin" and cuddles with it.

Cut to Jeff and Neil just walking along with their bicycles. Neil being the troublemaking flirt, he suggests they go by and scare the girls.

"Just a baby scare," he says. "I mean, y'know girls love to scream."

"Seems a little misogynistic," Jinx chuckles.

Jeff doesn't want to but Neil asks, "What's the worst that can happen? I mean, so they get mad at us."

"They could beat the shit out of us," Jeff counters.

They both remember Diane is a three-time judo champ and reconsider. But then they pass by the phone company van Thorn took!

Valerie watches from her house across the street. Trish's friends arrive, but Thorn is also watching. Trish serves Mr. Contant some coffee then answers the door. Kim reveals her older brother got them beer! But Trish lies so that Mr. Contant just thinks it's soda pop.

"But they are only the teenagers," Starfire says.

"Yeah, these girls are all kinds of bad," Beast Boy says with a smirk.

"Makes me think of Supergirl and her group," Jinx says.

"You don't know they're like that," Raven says.

"We don't know they're not," Jinx says.

Kim ups the ante, though, as she brings out "Maui Wowie" in a little Ziploc bag. Trish tries to tell her no since Mr. Contant is here, but he doesn't make a fuss over it. He won't tell if Trish doesn't tell about the little jump scare. And if they need him, he's right next door. Mr. Contant leaves and we check in on Valerie making Kool-Aid for her and her younger sister. The sister asks why Valerie wasn't invited, but Valerie says she was. Just turned them down to take care of the sister. And then she makes sure to answer the phone first. The boy's calling for the sister.

"Hello? Hi, Gordon~!"

Cut back to Trish's party. They share the Wowie while eating chips. Kim and Jackie talk a little smack on Diane, wondering what boys see in her. Trish defends Diane is beautiful, it's just her liking John Miner that's confusing. Maybe it's something they haven't seen, wink wink.

But then a noise in the kitchen gets the girls all to go look. Just the glass coffee pot breaking from leaving it on the stove too long. And then Diane jump scares them!

Valerie and her sister read magazines, then the dog makes noise while getting in the garbage cans outside. Valerie wants her sister to check but her sister doesn't wanna go outside alone after dark. Valerie jokes that it's too bad their parents divorced before her sister was born, but does go check. The sister then sneaks upstairs for some reason while Valerie passes by their swingset. What the sister went upstairs for was to find Valerie's secret stay of Playgirl!

"Whoa~!" a few of you go.

"Valerie's naughty!" Argent says.

"What makes you say it was Valerie's copy?" Beast Boy asks.

"Because if her sister had to go looking, it wasn't her own," Argent says. "Wouldn't you know where you stashed something secret of yours?"

"Oh... That's a good point."

Valerie cleans up the mess the dog made, hears the dog barking at something else, but ignores it. But then something makes the swing move. Valerie walks over that way, gets rightfully creeped out, and steps backwards into the trash cans! That spooks Valerie a little more then hurries inside.

Jeff and Neil have arrived at Trish's house, and go around the outside. They peek through a window to watch the girls changing clothes!

*BEWZTTFFFF* The power goes out!

"Oh c'mon!" Beast Boy says. "It was just getting good again!"

"I thought the Tower's power wouldn't do that after... that time," Robin says.

"Well it's not my fault this time," Raven says.

"Are you sure?" Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Starfire all ask.

"My powers subconsciously create a super scary monster one time and you never let me forget about it," Raven says. "Trust me, this movie isn't scary, just raunchy and gory."

"The back-up generator should be kicking on by now," Cyborg says. "Something had to have happened."

"MaYbE iT's ThOrN~!" Argent says mockingly before laughing.

"Ha ha ha," Jinx says.

"Guess we can check to see if it's the whole tower or just the living room," Cyborg says.

A) Be part of the checking team
B) Stay in the living room

A

B.

B

B

"Alright, while you do that," you say, "I'll stay here in case the power comes back."

