* Last time! * KaeollaRae says "Well, it's like this. These people I hooked up with are off to discover themselves and I and tagging along because I think it just might be fun. We headed out on this big chicken looking things called, Chocobos. They come in all sorts of colors." * KaeollaRae continues "Anyway, we travelled around and went to a forest. The ride was interesting, but when we got to the forest, the techgeeks of our merry group decided to get geeky and just sat there for a while and then suddenly a tree-thing tried to grab us. It was exciting to watch everyone scrambling around." * KaeollaRae continues "Anyways, the tree thing bit it and then we continued on towards a clear whom is occupied with people with a strange fashion sense and there is a giant black and white birdshaped ship and there we are." * Start! ( Oh, lawdy. When it comes time for Tze to do the "previously" bit, it's gonna be fun. Also dry, but quite interesting. ) * Tzezhin blinks. "How odd." ( Does this mean I should start keeping a journal for Carter...? ) * Elonith eyes the ship. "Why, oh WHY does this place have to be so messed up?" * Carter stops a few feet from the clearing, shaking a bit before steadying himself by taking a deep breath. * KaeollaRae asks "What's odd, tall, dark, and clueless?" Huh? * There's a few people milling around in sight. All wearing proffesional looking Penguin Tuxedo's. Noone much seems to notice you yet, and there's plenty of shade due to the HUGE FRIGGIN PENGUIN. ( Carter's Log: Stardate ladadedada. Still lost. Still not getting any, from Julia or anyone else. I wonder if Elo can do sex changes too... ) ( Not Carter! He's neither odd nor dark nor particularly tall! ) ( Tze: DIE. ) Their uniforms. They seem like they would hinder productive activities. ( Besides, he's not Kirk. ~_^ ) ( I ain't clueless! I use big words! ) ( True. *hides nevertheless* ) (heh heh) Yeah. Someone in charge doesn't know what they're doing... What else is new? They do indeed. I wouldn't want to get one dirty, if I were in it. ^^; We're gonna stick out like an arm without a body here... Well, Elo might be able to get himself a Tux, anyway... * KaeollaRae comments "Oh, so you're into those monster shows." Besides, Lord RB3 is expecting us, so we're unlikely to surprise them. ( Tzezhin's Log: Still trapped with these crazy people. It seems there is a strange virus on this world that affects women under the age of "very old." And some men, also, come to think of it. Cannot wait to return to sane females. Also, it's cold. I want my desert! ) * Elonith eyes Carter. "No way am I gonna wear one of those." * Carter nods stiffly. "Probably woudn't help, anyway." Sh-shall we continue? * Alex sighs. "I think we're going to have to. RB3 is quite... well, 'Insane.' might be a good word for it." (Elo's log: And yet again, the people here lack one very important thing. Common sense. Can't I just start hopping dimensions again?) And if my guess is right, we're gonna have to put one on to get in. *sigh* It's the kind of thing he'd do. ( Y'know, those would be kind of fun to do at the end of every session. We could make an LJ account for it or something. ) ( By the way, Jex, I hate you. ) ( Just making sure you remembered. :P ) ( Oh. Thank you. *blush* ) Alex, why would we have to wear one? He'll know we are coming, regardless. Did I mention he's close to insane? Eh. Let's try anyways, maybe we'll get lucky. * Elonith nods. "You didn't tell us that before we came here." * KaeollaRae says "Times a wasting." I didn't know RB3 was here. All I knew was that Clay was here." * Tzezhin shrugs. "Well, we shall see who is where soon enough." * Tzezhin starts on down. * Carter nods stiffly again, and walks forwards purposefully. It would be a convincing show of nonchalance, if you didn't know he usually walked more...relaxedly. * KaeollaRae sashays along. ( "Relaxedly" is a word now. Hush. ) * Carter , for once, seems not to notice. * People .. and other people... and monsters... and more non-people... in penguin tux's wave and generally greet Da Party as they go by. All it amounts to is 'Wak', though. ( Oh yeah? Well 'Wark' to you too, buddy! ) ( I could so see Elo saying that... ) * KaeollaRae says "Well they are at least color-cordinated." * Carter continues forward, eyes fixed ahead. He's purposeful. Really. That's what it is. Honest. * KaeollaRae smiles. * Elonith eyes them. He considers saying 'Wark' to them and flicking them off, but then decides against it. Instead he gives them a mean look. * KaeollaRae waves at them all friendly like "Hi yall!" * They wave back! And move their mouths to say