Short intro from the webmistresses: We're still at it over on The Wayne Brady Message Board. Here's the next installment of our little series. As always, the names of everyone who helped write it are listed above their various contributions. And now...
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Linz It was a boring day in Linz's life, like most others. She had just finished her chem test, when her good friend Kathleen asked Linz to show her favorite site to her. Naturally, she showed Kathleen the Wayne Brady MB! But when they got there, they were zapped into the computer, and before they knew it, they weren't in chem anymore, they were... |
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Nikki_Lynn ...floating around in something vaguly reminicent of a virtual reality game. "What's going on?" asked Kathleen, "Where are we?" "It looks like the Wayne Brady Message board," replied Linz, "but that's impossible!" Suddenly, huge letters appeared over their head...and began to fall straight towards them! "Run!" yelled Linz. The two girls got out of the way just in time. "What was that?" asked Kathleen. "I think someone just posted a message," replied Linz, "We've got to get out of here! I have an idea. We'll..." |
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Linz ...post a message of our own!" "How do we do that?" When all of a sudden, Nikki_Lynn appeared next to them. "Huh? How'd I get here?" she asked. "Did you just post a message?" Kathleen asked. "Yeah" Nikki_Lynn responded. "Maybe the board is booby trapped" Linz suggested, "it would be just my luck!" All of a sudden, a giant face appeared, it was Wax. With manical laughter he said... |
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Holly "You thought I'd just forget all about you destroying my plan to take over the world? Well, I took a vacation and came up with a NEW plan. And you're key to it. Payment for all the freakin' bonding time I had to spend with Wayne! Now, we just have to wait for Holly and Mel and we can start." "What are we going to do?" Nikki_Lynn whispered to Linz. Just then..... |
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Nikki_Lynn ...two more giant posts appeared and nearly hit the girls. "Ah," said Wax, "It looks like more guests are about to arrive." Mel and Holly appeared next to Nikki_Lynn. "Whoa!" said Mel, "What the heck's going on here?" "It's Wax" said Linz, "He had us all fooled. He's still trying to take over the world!" "How?" asked Holly. "I'm so glad you asked!" answered the image of Wax that floated above the girls. "It's really quite simple. First, I use this amazing new technology I've found to suck you into cyber-space, and then..." |
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Mel ...my whole new plan goes into play." "What is that?" Linz asked. The image of Wax floated around the girls as if he was a ghost. "I can't tell you that yet, girls. But you'll soon find out. And there's nothing you can do!" And with that, Wax disappeared leaving only his crazy laughter to float in the air. Holly looked around at the group and sighed. "Why did I have to post today?" The girls decided that they needed to get out of the message board. And FAST. After a lot of discussion Nikki_Lynn and Mel came up with an idea... |
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Nikki_Lynn "Alright," said Mel, "Here's what we're gonna do. We're inside of the net, right? So that means there must be a way to access other sites online! We'll use one of the web based email sites to email for help!" "But who's gonna believe THIS?" asked Linz, "I'm not sure I believe this has happened! I keep hoping I'll just wake up..." "I know," said Nikki_Lynn, "What if we email ourselves to Wayne? He'd believe us!" "Do you really think that would work?" asked Holly. "It's worth a shot," said Mel. So the Brady Bunch wandered around the Message Board until they found a doorway that was the link to Linz's email address. "We'll mail ourselves to Linz's address, and then forward ourselves to Wayne," said Mel. The Brady Bunch stepped through the door and... |
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Mel ...suddenly found themselves falling, falling, falling to the ground. THUD! When they landed, the girls picked themselves up off the ground, brushed the dust off their clothes and looked around at their surroundings. There were hundreds of small doors all around them. Some were red, some were green and some were blue. They were in all directions. Then the girls looked up at the ceiling (or what could be considered the ceiling) and they saw a HUGE black hole, bigger than any they'd ever seen before. "Uh oh," Linz muttered. "What is it Linz?" Holly asked. "What's the matter?" Nikki_Lynn and Mel cried. "Who are you guys?" Kath asked (for she had not been properly introduced to everyone yet!) "This is not good," Linz replied, "We're in big trouble now..." |
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Linz ...We're in the middle of cyberspace! How are we going to find anything?" Linz exclaimed. "How about this door that says 'Whoserville?" Kathleen asked. "Hey! That's got a link to whoser mail! We can go in there!" Nikki_Lynn said. But when they were all inside and Holly shut the door, Mel exclaimed, "Oh no! Wax's plan was more elaborate than we thought. Look!... |
