Enough of this Tomfoolery, or something like that.

[icequeen-aran.livejournal.com]

Who: Lash, Jeff, Samus. SPECIAL GUEST STARS?
What: Lash, determined to find out who the infamous April Fool's Day prankster, or pranksters were, manages to make a break-through with some evidence; a cryptic message, and a strange, white powder. She only has so much luck identifying it however, and asks Samus for help. The results and theories from said analysis point fingers at Capcom High. Lash subtly suggests a recon mission over to security-tight rival school via means of unguarded, underground tunnels, which Samus finds convenient. The bounty hunter however, decides not to explain why she finds them convenient which prompts Lash to ask Jeff to see if he can find out what Samus might be up to. Eventually, the trio get a more solid game plan together to do a recon mission into Capcom High Monday evening to resolve who was behind the April Fool's pranks one and for all.
When: April 26th, evening.
Where: TUUUUUUBES and Capcom High.
Rating: R FOR ROBOTS
Notes: If you have a Capcom High account and are maybe possibly interested in joining this log, by all means ask~

This was stupid.

This was very stupid, Samus thought. She was pessimistically expecting this 'mission' to end up much like her first and last venture into Capcom High; a complete waste of her time. She decided to go along with this for essentially the same reasons as last time as well... there was a small possibility this could lead to a definite answer as to, 'who dunnit?' and if Jeff and Lash were to be involved... Samus would rather keep an eye on them and make sure they didn't accidentally [or intentionally] make the Smash Academy/Capcom High rivalry any worse than it already was. Not that that was as much as a concern as one of them accidentally [or intentionally] getting themselves hurt. Surely that was not the real reason.

Samus would have much rather preferred to do all this by herself.

So stood a six-foot tall giant orange robot, waiting for Jeff and Lash to meet her under the flagpole at this particular time. Samus faced the sinking sun and slowly darkening skies... hoping that the sooner she got this done, the sooner she come back to her dorm and take care of other business.

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[thewunderkind]

Lash came in, with Canas in a flying bed.

Vacations were for the weak, or so Lash thought. Working on her robot aside, finding the culprit to the April Fools prankings had been a near obsession of hers, so tonight she felt that they'd either hit a dead end, or uncover a conspiracy that tied both schools together.

She was really hoping it was the second option.

Neotanks were not the dictionary's definition of small, compact and easy to hide machines, but she most certainly did not want to use to her transforming prototype, even for this. Jeff and Samus were better kept in the dark about it and...a lot of other things in her life. Had she known about Samus having a spaceship, she would have found the situation somewhat ironic.

It didn't take too long for her to start up the machine's engine, remove it from the parking and drive it to the designated flag pole...just a few second from where she had first been. She stepped out of the backdoor dramatically as if she had taken days there to drive and greeted the suited-up teacher with a grin and a silent wave.

Now all that remained was for Jeff to arrive.

[blondprodigy.livejournal.com]

Jeff wasn't as gung-ho about finding the culprit behind the April Fool's pranks as Lash was. It had been almost a month, after all, and what good would come out of finding out who'd done it? What they should have been doing was working on secret cameras and increased security for next year. Still... He was a little curious, and not knowing would probably bother him for a little while to come.

Besides, he loved doing super-secret spy missions! It was dangerous and exciting! Even though Samus was far more experienced with this sort of thing and obviously knew how to take care of herself, Jeff wanted to make sure she didn't end up getting hurt anyway. Now he was the one more likely to get in trouble. OOPS.

So the only team member without PSYCHIC POWERS BAW a cool robot suit or robot tank showed up, armed only with a couple of guns. Ideally he wouldn't even need them, but with certain belligerent personalities accompanying him it would be inevitable that a fight would break out at one point.

[icequeen-aran.livejournal.com]

Samus didn't flinch as the mammoth tank and it's owner made it's dramatic entrance from... not far away thattaway in the parking lot. Luckily Jeff arrived shortly afterward. He looked like he had come well-prepared too... hopefully they wouldn't need any of it.

Which meant no time should be wasted. "Come on, let's go." She said, climbing into the tank and holding an arm out for Jeff to pull him up.

"Take us to where these tubes start."

[thewunderkind]

"You got it!" she replied, running back into the Neotank and jumping over the pilot's seat, putting the gear shift in reserve. They left without Jeff, oops.

"You two may want to strap in," she warned as the engine started to hum back into life again. "It's going to be a really bumpy ride. We'll be taking the mountain and tree route to the town, so that satellites don't detect us."

[blondprodigy.livejournal.com]

Jeff did so, making a note to stick some seatbelts in the Skyrunner one day. He was getting better at the landings, but you know. Just in case.

"How bumpy...?" He grimaced a bit. He'd be even more useless during this mission if he got sick before they even got there.

[icequeen-aran.livejournal.com]

While this was her first ride in the Neotank, it didn't take much to assume from Lash's entrance that it would be, "...probably very bumpy."

Unfortunately, Samus only had one hand with which to strap her seat belt in, so she opted without, and braced herself against a nearby panel.

[thewunderkind]

She didn't need anymore prompting. With Jeff strapped in and Samus holding on, Lash pushed the gas, swiftly turning the Neotank into the front gates and right into the nearby forest.

The trees were now starting to get covered in leaves, which helped them be shielded. It also made it easier to spot the fast-approaching tree trunks that Lash would dodge out of the way at the last minute. Was she showing off? Naaah...

"We'll be there in about twenty minutes!"

[icequeen-aran.livejournal.com]

Samus was no stranger to crazy driving but continually sideglanced at Jeff to make sure he was not flying out of his seat, seatbelt or not.