something longer and definitely not 'Wak', but that's the sound that comes out. * Carter is heading towards the Penguinship, unless he sees or has pointed out to him someone who stants out and/or practically screams 'I am in charge here'. * Tzezhin ignores the people making strange noises as he walks to the bird ship. * Carter attempts to read the lips in the vidfile he just recorded! Probably isn't very good at it, and has his computers start work on it. * KaeollaRae says "Seems like someone's got their tongues, so to speak." * Elonith has exasperated look #2 on his face right now. * There's small tents and building's all around in view. Look like places to sleep 'n keep stuff. There's a decent-ish sized storage shack that's wide open, with 'Uniforms' printed on it. * And there's more stuff on the other side of the ship, but the ships in the way. ( ... ) * Carter looks around, and then levitates to the top of the ship and stands on it to get a better view. "Anyone want a ride?" * Tzezhin snorts. "Somehow, I do not get the feeling that we will accomplish much." What do you see, Carter? * From the top, you can see contruction going on on the unfinished parts of the ship. There's a couple of stockpiles of parts, scrap peices of metal, barrels of chemicals, and people moving them in between where they are and to the current contruction areas. * KaeollaRae looks towards Tzezhin and says "As long as we hav fun." * Carter calls down, "They're still working on it. Some stockpiles of materials, chemical stocks, a scrap pile... But no sign of any Lords." * Elonith chuckles. "Any shadows?" * Carter scans for energy signatures. * A 9-foot tall ogre with a metal arm waves and grunts at Tze, passing by. The XXXX-large tux he's wearing fits him perfectly. It comes out as 'wak'. * Tzezhin raises an eyebrow. "Disturbing." * KaeollaRae says "Wow, that's guys big." To say the least. * Tzezhin plunks hisself down next to the ship, draws The Sword, and starts sharpening it. ( WEEEEK WEEEK WEEEEEK ) * KaeollaRae looks down at Tzezhin and says "You must be some kinda fun on a Friday night out." He's dedicated to his work. And fairly sane, if not a little nieve. You on the other hand... ( Carter hasn't figured out that its the tuxes making them "wak", and if he did, he'd not assume that wearing them would do ought but make him unintelligeable. ) (Ya never know ; ) ) ( Elo knows what Tzezhin's work is? ) * Alex sighs, and sits down as well. ( Oh, right, when they first met Tze was babbling about assignments and such. ) ( How's that lip-reading algorithm going, Jex? ) ( KSHEEEEEEEK WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK KSHEEEEEEEEEEENK KSHEEEEEEEEEEEK WEEEEEEEEEEEK WEEEEEEEEEK ) ( I thought you might appreciate yet more Sword-sharpening sound effects. ) ( <_< Uh... yeah... *puts in earplugs* ) (* Alex shoots the Sword out of Tze's hands. Then shoots it some more. ) ( *Tzezhin stomps on Alex. Stompstompstomp. ) ( You also missed the highly entertaining Sword-sharpening sound effects. -_^ ) * KaeollaRae turns her head about looking around for anything that looks fun or atleast interesting. ( Anyways...) * Carter turns and looks at something. "Hey, guys, look over there." He points. * Elonith shrugs and looks at the direction Carter's pointing. * KaeollaRae looks over there since she's bored. A Lord! *jumps down, and floats over to the thingie* * KaeollaRae says "Well, he certainly is excitable." * The group messing with it backs off, and a caveguy looking person is there, after the steam 'n hiss clears. Yeah, really. * Tzezhin puts away his whetstone and strolls over to see what's got Carter all excited, "forgetting" to put away The Sword. * Carter ...'s, pauses, then lands and walks to the caveguy anyway. Looking notnervous, really. * KaeollaRae exlaims "Well, well." (what makes it get capital letters?) (It's an IoP.) * The stasis thingie looks like a giant sparkplug, and it's on top of the pile of other random peices of equipment. (whats it look like?) Oh, not a Lord, but one of us...? *to himself, almost* * Elonith takes a deep breath and follows Carter. * Trast: a fair amount of people are there, a small crowd. In varying shapes and sizes, but all are wearing penguin tuxedos. Except for the PC's who are approaching. Who are you? Did you kill the outsiders? * There's also a VERY BIG penguin just sitting there, taking up most of the view. * KaeollaRae comments "I dunno - looks like he's gone tribal." Outriders? *stops about ten feet away* Um... do you mean those trees? Outsiders. The people who took me. You have been kidnapped? ( Oh, yeah. Description! ) ( It's special. ) (Must