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Nikki_Lynn ...A huge fire blocked their path. "What the heck is that?" asked Kathleen. "I think it's a firewall," replied Nikki_Lynn. "I don't know much about stuff like this, but I think they're ment to keep people out of sensitive areas." "How are we going to get past it?" cried Linz, "It just goes on and on forever! This has got to be Wax's handywork!" The Brady Bunch sat down, feeling helpless. They didn't know what to do. "How can we email Wayne if we can't get past this firewall?" said Nikki_Lynn, who was pacing back and forth. She sat down, frustrated. "Ow!" she yelled. "What's wrong?" asked Mel. "I sat on something hard!" replied Nikki_Lynn. She stood up, and where she had been sitting, the Brady Bunch saw... |
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Linz ...a giant Esc key. As they looked around, they found themselves on a giant keyboard. "Hey! if we can find the alt key, we can access the options and get rid if the firewall!" Linz said. "No good, our school has that hacker proof program Linz" said Kathleen. But Holly had a devilish grin "I can get around it, I have a cousin that taught me every thing! He's part of global hell!" Just then the giant image of Wax returned and boomed... |
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Mel "Ha ha ha! So you've gotten this far, Brady Bunch. But don't expect to get any further. My plan is very elaborate and not even *you* can destory this one." "Why are you doing this Wax?" Mel screamed at the image. "I thought things were better now that you've talked with Wayne," Holly cried out. But Wax just shook his head. "No! And I'm more determined than ever. You'll never get out of here," he hollered, laughing menacingly. "Oh, and one more thing. Beware of Hail." And with those final words, Wax disappeared. "Who's Hail?" Linz demanded to the air above them. Suddenly the firewall disappeared and the Brady Bunch was surprised to find... |
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Anon Storyteller ...they were staring at Whoserville, nothing blocking their way now. The buildings in front of them now accessible, but that meant returning to cyberland, where Wax loomed. "I don't think I want to go back out there ..." Nikki_Lynn commented, shaking her head. And then finding her whole body shaking. The keyboard they stood on shaking. The girls turning as one to look up. Catching a glimpse of a giant Ryan holding a popsicle as he surfed the web. And watching in horror as ice flakes so much bigger than they were began to fall from the treat towards them. The girls looking at each other anxiously as they realized the danger. "Quick!" Linz yelled, jumping to the side .... |
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Nikki_Lynn "Get out of the way!" The Brady Bunch scattered, trying despartely to avoid the falling ice. It just kept falling and falling. Suddenly, a huge block of ice, as big as a car, broke off. "Mel!," shouted Nikki_Lynn, "Look out!" But it was too late. The ice block fell directly on top of her. "Mel!" screamed Linz. The ice melted away, and the Brady Bunch couldn't see any trace of their friend. Just then, giant lettering came into their view: "Game over. You lose," it read. Two buttons appeared beneath it, reading "Play again" and "Reset". "Game!? This is a game?!" said Linz on the verge of tears, "We could all get killed in here! And Mel..." "If this is a game," said NIkki_Lynn, "then maybe if we reset it, Mel will come back!" "Do you think it could work?" asked Holly. "Well, it's worth a try," said Kathleen, and she pushed the reset button. Suddenly, Mel materialized in front of them. "Oh man!" she said, "That was scary! But I think I found a way out of this game while I was...ahem...dead. There are three levels. All we need to do is get to the final level, and..." |
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Linz ...somehow get to an email!" Mel exclaimed. "I know exactly how to explain it now!" "What did you see?" Nikki_Lynn asked. "No time now! Dodge the ice!" Mel shouted. Everyone did as they were told, and manged to get to the next level. Where there were pies being thrown at them left and right. "Oh My God!" Linz exclaimed. "Jeff?!? what are you doing here?" The pies stopped, and the Brady bunch could see JK standing there with two cart loads of pies. "Is that evil Wayne gone?" Jeff asked. "For now" Kathleen reassured. "We've got to get out of here!" said Mel. "Follow me!" |
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Nikki_Lynn The Brady Bunch followed Jeff across the playing field. Suddenly, the ground began to shake and tilt. The Brady Bunch went sliding down the incline, completely out of control and screaming. In the distance, they could see a large, slender pillar, and beyond that, a wall of spikes. They were headed straight towards it! "Everybody! Grab onto each other!" yelled Mel. They quickly joined hands and held on tight as they fell. "Jeff!" cried Mel, "See if you can catch hold of that pillar and stop us!" They hit the pillar hard, but Jeff managed to hold on. The rest of the Brady Bunch clutched themselves to the pillar, desparate to hold on. "Now what?!" said Nikki_Lynn. Before anyone could answer, the ground shifted back, and lay horizontal again. A door appeard near the pillar which read : Level Three. "We're almost there guys," said Mel, "Just one last level, and we can get out of here and email Wayne for help!" The Brady Bunch headed for the door, but suddenly, Jeff jumped in front of them. "You don't really think this little plan of yours will work, do you?" he said. But it wasn't Jeff's voice that spoke. It was Wax! He laughed. "I helped you get through this level 'cause I need you alive...for now. But from here on, you're on your own!" With that, the image of Jeff vanished. The Brady Bunch looked at each other. "Let's go." said Linz. They filed through the door, and on the other side, found themselves in a huge maze. "Oh my God," said Nikki_Lynn, "Look at the size of this thing!" The Brady Bunch... |
