Starting with a flashback and featuring multiple cameo apperances, this Rollover ended up being the start to a milestone Mission!

This one's written by me- even Cat's parts. (Although I talked to her and Feena for ideas on their characters first..) The four NPC's were obviously inactive at the time.. in fact, part of the mission outline was, they'd be killed off unless they roleplayed (although whoever won the mission would be allowed to choose one of the inactives to 'keep around,' if they desired.)

It'll be easy to tell which of the four roleplayed by the rest of this very page.

This roleplay also saw Vixen do her first solo roleplay (with a co written introduction), and the debut of Riko, a second character from the handler of Feena.

Even though it's on the spoilers page, reading the notes for this one makes understanding the mission much easier... but if you don't want to read it; here's the summery for the player objective; find some way to make your way into Hey Daze, locate and retrieve the Orb of the Sun, and return it to KOL, along with any of the missing four members you can find.

Pretty simple, huh? yeahright

Flashback
Timeframe: Previous mission

 
Seaside Town.

Opinion of this, the largest settlement in the Kingdom of Loathing, varies. Ask three different people you meet while wandering the streets of Seaside Town, and you will get three different opinions of the town.

Not that wandering her streets is ever a good idea- even for the adventurous.

Of course, these opinions will probably be influenced by whether the tourist has just witnessed the splendor of Council Square, experienced the bustle of the Market area… or been mugged on the Wrong Side of the Tracks.

If one is truly adventurous though, he or she will quit wandering the streets of Seaside town, and begin wandering the Aisles of Market Square.

At the Center of the Square is the Gigantic Superfluous Fountain. This is usually the best landmark to keep in mind, as it is visible from all parts of the Square in case one gets lost in the bustle that is the denizens of Seaside Town, and in fact the entirety of the Kingdom of Loathing, shopping for various needs.

The Fountain is large enough to swim in, and though the practice is frowned upon one will see many adventurers doing just that- if they feel it's the right day of the week for a bath.

From this starting point it is possible to go toward any of the cardinal compass points and find places for your meat to call home in exchange for items you may find useful in your travels. However, it is fair warning that there are many thieves in the market- and many of them belong to the Merchant's Guild.

If the adventurer travels roughly South Southeast he (or she) will find the Market proper, as well as it's proprietor, the Market Demon. Not much is know about the Demon, except for a few basic facts. For one, he never leaves his store as long as its open. Two, his store is ALWAYS open and three, he shows no emotion toward his customers.

He watched the dashing adventurer as he picked through his wares until he just needed to say something ."Look- you got an idea about what you're lookin for? Because if not you gonna have to move on... or else."

Sebastian Dash shrugged. "Preparing for a rather long trip, actually. Got any special items on sale today?"

He nearly cracked a smile- which probably would have cracked his face as well. "Yeah, right...we got sales all the time.. Trip provisions are over there-" He waved in the general direction of a pile of what looked to be mostly junk. "Go take a look... or else."

Dash nodded a thanks, preoccupied with the situation in the Plains (as seen in our previous mission, "Battle for Cobb's Knob.") After a few seconds, he suddenly realized what he was forgetting. "Oh, right! Did the KOKOL package come in yet? Should be available for pickup under S Dash."

“Hmm...Package? Yeah...yeah..gimme a sec " He turned around an rummaged- coming up with a number of items - including one fair sized box. "Here it is...course- shipping charges do apply...or el-" his eyes widened as a small round object fell from the pile and rolled across the floor

Dash caught a glimpse of... The... Was that the Sun Orb?! Dash frowned inwardly, but maybe he could... "Oh, I assume that's part of the package, right?"

The frustrated Daemon showed surprising speed- and emotion, dashing out and scooping up the orb with one swift motion. "No. no- not for sale! Closing up shop now- you leave now!" He started to push Dash toward- and out the door. "We open later- you come back then." The door slammed in Dash's face- then opened again. "Or else." The door slammed again.

Dash sighed, not getting a chance to protest.. He turned, scanning the crowd as he tried to come up with a way to get that orb back. .. Then there was the problem down south. Through sheer luck, he caught sight of his oldest ally throughout all of this. "Catrina!" Dash cried out over the crowded marketplace. He realized something was wrong when she turned the other way and picked her pace up....

 
End the flashback. . . .

 
Prince Blahking drummed his fingers against the side of his desk, rereading over the latest costs of preparing for possible encounters with the Knob Goblins or Penguin Mafia. Of course, he still had a keynote address to give on securing the temporal mine which KOL had established over on the Mysterious Island of Mystery, and Blahking had to make sure there was enough food to go around the KOKOL headquarters for the week. . .

Oh, and the meeting. Blahking looked up, a split second before Fenninarnos Stormblazer walked into the room, bright eyes and an eager smile. Eager would be the word for him, from what Blahking had heard. He had all kinds of skills, and a few powerful familiars to assist him in battle.

