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Stellar Graveyard: RUMMMBLEEEEEE!!!
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Flonne: What was that?
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Etna: That, if I'm not mistaken, was the sound of rapidly advancing plot development.
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Laharl: And it sounds like its rapidly advancing our way.
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Prinny Squad: Dood! Billions of big spaceship-y things have appeared over at the Stellar Graveyard!
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Gordon: Hooray! The EDF has come to save us!
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Jennifer: This many ships, Gordon? Something ain't kosher...
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Gordon: Oh stop being such a Negative Nancy. Everything will work out fine. You'll see!
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Laharl: We'll ALL see. Come, my droogies! To the Stellar Graveyard!
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Astronaut: *muffled breathing*
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Gordon: What'd I tell you, Miss Doubting Thomasina? It's soldiers of the EDF here to rescue us!
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Jennifer: I dunno... They're acting a little...um... what's the word I'm looking for?....
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Etna: Creepy. The word is creepy.
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Gordon: Oh, don't be ridiculous! They're just awed by my square-jawed good looks, my aura of heroic competence, and my commanding stage presence!
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Laharl: Well...Why aren't they saying anything?
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Gordon: They're probably just speechless from being in close proximity to such a famous and charismatic celebrity.
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Jennifer: I'm afraid not, Gordon. The fact of the matter is, we were being used by the EDF to secure a route to the Netherworld. Our mission to defeat the Overlord was just a sad farce, a pretext, a lie.
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Gordon: What? How DARE you accuse the EDF of lying to us! Such treachery! You're fired, Jennifer! Pack up your metallic bikini, clear out your office, and go home!
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Jennifer: *sigh* Fine...
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Laharl: Slick move, Gordon. You DO know that without her, you're not going to last 15 seconds before running into serious trouble...
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Gordon: Oh pshaw! Anyway, it's the sworn duty of a hero to always stick by his employers with unwavering loyalty. Isn't that right, guys?
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EDF Soldiers: That's right, Cannon Fodder... By the way, we're here to exterminate you with extreme prejudice. Hope you don't mind.
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Gordon: Well, isn't that ni--WHAAAAAAT?
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Laharl: 12 seconds, Gordon...
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Gordon: Wha--? I don't understand!
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EDF Soldiers: It's simple. We shoot you. You fall over and die.
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Gordon: Meep.
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*INTENSE LASER BATTLE*
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EDF Soldiers: Blarg! *die*
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Gordon: Well, THAT was a narrow escape...But WHY would the EDF try to kill me?
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Etna: Maybe because you're the stupidest person in the universe and they don't want to risk having you endanger humanity by polluting the gene pool?
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Thursday: BEEP BEEP BLIP BEEP... INCOMING HOLOGRAM....
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General Carter: Well, Gordon. I see you still haven't kicked the oxygen habit. Oh well. It doesn't matter. You'll be killed by our invasion forces in the impending attack, I'm sure. Thanks for being such a gullible rube, by the way.
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Gordon: Gullible Rube?.....Hmmm......You know.... If I didn't know better, I'd say this whole mission to slay the Overlord was nothing but a ruse to get me to open up a path to the Netherworld so the EDF could invade it...
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Flonne: Oh, YOU THINK SO?
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Laharl: Well, Flonne. It looks like you'll have to relinquish your Crazy Award to THIS guy...
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Gordon: I...uh.. I knew it was a ruse all along!
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Etna: And it looks like we'll have to give him the "World's Least Convincing Liar" Award as well...
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General Carter: So long, suckers! Muahahahaha!
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Laharl: What a devious, conniving, greedy, thieving, underhanded bastard! Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Etna?
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Etna: That we should offer him a job in our Internal Revenue Department?
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Laharl: Yes. I'll draw up the recruitment papers...
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Flonne: Could you two be serious for just one second?
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Jennifer: I can...
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Gordon: Gee, Jennifer you seem.... sad about something...
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Laharl: I'm no expert in psychology, but your calling her a traitor and then sacking her might have something to do with her present mood.
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Gordon: Whoops. My bad.
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Thursday: YOU'RE BAD, ALLRIGHT... LOSER...BEEP BLIP...
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????: Hello, Gordon.
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Gordon: Who's there?
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Kurtis: It's me. Kurtis. The true Defender of Earth.