be better that my dinosaur version ; ) ) ( Do you want all of ours, or just Trast's? ) (I really don't know what Elo's looking like right now.) (Well, if you don't, then who does? =P ) ( I think Elo went "normal" for this little jaunt. ) (He's 'normal', yeah.) ( Because I remember him asking the rest about it. ) (Kaeolla says Elonith looks like a tomato person! Yeah, that's it! A tomato guy!) (I say no. :P) (Awwww ; ) ) ( Descriptions. At least basic. Trast, full. =p ) The outsiders, they were about this tall (puts hand about 4 feet off ground) with shiny dark skin. * Carter is a somewhat unassuming, nervous-looking youth in a red jacket made of a flimsy-looking material, blue shorts and now-indeterminant colored boots of the same material, and a white, high-collared undershirt. He's got blue-green eyes and brownish hair. ( Hey! He's talking about Elo! ) ( I was thinking much the same thing. ) * Alex is a human! 5'8, and has a light tan. She's got short brown hair, hazel eyes, white t-shirt, and cargo shorts. * Carter glances at Elonith when Trast describes these 'outriders'. * Elonith is, um... normal. Looks fairly averagish, stands about 4'8", has blond hair, blue eyes, and lightly tanned skin. If you were to guess how old, anywhere from 9 to 11. He looks up at Trast strangely... "Shiny skin... different colors?" * Tzezhin is a rather serious-looking man of indeterminate age (over his teens, under his thirties). He is 6'5" and fairly thin, with eyes that are black where white should be and no visible irises. He has waist-length dark hair, tied back severely at the neck, and a strange marking covers his forehead. A huge sword is slung across his back and he wears dark clothes. ( Who has the Sphere? ) (Carter, IIRC.) ( <_< >_> <_< I think I do. ) * Trast is a brown eyed brown haired, dark skinned neanderthal, about 5 feet tall, walks in a hunched over fashion, looks like he'd be about 6'5 or so if he stood up. unkempt hair and full beard, no clothes save for a loincloth, appears to be free of dirt, but is rather fragrant (as if he washed reasonably often but with nothing but plain water) He seems very alert of his surroundings though, and his eyes seem very wise. * The Sphere forms a line to Trast... Yep... he's definitely like the rest of us... * KaeollaRae is a very attractive girl that looks to be 19-20 years old by Human standards with a slender, athletic build of 160 cm (5’3”) height and 55.8 kg (123 lbs) weight. Her skin is a pleasant, medium shade of blue with no natural blemishes and her full bodied, black hair is cut to a short style. Her eyes are a pretty shade of turquoise and her medium sized ears are tilted out nearly 90 degrees, ending in a point, and are... ...decorated with a pair of round, silver earrings. She has lavender markings on her face and lips that form a distinctive design, and she wears an ornate black and silver choker with lavender trim around her neck. she wears a short, black top with silver clasps and lavender trim that exposes her waist and a matching short jacket. On her right forearm, near her wrist, is an engraved silver band that might also be a... ...digital watch or communicator of somesort. She wears a short, black miniskirt with lavender trim that has a slit running up along each side, both simultaneously allowing her freedom of movement and revealing the lavender tie strings of her undies. Her prehensile tail comes to an arrowhead-like point and she wears an engraved silver ring nearest her bottom. She wears a type of partial glove, black in color, on each of... ...her hands and on her feet she wears a pair of short, black boots. She seems an easy going sort of person from her posture. (You have WAY too much description, Elfy.) @_@ ( Nice brief descrip, Elfy. ) * Trast blacks out from sensory overload (Hey, I figured I'd giv'im the works ; ) ) * Carter stands up straight, and bows formally. "I am Carter Delger. May I have the honor of knowing your name, fellow ..um... castaway?" Too odd to be a coincedince. 