Blahking stood up, and shook his hand, which seemed to surprise Fenninarnos, who apparanetly expected a colder response. Blahking smiled warmly at him. "Thank you for coming. The others should be here shortly, then I'll explain how you can be of assistance to us, if you so choose."

"I'd love to be of help in anyway I can," Fenni answered.

Blahking smiled. A useful answer, and a positive attitude.

"We'll be sending you and a few others for a little recovery mission." Blahking searched for a paper from his stack, pulled it out, and handed it to Fenninarnos. "Ahh... and here's one of the others now."

Though about the same size as Fenninarnos, Samus XTreme walked through a door with a swagger that Fenni and most people lacked. A confident, slightly cocky swagger, it made him seem a good fifteen to twenty pounds "bigger" than he really was.

Confident or cocky?

Blahking wasn't quite yet sure which. "Samus."

"That's me," he replied as he turned plopped down in a chair, propping his feet up on Blahking's desk. Blahking knocked Samus's feet off with a magical burst of concentrated air. Samus got the point, but didn't let it even crack the smirk he had on his face. "What can I do for ya, Prince? Need somethin trapped, I bet."

"Close enough," the Prince responded, ignoring his bravado for now. Maybe it would serve him as well as Blahking's own confidence served KOKOL in their earlier years. Plus, as Blahking knew, he was a hell of a trapper, when push came to shove. "Retrieval mission, actually."

"Ahh, okay," Samus shrugged, his confidence apparanetly not shaken one bit. "Pretty good at those, too! Where're we headed for this lil mission?"

Blahking paused, quite dramatically, for effect, then answered. "Hey Daze."

"Oh," Fenni answered. "Wait, what?"

"Hey Daze," the Prince repeated.

Samus started to respond. "So you're telling us to go to.."

"Indeed," the Prince interrupted. "We've gotten word very recently on an object of interest."

"You mean a bag of lard?" A not so familiar voice called out. "I could use one of those. Grease up a few of my bartraps, or maybe a mini chrome meat car navel ring, if I ever get one."

Clad in black leather, with obnoxious lime green highlights, our next KOL reserve adventure walked into the room. The smell of dirt preceeded, followed, and pretty much was defined by this one.

"Fenninarnos, Samus XTreme, meet your partner for this mission, TheGimp."

"Great, you're teamin' a top notch trapper with, no offense, a freak and a wimp? No offense, guys."

"Exscuse me?" Fenni raised an eyebrow.

"HEY, did I just get referred to as a freak by a 'Loser in Lime?'!" Samus stood up, eyeing down TheGimp. Fenni tried to get the two apart.

"Alright, back off, guys, we're on a team now," he protested.

"Shut up, wimp!" the two yelled at him.

"Alright, I've had about enough of this wimp stuff!" Fenni's temper got the better of him.

"Yeah! Stop pickin' on Fennasaurus!" another voice called. The three looked up to see TheChad standing over them. How he got in wasn't described.

"Yeah, stop, HEY who the hell are you?!" Fenni asked, grateful to be defended, but sensing something was strange about this one.

"Thechad, that's what my name is, and then I came in to do some help for the King!" He turned to Blahking. "Hey, you. Are you a king or a prince?"

"Prince," Blahking answered. "Now, enough bickering."

"But he- " someone started.

"ENOUGH!" Blahking snapped. It was like dealing with children sometimes. "You're on the same team, so you'd best start acting like it!"

That got their attention. And then some.

"We've got a tip on an important item known as the Sun Orb, although we're sure that's not it's original name. If you could be so kind as to stop bickering and retrieve it, I'd appreciate it."

General mumbling among the four. And Chad shouted, "Pancakes!" but was ignored.

"Your mission will be to retrieve this object for us. You'll be richly rewarded, of course."

"Wait," Fenni protested. "How do we know what we're going up against? How do we even GET to Hay Dose?"

"It's Hey Daze, you dirty so and so," an annoyed TheGimp corrected.

"More importantly, you idiots, what's the reward?" Samus asked boldly. Though some of that boldness was cut off by a glare from the Prince.

"Anonymous tip on a package we ordered, which was delivered via a Delivery Imp. And we'll discuss rewards when and if you return."

"When and if, you mean . . ." Fenni started, his face rapidly turning a shade more pale.

"I'm sure if you work as a team, you'll pull through, but this IS a dangerous mission, make no mistake. We've gotten rumors from surveillance that representatives of several hostile groups have made their way into Hay Daze via various means. There was an open portal at one point in the Distant Woods, but it's since been shut down. However, we've a magical artifact that should get you there and back, relatively safe. Unfortunately, we'll only have one shot at this, so you'll need to stay together, get the Orb, and come back. As a team. Naturally, if any of you try to use this device without giving the others a fair chance to return, it WILL be considered an act of treason against the KOKOL, and it will be dealt with properly. Can I have your words that you'll act in the best interest of each other and the Kingdom of KOL on this mission?"

The four nodded gravely. Nothing to be said for that one.