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Flonne: Ooh! A rival! The plot is thickening before our eyes here!
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Etna: Pipe down, you hopeless fangirl.
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Kurtis: So, Gordon... I see once again that you've managed to whiz this whole "hero" thing down your pant leg.
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Gordon: And I see you're still deluding yourself into believing that you'd make a better Defender of Earth than me.
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Kurtis: Why wouldn't I? I've got the cool gadgets. I've got the flashy special effects, I'm ruggedly good-looking in a "Roam from the old Zelda: Link to the Past Nintendo Power Comic" kind of way. And most of all I--unlike you-- am NOT a complete screw-up.
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Gordon: You're right. I dropped the ball big time... And I suppose I could be described as something of a failure right now...
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Etna: You mean a complete failure...
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Flonne: Shhh! You're not supposed to interrupt the Big, Self-Disclosing, Dramatic Speech between the Long-Time Anime Rivals! SHEESH!
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Gordon: But even though I fucked up big time, I know I STILL have the spirit of a hero burning inside of me! And now that I know who the real bad guy is, I'm going to go right out, kick his ass, and redeem myself! Tonight, I will taste, the sweet, sweet meat of VICTORY!
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Kurtis: Fine. Here are some appetizers, then...
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EDF Soldiers: *muffled breathing*
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Laharl: Oh great. The Michelin Men are back...
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MEANWHILE...
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Vulcanus: Gloat, gloat, exposition, exposition.....and now back to our show...
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Flonne: Yikes! I'm sensing an evil presence close by.
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Laharl: Um, that would be me.
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Flonne: No.. It wasn't you... This was a "Darth Vader" type evil. You're more of a "Problem Child 3" type evil...
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Laharl: Whatever. Let's just hurry and get this over with...
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Jennifer: *sigh* *mope*
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Flonne: APOLOGIZE TO HER ALREADY, YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD!
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Gordon: What? You talking to ME? Oh....well..I suppose I did bear at least a little of the blame for this...
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Jennifer: No, Gordon. *Sigh* This was all MY fault...You see, there's something about me that you don't know. Some really big, dark secret that I will reveal to everybody right n----
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Laharl: --You might want to put that plot development on the stove and let it simmer awhile, toots, because we've got company.
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Kurtis: Hello again. Well, I can see now who the REAL threat is around here...Care to have a go at it?
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Laharl: You mean, fight in hand-to-hand combat, right?
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Kurtis: Of course.
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Laharl: *whew*
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*FIERCE BATTLE*
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Laharl: This can't be all you've got.
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Kurtis: It isn't, but I don't want to injure the Very Imporant Person who's standing close to us.
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Flonne: Aww. He's got a crush on me...
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Etna: Gordon, you know that Crazy Award Flonne gave you earlier? Well.... she needs it back now...
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Spaceship: RUMMMBBLLEE!!!
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Gordon & Jennifer: IT'S THE SPACE BATTLESHIP GARGANTUA! OH MY!
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Kurtis: Say hi to the afterlife for me, suckers. Oh, and I almost forgot. Jennifer. Your Dad wants to see you. Come with me.
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Jennifer: I don't think so, beak-nose.
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Gordon: Gee, Jennifer. I thought your Dad was dead. Hey, this wouldn't have anything to do with that big secret about yourself that you alluded to earlier...
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Kurtis: Big secret? Oh, you mean the fact that her foster father is General Carter?
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Gordon: Yipes. That's a BIG SECRET allright...
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Jennifer: Father wants to exploit me again? Allright... Just this once...I guess...
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Gordon: No way, Jennifer! You know the only one who is allowed to exploit you is ME! Look...I don't care whose daughter you are! You're MY assistant!
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Etna: And the reason she'd want to continue working for a cad like you is--?
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Gordon: Shut it, you! Jennifer! Listen to your heart! What does it say?
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Jennifer: It says...that despite my intelligence, strength and general competence, that I should advance the plot by feebly allowing myself to be captured by the enemy.
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Kurtis: The enemy being, of course, me. Yoink! *kidnap* *flies off*
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Gordon: JENNIFERRR!!!
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Flonne: Ooh! It's REALLY getting good now! Er..I mean.. How awful!
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Gordon: I'm screwed. Life sucks.
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Laharl: CLIFFHANGER!!
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Episode Thirteen - War of the Netherworld, Part 2
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