"Yeah, same here," Raven says as she relaxes against you.

"Seriously?" Robin says.

"What? I made lunch, dinner and dessert," you say.

"And... I'm stuffed from eating his lunch, dinner and dessert," Raven says.

"The more of us that check, the faster this gets done," Robin says as he heads for one of the side exits.

"Fine," Raven says with a sigh. "I'll go and check both my room and Rorek's."

Raven floats off the couch.

"Well, guess we'll stay here," Argent shrugs. "We're just using a guest room anyway."

"Yeah, no, you're coming along," Raven says.

Raven picks Jinx and Argent up off the couch and carries them out the side door. It's almost like Raven doesn't want to leave you alone with those two, or vice-versa.

You relax in the dark of the living room, all alone, with wind and rain hitting the big windows. The clouds of this "El Nino" blocks out much of the moonlight but you can still see the waters of the bay rippling with the rainfall.

*plop plup*

You look away from the window, having heard that sound. The sound of something soggy yet hefty falling down. But it couldn't have come from the kitchen side, you and Cyborg were very thorough with the dishes. Wait, how much pudding was left over?

"Silkie, are you in here?" you ask as you sit up. "If you wanted pudding, all you had to do was ask."

You use your magic aura like a flashlight. Doesn't look like there's any creatures on the countertop.

*plop* Another one? And to your right.

You look over that way, and instead use Arcana Stellae. There's something coming out of the vent. Something reddish-purple and chunky. And as you get closer, it doesn't smell all that pleasant.

"Um, Cyborg," you say into your communicator, "when was the last time you cleaned the airducts?"

Your communicator just buzzes and garbles at you. You go to your phone, but it shows no bars.

*plop plop plop-plop-plop* The substance is spilling out into the room more and more!

"Whoa, whoa, hold on now," you say to it; though, what's the point of that? It isn't sentient.

But then the sludge gathers itself up and starts to form a body! It's massive, head and body indistinguishable from each other, with half a dozen big, green, bulbous eyes!

"Oh, that's not right!" you say.

The creature snarls while barring jagged, crooked teeth, then lets out a nasally screech!

"Nope, back you go!" you say as you use barriers as a shovel to scoop the creature!

You work to shove this thing back into the vents but it squishes out in two separate pieces, so now it's like two smaller monsters, three eyes each.

"Well that's just cheating," you say.

A) Use Summoning
B) Call upon Druidic Spirits
C) Use Elemental magics

B

C

"In that case," you say. "Arcana Malleo!"

You chuck the blunt energy at this mini-Plasmus, getting squishy thumping with every impact.

"Really?" Raven says as she uses ice magic to freeze parts of her mini-Plasmus. "Just pummeling him?"

"It's about knocking him out, isn't it?" you say. "So punching him with magic should work."

Mini-Plasmus 1, that you are fighting, does his best to evade, but you box him in with barriers. You throw more Malleo at him, hitting him in the side of his bulbous torso-head, but he squishes through gaps to keep moving. You follow him around the room and throw more Malleo. He actually deflects one and it hits the television!

"Uh oh!" you say. "Um, that should be okay, right? It doesn't look like it cracked."

You make more barriers to keep Mini-Plasmus 1 from the third and final door of the living room, and then even more barriers to create half a dome around him. Then you throw Malleo after Malleo at him, and they ricochet off the barriers to hit him again! Your attacks hit Mini-Plasmus 1 from all directions and overwhelm him!

Mini-Plasmus 1 wobbles and then flops over in a heap.

"All done over here," you say.

"Okay, we need to put these two back together then," Raven says.

She grabs the frozen Mini-Plasmus 2 with aura, drags him over, and Faraera thaws him out enough so that Raven can slam dunk him into Mini-Plasmus 1 to make regular sized Plasmus again. Given the two halves were both handled so roughly, complete Plasmus is wobbly.