"Good. I hand selected you because this mission is an opportunity to prove yourselves to the Kingdom. I've no doubt you'll do me proud.. Now.. follow me."

The four made various unfriendly conversation as they followed their Prince and leader down through a series of paths, eventually making their way to a small KOKOL Spirit Hut, where they saw a sole item in the middle of the pentagram.

"This is your transportation, gentlemen. Goodluck. I'll give you an hour to plan and make any last minute preparations. This will also give you time to think it over. If you're not up for this, I expect to know by then. As you can see, it's large enough to carry you and a moderate amount of supplies. Any questions?"

"Heh, yeah," Fenni observed. "Is it just me, or does that thing look like a giant handbasket to Hay Daze?"

The others just facepalmed and moaned in protest. Fenni smiled at his own bad joke.. Although, Blahking noticed.. It kind of *did* look like a giant handbasket. . . heh.

 
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Catrina Whiteclaw purred with satisfaction after cutting through the gigantic taco cat, finally ending it's miserable existence after a mild fought battle. She added it to her collection of bugbear and batwing meat, and quickly made her way back to Sebastian Dash's campsite.

"Hey, hun, we're gonna eat well tonight!" Catrina announced, not bothering to mention she'd already had a few bites on her way over. Hey, girl's gotta keep her energy up somehow! "I even got enough if you wanna keep some meat to buy me something. Hey, Dash!"

Dash looked up from a letter he was reading. "What? Oh.. sure thing. Sorry. Good timing.. Just finished up the fruit and nuts mix."

"Sounds good," Catrina dropped the meat on a plastic sheet Dash had left out. "I'll wash up in a minute, but what's the letter say?"

"Please do," Dash responded. "Looks like they're requesting our help again. KOKOL is, I mean."

"Right," Catrina answered, smiling playfully. "I can see the clan seal on the envelope, hun."

"Ah." Dash skimmed the letter over. "Anyway, Blahking's found the location of the 'Sun Orb,' according to this."

"So we're going after the Orb, finally? Sounds easy enough. I wonder why he came to us on this matter. I didn't think he'd be willing to trust me!"

Dash reread the letter to be sure. "From the sounds of it, we weren't his first option. Looks like he sent a couple of the less experienced adventurers after it. They haven't come back yet."

"Great, so he probably wants us to rescue them *and* pick up this orb, right?"

"You got it," Dash said with a slight nod. Catrina nearly facepawed. "So, where's this place at?"

 
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"Hey Daze?" Feena echoed back at the messenger, wanting to be sure she'd heard him right. Her attention remained on the task at hand as she popped another meatcoin into the crane game sitting in front of her.

"Indeed," the message girl answered. She'd took a shining to Feena, as most people had, and made sure Feena was one of the people 'in the know' about the mission. "But we have no idea how you'd get there. I mean, it's not like - "

Feena interrupted her with a quick, loud, "Shhh!!" The message girl jumped back ever so slightly.

Feena groaned in frustration as the cheap looking plastic and metal bracelet slipped off the crane's pincher at the last second. "Sorry, ALMOST had it! Do you know if Catrina and Dash are going on this one?"

"You should try the stuffed Chrono Dragon, you could probably hook the tag on the wings if you tried," the messenger advised. "Anyway, I didn't get an exact list of who would get the messages, but I'm sure they will!"

"Maybe I should get in touch with them," Feena said, as she dug up another meatcoin to pop in. "I've got no idea how to get into Hay Daze. Maybe they'll know something."

 
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Elsewhere, Raw Hide throw up his hands in frustration after the messenger read him the message. "Hay Daze?! How in the BLAZES am I supposed to get IN?!"

The messenger mumbled something and quickly took off, hoping Raw Hide wasn't in the mood to kill him for not knowing. Raw turned to his cave and sighed. "Maybe I should sleep on this. A few z's might help clear the ol' thinker."

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"Zzzzzzzzzzzzz!"

"Message for Fluffy Hamster!"

"zzzzzzzzzz"

"Squire Fluffy! Wake up! I've a message for you! For I am the messenger and . . ."

Fluff woke up with a start. "Wha?!"

"I am the messenger, and I bring you a message with haste and importance! And I. . ."

"Oh," Fluffy answered, before cutting off any further conversation with a surprisingly loud yawn for his small hamster body. "Leave it, I'll get it when I wake up."

"But I'm the messan. . . " Fluffy cut him off with a small fireball aimed at his head. He ducked and left the letter on top of Fluffy, who snuggled up under the letter like a blanket, and immediately started snoring again.

The messenger scurried out of the room, then yelped as he read the next deliveree on his list. "Ahhh! How am I supposed to deliver this to Konall Bearsmasher when noone have seen him in so many ages?! But I MUST! For I am. . . . eh.. you know!"

Then he ran off, looking for Konall, . . . would he find him in time, though?!

Rollover subtitle: Never send four inactives to Hey Daze