's gotta be fate. ( Hey, leave me out of this. Chaos stole my Book when this was added. ) I am Trast Wheel-maker, Shaman of the Rising Wind clan. You look like no people I know. Are you here to free me or become my next jailors? I am Tzezhin M'haron. And we do not take prisoners. Free you, we hope. And ourselves. *looks around at the ... unique ... surroundings* Perhaps we should move somewhere a bit more private, before talking further? ( KILL KILL KI--er, hold on a sec... ) * KaeollaRae says "My, if you aren't just a party animal." ( Well, we don't take prisoners since Monica left. ^_~ ) And you know nothing of the ones I described? ( I thought that's what Kae's for. ) Not any prone to stealing people. * Tzezhin very carefully does not look at Elonith. ( =) ) (Tzez: was there grammar there??) * Elonith nods. "Can you describe these outsiders in... greater detail?" Once we relocate, of course. *looks around uncomfortably all of a sudden* *mutters* ...we also should probably get him some clothes... * Elonith smirks. "I can take care of it." * KaeollaRae turns around, her hand waving, starts to walk away, and says "Well, yall have fun with 20 questions." ( Trast: Not of any ones that are prone to stealing people. ) They had the general shape of you people (gestures at Elo, Carter, and Tzez) though they were shorter as I said, and had a skin that was black and shone. * There's gossip and murmuring amongst the surrounding crowd. Which got bigger since you last looked. But it all comes out as various iterations of 'Wak.' Do you know your way around this place? I've never seen it before? * KaeollaRae walks over to the base of the penguin ship. **Swing Swing** Their eyes were all various shades of gray, no colors Not really, we just got to this clearing ourselves. This whole forest is controlled by... someone we do not yet know very well. We have only just arrived at this location, though not upon this world. * Elonith really frowns now. "Did they come here with you?" * Alex shrugs. "Have fun talking. I'll be back." She takes off after KaeRae. * KaeollaRae arrives at the base of the penguin ship and lean over slightly looking it over, her finger at her chin. Elo: They put me in that tube, and then I saw you all. * Elonith takes a look at the tube. * Carter glances at the tube, turning much more examination apparati on it than his eyes. * The tube looks like a giant sparklpug. Or did, until it opened. It now looks like a hollow giant sparkplug that's open. It made me sleep, I think. I wonder ... stasis of some sort? *scan, scan* * Elonith nods to himself. "It's a stasis tube all right... We gotta move somewhere more secluded. NOW." If you know a way, lead on. You seem to know more of what happened than I do. * KaeRae: The bottom of the hull is pretty much done. * Elonith looks around for an area where they could have a more... private conversation. The surveilance equipment in the forest is disabled. I suggest we go there. *suits action to words* * KaeollaRae mumbles "Hmmmm Hmmmm Hmmmm." * There's various buildings around. The ship, a couple of piles of shtuff, and another storage shed with 'Uniform' on it. ( Any less closed-in spaces? The woods? ) * The woods are still 'off.' * Elonith nods. "Let's move to the woods then." He starts heading to said woods. * Carter is walking stiffly towards the woods, all senses on high alert for... well, anything more suspicious than the wierdos in the suits. * KaeollaRae walks up the spaceship, seemingly curious about it. * Alex catches up just as KaeRae does that. ( every'un else: #woods. ) * KaeollaRae looks around as she walks along. * Trast follows Carter * Tzezhin strolls into the woods. * KaeRae: There's construciton going on all around, the higher up you go. * KaeollaRae just looks about, never having seen a large spaceship in the process of being built before. ( Carter has! But that one was no where near as complete. And it still needed the warp core. ) * There's sparks and hisses and electrical lines being attached, and hull struts being placed, plates of metal-ish material being placed on... * The innards have power, but it's only lights and doors and stuff. * There's also people working on it 'Wak'ing at you as you go by. * KaeollaRae smiles at them cutely. * KaeollaRae seems quite amused. * KaeollaRae went up the same was as the workers are going up and down. * Alex keeps pace with KaeRae, slowing down a bit at more precarious areas. * KaeollaRae says "Well, is certainly is big." Yep. * KaeollaRae says "Guess your friend's not planning on going by himself then." she winks. I'm more interested in the weapons systems that are supposedly on here. * KaeollaRae smiles and says "Naturally." If someone can prove that this is really for orbital bombardment, then I can call in the big guns. * Alex snorts. "I'm not going to beleive for a second that Clay, or RB3, or whoever is heading this is doing it for the 'good of all.'" * KaeollaRae says "You certainly like to get your guns off." she leans forward to whisper in Alex's ear, her hand shielding part of the sound waves "It's not one of those 'butch' things, right?" * Alex stops dead still. And for the life of you, you could swear that those guns just magically appeared in each hand. No. It's