"Arcana Malleo Magnum!" you say as you shoot an even bigger blast.

*WHAMPSHQ* The big blunt blast hits Plasmus full on in the mouth on that torso-head of his, and he falls backwards!

Plasmus's sludge starts to fall away, and at the center of the puddle is a fairly young man, maybe mid 20s, in just spandex shorts, fast asleep.

"Thank you, Faraera," you say to the fire spirit, "but now I'm in need of your sister, Udwa."

"Understood," Faraera says as he takes a bow.

Faraera dissipates, and you use another Druidic circle to bring out the nature spirit.

"Good evening, Rorek VII," she says.

"Hello, Udwa," you say. "If you could, please use something to keep this man asleep. He's quite a danger when awake."

"Hmm, I shall try," she says.

Udwa floats over the sleeping Plasmus and sprinkles a powder like substance on him. Perhaps a kind of pollen.

"Thank you Udwa," you say. "You are dismissed."

"Very well," she says. "Good night, Rorek VII."

Udwa takes a bow and now she disappears.

"Alright," you say. "Oh, wait, where're Jinx and Argent?"

"Downstairs, helping the others," Raven says. "It wasn't just Plasmus that broke in, the power was cut by Overload and Gizmo."

"Something about that makes sense," you say.

A) Go help against Overload
C) Go help against Gizmo

C)

C

can't believe I put "C" there lol

C

"Then lead the way to fighting Gizmo."

Leaving Plasmus's human form bound in shackles, you and Raven head out of the living room.

"Don't bother with the elevator," she says. "They cut the power to that, too."

"Oh," you say. "Then how'd you... Oh, right, phasing."

Raven swoops you up and uses her shadow phasing to pass down through the floor. You go down and down, and then stop inside the basement. And down here battling Gizmo are Beast Boy, Starfire and Robin. Though it doens't seem to be just Gizmo, as there are a number of black-and-green drones flying around the room!

You help with the swarm of drones by using...

A) Summoning
B) Arcana

B

B.

Happy Thanksgiving Bump!

B

Black Friday bump cuz I ended up busy

B

"Arcana Stella!" you say.

The arcane stars spread out, you have them fly around and you strike a few drones down. Gizmo dodges Robin's birdarangs, shoots back with a plasma gun, but Robin dodges. Starfire also shoots energy but Gizmo uses a force field to defend.

Beast Boy can't fly around with all these drones so he stays low to the ground as a gator. He storms up on Gizmo but Gizmo tries using a cattle prod looking item on him! Gator Beast Boy hisses at him as he stays back.

The drones start to change formation, but it looks so haphazard and assymmetrical, it's hard to understand the point. You just do your best to send your Stella where the drones are, only for them to dodge!

"Careful with the shelves!" Starfire says as your Stella bump into other things. "There are important things in those boxes!"

"Sorry, sorry," you say.

"Hold on," Raven says.

Raven places her magic barriers in front of the shelves.

"Okay, keep going," Raven says.

"Are you sure?" you ask.

"Yes, just trust me," she says.

"Arcana Stella, Corymbus!"

Your Stella gather and become a cluster. You then send them out in all directions! The drones move but a few do get hit. The Stella that miss bounce off of the panels Raven made and they come back to hit drones from behind!

"Wow, just like my Malleo trick earlier," you say.

"Where do you think I got the idea from?" Raven says.

"Ugh, get a room, you love sick sickos!" Gizmo shouts.

The drones now swarm around Gizmo, and you actually see the formation was the planetary symbol for Pluto.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Pluto_monogram.svg/100px-Pluto_monogram.svg.png

"Huh, a fitting choice," you say. "Pluto, the smallest planet, yet it represented Hades, Olympic God of the Underworld."

"Yeah, which is where i'm sending you!" Gizmo says.

The drones link up into one massive unit, and they all seem to be arming their lasers!

"Protect your valuables from this!" he shouts.

A) Prepare powerful defense
B) Try to strike first

A