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Mel ...decided that there was only one thing that they could do. "We have to split up" Nikki_Lynn decided, "It's our only chance of getting out." "But what if some of us never make it out and we're trapped in the computer forever?" Holly asked, feeling helpless. "But what if some of us *do* make it out?" Mel demanded. "It's better to split up in hopes that one or two of us will get out alive. Then they can get help--get to Wayne. "And what about Wax?" Linz wondered aloud. "We'll just have to deal with him," Kathleen decided. So the Brady Bunch decided that they had to split up into two groups. The first group was Linz, Kathleen and Nikki_Lynn. The second group was Holly and Mel. "You guys go left and we'll go right," Nikki_Lynn told Holly and Mel. The Brady Bunch then said their good-byes and set off in their own directions, not knowing where they'd end up... |
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Linz ...Pretty soon, Linz, Kathleen and Nikki_Lynn discovered they were lost. "But did we EVER know where we were?" Nikki_Lynn asked. "Good point" Linz said. "Look!! This door says 'Hotmail'. Linz, don't you have your email here?!?" Kathleen exclaimed. "YES! We're gonna get out!" Linz said. As they entered the door, Nikki_Lynn saw an immediate problem. "Look!" "NO! How can you do this to us?" Linz said. In responce she got a pie in the face, but the pie had something in it, and soon she blacked out. "Jeff how could you do this?" Kathleen asked. But as they looked at Jeff, they saw him, but what they saw frightened them. But just then, Wax magically appeared to explain. "That's right girls! It's a mind control machine!" Wax laughed manically "And you're next!" "How can you do this? What's so bad about all of this that you would think to do this?" "It's really quite simple! You see..." |
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Nikki_Lynn "...my dear brother, Wayne, is throughly convinced that I've changed," said Wax, "I've got him right where I want him. He completely trusts me. You Brady Bunch people are the only ones who could mess this up for me, so I've kidnapped you. Eventually, I'm going to kill you, but I need you for something first." "What do you need us for?" asked Nikki_Lynn. "Oh, you'll find out soon enough," replied Wax, "Though at that point, you'll be slaves of my mind control machine, just like your friend Jeff!" Wax laughed maniacally. Nikki_Lynn, Kathleen, and Linz felt throughly helpless. "We're gonna get out of here and contact Wayne," Mel replied. "How?" said Holly, "Face it! We have no idea how to get out of here!" "We can't just give up!" said Mel, "If we do, then who's going to stop Wax?" "I guess you're right," said Holly. The two girls walked down passage after passage. Suddenly they found themselves in a circular clearing. In the center was a large pedestal. "I think we're in the center of the maze!" said Holly. They walked up to the pedestal and found a trap door. "What if it's a trap?" said Mel suspiciously... |
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Linz . . . "That's just a chance we're going to have to take!" said Holly. So they both pulled on the door to open it, and when they did, little droplets started falling. "How can it rain inside?" Holly asked. "I don't think it's rain . . ." said Mel, tasting a drop. As they realized what it was, they blacked out.... "This isn't exactly how I'd envisoned we'd reunite," said Linz. "So how are we going to get out of here! We need some kind of plan before Wax gets back!" Kathleen said. But just then Wax appeared, when Nikki_Lynn noticed that he was holding an object similar to a remote control and she whispered to Mel what she had discovered. Soon the whole Brady bunch knew a la 'Telephone' Wax gave them a look that could freeze hell as he left pushing one of the buttons on his remote. "Brad!" Linz excliamed when he was gone. "Don't you think this is a bad time to be ::swoon::ing Linz?" Holly asked. "No, don't you get it? Our titles!" Linz exclaimed. "Mel's the Monkey Entertainment Liason, and Sue's the Filk! master, and I'm the Monkey Sorceress!" "Oh I get it!" Kathleen said. "All we need to do is get Wax to put the remote down, and I can levitate it over here" Linz said. But just then, Wax reentered before they could formulate a plan. He walked over to Jeff and removed the machine. "How good an actress are you Linz?" Nikki_Lynn asked. "Why?" she replied. "I just thought of something, Colin's mantra..." But just then, Wax placed the machine on Linz's head... |