not. * KaeollaRae leans back and says "Just wondering. You always seem so tense." * KaeollaRae continues "So, you are like here to spy on the ship and see if it's got big booms then. Well, why don't we have a look about then." she starts looking a little more intently. * Alex rolls her head, cracking her neck. "Eh.. Maybe so..... I thought I could..." My sisters were right it seems. * KaeollaRae asks as she looks "About what?" * Alex grins. "Me." * KaeollaRae smiles and asks "And what about you?" I'm not happy unless I have something to shoot. * KaeollaRae chuckles and says "I thought so." I fear that if RB3 is involved, we're gonna need those penguin suits, but it can't hurt to try. * KaeollaRae says outloud "Now if I was a big boom, where would I be hiding? Hmmmm." she puts her finger to her chin and looks about. ( You'd be hiding right under the sign that said "Guns stored here. Don't tell anyone." ) (But of course ; ) ) * Lotsa curves and black plating. There's two penguin wings to either side, the head that's mostly done, and the tail and feet. * You're at about dead center, on the back. * KaeollaRae goes up to the nearest worker and taps that person on the back of their right shoulder. When they turn around she smiles and looks cute. * The nearest worker is something that can be described as a big thing of jello in humanoid form. *'Wak?' * In a tux, of course. * KaeollaRae says "Excuse me, but I am just amazed at this huge thingie and I was wondering if you could point me to the weapons systems. I would really like to see what this baby will be able to do. My friend here," she nods towards Alex, "is a one of those gun freaks and is into that stuff. Would you be able to point them out to us? We'd really appreaciate it." * Alex raises an eyebrow at KaeRae ominously. * KaeollaRae looks cute. * 'Wak, Wakwak, Wak. Waaak, wak.' Also pointing to one of the 'Uniform' buildings on either side. * KaeollaRae continues "My such a big ship." she looks that way "Over there? You don't have any big booms installed" she pouts "I so wanted to show them to my fiesty friend." she leans against Alex's side. "I'm so disapointed." ..... * KaeollaRae continues making a pouty face at the guy "Such an impressive ship should carry an impressive boom boom too. Oh pooh. I'm disapointed." * 'Wak, wak? Wak.' It's a tad more urgent this time, and there's more pointing to the 'Uniform' building. * KaeollaRae signs and turns around ans starts walking away from the jello guy. * Alex shrugs. "You make anything of that?" * KaeollaRae says to Alex, once out of 'earshot' of anyone, "I don't think they have installed any weapons yet, or atleast I don't think the workers know. It's possible, that if your friend is planning to have such things for the ship, that he is installing them in secret." Hmm. * KaeollaRae looks at Alex "I wonder what them boys are upto - maybe they have gotten into trouble. That'd be fun - you could shoot something then." she winks. * Alex blinks, and shakes her head. "They seem like they can take care of themselves. As do you. No offense, but by the time I got there, it'd probably be over already." * KaeollaRae puts her finger up to her chin and looks coy "You do? And there I thought I looked so defenseless, not to mention cute." she winks. If you don't panic when I point a gun at you, you've got some trick. ( Or nerves of steel, or are completely nuts... ) * Alex looks around, and finds a suitable open spot. "Come on. 'nuff talking." * KaeollaRae giggles and then says "Well, we might as well have some fun." and then she quickly grabs Alex around her waist and leaps far off of the penguin ship, falling towards the ground at a rapid falling pace. She yells "Waaaahooooo!!!" as she jumps over with Alex and they fall towards the ever closing ground. !!!!!!! * KaeollaRae says "Wahooooooo!" as they fall, making sure to keep a firm grip around Alex's waist "Too slow!" * Alex .. um. Screams. Loudly, and like a girl. * KaeollaRae falls rapidly, the ground rushing closer and closer and at the last moment, Alex and Kaeolla stop 1 foot off of the ground as if momemtum and all other forces have stopped working on them. * KaeollaRae sets Alex down gently and starts laughing, just hanging a couple of feet off of the ground "That was exciting." * Alex stops screaming a few seconds afterwards. And dosen't move for a few seconds after set down. * KaeollaRae says with a big grin "I love doing that." * KaeollaRae floats belly down just a couple of feet off of the ground above Alex smiling down at her. * KaeollaRae says "Thank you for using Kaeolla taxi. Hope you enjoyed the rush." * Alex blinks