"Just get us there in one piece." She grunted from under the helmet.

[thewunderkind]

"Oh don't worry about that, this baby can destroy large tree trunks and not get dented at all!" She almost wanted to prove her point, but a falling tree might catch someone's attention and she didn't want that.

So dangerous driving it was!

[blondprodigy.livejournal.com]

"Let's not destroy the forest today," Jeff groaned, using one hand to brace himself against the back of his seat and the other to keep his glasses from flying off his face. "Are we there yet?"

[thewunderkind]

"I said twenty minutes!" she reminded him, still veering around greenery. And so the Neotank continued this joyful trip of Jeff holding on to his dear life, Lash enjoying herself a little too much and Deathbot being in the back and grunting.

Twenty minutes later, she parked the Neotank near the outskirts of the forest that lead into Raccoon City.

"Oh maaan, just our luck, there's fog tonight." The incredibly thick wisps of whitish smoke covered the place, the nightlights barely visible. "Let's go, the pipe is about a five minute walk from here." She was grabbing a surprising amount of gadgets and things, stuffing them in various bags. "Did you guys bring a breathing mask for the tunnel? I have three."

[icequeen-aran.livejournal.com]

The spooky atmosphere hardly deterred the bounty hunter. She could see right through the fog with one of her many ~*~ helmet visors ~*~ which would surely come in just as handy once they were in Capcom High.

Until then, miles of underground tubes awaited.

"I've got my own." Samus gestured to her helmet. After about five minutes of walking, the trio arrived to what appeared to be a small outcropping to an old-fashioned well. In the middle of the forest? Not entirely inconspicuous but that had to be it.

"Is that it?"

[thewunderkind]

"No it's just a well." She pointed to the tiny tube line starting right next to it. "But that's it."

[blondprodigy.livejournal.com]

Jeff stumbled out of the tank, taking a moment to embrace the feel of solid ground beneath his feet again. Hopefully they'd be able to take a smoother route back. Then again, knowing Lash...

Breathing masks, though. He hadn't thought of those. He accepted one of the masks, feeling a little foolish for not planning ahead. Not that he ever did. But now that he was here in this eerie fog, he couldn't shake the feeling that there could be something lurking nearby. Like a zombie. Just some post-traumatic flashbacks to Threed, no doubt, but it was still a disturbing thought.

He kept close to Mommy Samus for the time being, remaining quiet.

[icequeen-aran.livejournal.com]

"...Of course." Lash would be so lucky to not see the look Deathbot was currently giving her mun under that visor.

While Samus originally intended to do this mission by herself, and would still be more than happy to do so, it occurred to her that Jeff and Lash were not exactly capable of turning into a three-foot in diameter sphere as easily as she could.

She looked to the two in question, noting all the supplies Lash had brought. "And how do you two plan on following...?"

[thewunderkind]

"With THIS!" she said triumphantly, taking out the EXTREME!Extreme Gear that she had built with Wave, as it floated gently hovered ground.

"Sadly it can only carry me and Jeff...it's going to be a long way to crawl, Ms. Aran..." She took out some extra, extra, extra large roller skates. "I...figured we could tie you at the end and drag you in at the same time?"

[blondprodigy.livejournal.com]

"Where did you even get those?"

[thewunderkind]

"...I found them in the gym equipment storage?"

[icequeen-aran.livejournal.com]

Samus was not going to wear roller skates and like hell she was going to be dragged anywhere.

"No, thanks. I'll go on ahead."

SO. Giant orange Deathbot suddenly curled into a large, mechanical looking basket ball and rolled on her merry way, taking the lead into the pipe.

[thewunderkind]

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

[thewunderkind]

"Jeff you didn't tell me she was a TRANSFORMER."

[blondprodigy.livejournal.com]

Jeff had to cringe a little. "That looks painful..." Painful to anyone who wasn't some crazy superpowered freak like Samus, anyway. "I wonder if she can turn into a car, too?"

He nudged Lash, "come on, we need to keep up!"

[thewunderkind]

Right.

She strapped on the breathing mask to her face, and made a sign for Jeff to follow her, as Lash jumped on it from the back to sit on it properly so they'd be of good height. Most of her gadgets were in her backpack and what didn't fit wouldn't be useful anyway. The extra, extra, extra large skates could be picked up later.

[icequeen-aran.livejournal.com]

With Samus taking the lead and cruise control on, it wasn't terribly long before she reached the halfway point. By now the sun had completely set, not that that was discernible in the pitch-black tunnel. From there it inclined out of the earth and into some foundation, though Samus couldn't tell exactly what. All she could tell was that she was getting close to the end.

Lo, she did eventually find the light at the end of the tunnel--a very dim light as the exit opened way into some ventilation ducts.

Just like old times.

She tentatively slowed her speed so not to make a sound until she found an open grate. With an extremely odd grace, she rolled off the ledge and at the same time out of the morph ball, landing on tile flooring.

A... boy's bathroom. Great.

Luckily an x-ray scan of the surrounding area showed no one nearby, so Samus waited for Jeff and Lash to arrive, hoping they'd be as quiet as she was.

[thewunderkind]

The urge to listen to music overcame them.

Thankfully Lash still had her breathing mask by the time they arrived, trailing a little behind, so she couldn't voice her displeasure at being in the man's bathroom. Oh well. Thankfully the hovering board made their movement nearly quiet and they hovered close to where Samus had disappeared.

She gave Jeff a thumbs up and pointed to the exit, so he could jump in first.

Hopefully not directly into a toilet bowl.