The Reccos Chronicles, Part 1: The Euro 8.

Every story has a beginning. This one began months ago, in (not so)secret meetings by an unholy, and sometimes unruly group of 7. Driven by a desire to seek adventures before they settle down in the dry monotony of daily life, they decided to mark their reign of terror in the far away land known to most(if not all) of the world as Europe...

Parchments of maps were examined, scrolls of wisdom were consulted, any scraps of information were extracted from friends/family/tom/dick/harry, everything and anything that could help in the research was not spared...
And so, days turned into weeks that turned into months, and something happened.
Another evil soul managed to scam his way into the expedition, making it a group of 8.

"Introducing... RECCOS' very own... EURO 8!!!" - Berd (forum post 3584, 15/5/07)

Since there wasn't any objections, the name stuck.

While we fast forward to the day of the departure, let us take some time to introduce the characters in this story who will be with us for the next 20-30 posts(if I'm that free), the whole gang of EURO 8, we present, in alphabetical order.....

Name: Bernard
Alias: Berd, Anaconda

Special powers: Able to summon giant anaconda in between his legs to terrorise guys and pacify gals. Also possess the ability to contort his body into different positions in order to capture the most beautiful(to him anyway) picture.

Superhero type: Mr Fantastic - cos he can stretch some part of his body to quite an *ahem* astonishing proportions.

Name: Guosen

Alias: Goose, Mary

Special powers: Able to chill the surroundings with his icy cold (lame) jokes. Secondary power is the ability to tahan a lot of shit... I mean damage.

Superhero type: Iceman - I shudder whenever I think of his jokes...

Name: Jason

Alias: Jase, Oyster

Special powers: Able to make mountains out of molehills(ie: can "This is Spagna for one whole day. And maybe more...), also able to fabricate stories that are so friggin' lame and ridiculous in matter of seconds.

Superhero type: Juggernaut - can make molehills out of mountains, and is impervious to psychic/written/spoken instructions to stop talking crap.

Name: Seng Kwee

Alias: Seng, Captain Hairy, Li'l Hairy Lamb, 'Superman'

Super powers: Able to mangle his words into incoherent mutterings to the human ears, sometimes, the lucky few get to digest the gems of wisdom thrown out by this Zen-ish individual. Also possess great quantity of hair which are living organisms by their own.

Superhero type: Superman - inside joke/ Spiderman - can shoot web using his hair

Name: Shaowei

Alias: Sw, Army Regular, Farter/Snorer, Miu Miu

Special powers: Ability to piss room-mates off by farting and snoring. Simultaneously. Also possess the uncanny ability to locate quiet and secluded areas for purposes privy to the nether regions.

Superhero type: Hulk - when provokes, he turns green and fart

Name: Teck Beng

Alias: Beng, Teddy Bear

Special powers: Whatever he says is right. No one can or will disagree. Immunity from 'being wrong', cos he's never wrong. Also possess the ability to make people shut up and listen to what he says, only sentinel being able to stop the Juggernaut(ie: Jase)

Superhero type: Iron Man - he can rule with an iron fist if he wants to

Name: Tim Juan

Alias: Tim,Timmy, Smeagols, Fat RP

Special powers: Able to throw smoke screen, sometimes even the whole smoking cigarette whenever, wherever. Minor regenerative powers which is limited to certain organ(ie: the liver) and minor immunity to certain illness(ie: coughing since he's always coughing anyway).

Superhero type: Wolverine - short, hairy, smokes, drinks, nuff' said/ Venom - scared of bells

Name: Yaozhong

Alias: Yz, zhong, snake, lao gan

Special powers: Able to be invisible when the task of carrying the group's tribal symbol(ie: the tripod) is being delegated. Also possess the ability to cheat/lie/connive everyone and anyone.

Superhero type: Invisible Woman(in this case, Man) - can remain hidden when things need to be done. Nuff' said/ Green Goblin - his Yoda impersonation reminded us of Green Goblin, plus he does possess a violent alter ego that entertains thoughts of bashing people up with the tribal symbol(ie: the tripod)

These, my friends, are the unsavoury members of EURO 8.
Let us stop here for now, to allow for the passage of time to catch up, and bring us to the next chapter in their story...

Till next time,
Timmy out