a few times, and blinks at KaeRae. And finally gets up. She looks pretty mad, and shes aiming right for ye! * KaeollaRae rights herself and stands on the ground "My, you are tense." * Alex also shoots, this time. Yep, she's tense. Ranged def roll! * KaeollaRae suggests "I think you need a boyfriend" * Dicesuke throws the bones for KaeollaRae (2d6-2) and gets 6. (DR) * Dicesuke throws the bones for KaeollaRae (2d6-2) and gets 4. * KaeollaRae acrobatically sommersaults out of the way and says as she does "Careful now, you might hurt someone." YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK! Give me ONE GOOD REASON why I shouldn't shoot you again! * KaeollaRae stands up and says "Well, that's no cause to shoot me. Besides, you know you enjoyed the adrenoline rush." she smiles and winks. * KaeollaRae says "Because I'm _cute_ and blood just doesn't go with my outfit." * Alex lines her aim up with Kae's head, and holds it there. * Alex says throught gritted teeth, "Try. Again." * KaeollaRae sighs and says "Your sisters are right. You're violent. Well, let's go find the boys and see what trouble they've gotten into." she starts walking towards the direction in the woods that she saw the boys head towards. AGH! *she throws her gun to the ground.* (Heh Heh) * KaeollaRae walks off that way. * Alex... does not follow. ( That is no way to treat your weapons. Alex's instructors would be ashamed. ) * KaeollaRae attempts to locate the boys. * KaeRae: You see them in the woods, and they're talking! Once you catch up, everyone drops back into main chan! Yes, Trast, the star boat. * KaeollaRae walks that way, not in any special hurry. Then she is never in a much of a hurry anyways. It's shaped like a Penguin, for some strange reason. ( Oh great, now you get to explain "penguin." ) What is strange about the shape it is? (and Trast can figure out from context what a penguin is, its something shaped like the ship :P) ( Point. ) Many things. There are more efficient and more effective shapes for the purpose to which it is ostensibly designed. Perhaps the builders found the shape pleasing. Must have... * Tzezhin glances over at Kaeolla. "Any sign of the Lords?" There are more things that make a great craftsman than simply tools which work. ... * KaeollaRae arrives and says "Oh, were we supposed to be looking for Lords? I didn't know. I was just bored listening to you guys question Tribal Guy." Oh. Well, his name is Trast. Trast, this is Kaeolla Rae. Kaeolla, this is Trast. Be nice, now. However, the shape itself is not even areodynamic. It's very much an ineffecient shape. aerodynamic? Which moves better, a sharp spear or a flat leaf? * KaeollaRae smiles and looks coy, her finger to her chin, her posture suggestive, and says "I'm always nice, didn't you know?" * Elonith mumbles something under his breath. "Nice like a rock..." * Trast seems oblivious to the suggestion. "I'm sure." Who would try to throw a leaf? Exactly. Exactly. * KaeollaRae says "I don't get it?" A leaf does not fly; if you were to make something that flew, it would not be in the form of a leaf. ( Shary: Gee, it's sure comfy in your brain. ) Carter, you scanning for them? it couldn't pierce even the weakest hide. ( Seg: OUT OUT OUT ) * KaeollaRae giggles "Pierce." Right. Well, think of the air as being a hide that gets very thick when you go very fast, like that ship will have to to get very high. There are many different shapes that fly well, so you say this "penguin" isn't one of them * KaeollaRae says "You boys and your toys." Shaped like it is, it will have a harder time piercing *glares at Kae, blushing at the same time* that "hide". You do realize how many sexual connotations that has. Still, Carter! Scan? It seems not, Trast. ( Well, you girls make me hurl! Ha! ) perhaps the ship was not designed to move through air. I tried already...maybe they're closer now, though... *scans for Lords again...and not memebers of this group* * Dicesuke throws the bones for Carter (2d6) and gets 6. (What's the mod on it now, Jex? ... never mind, failed. ) ( /me eyes Dicey. ) (wheres "Alex" ) * Alex is not with you. (She's relieving stress) * Tzezhin eyes the ship. "I am no water-runner, but it seems not for moving through a river, either." * Alex is ... somewhere else! Nope, still no sign of them on my sensors. (Did I ever see her?) ( She's shooting up. <.< ) ( Once, before we snatched you off into the woods. ) ( You saw her before ye all went off to the woods. ) Miss Rae? You met Clay, didn't you? Would you recognize him again? where is the other member of your not-tribe ? ( /me overrides Dicey in favor of Plot! ) or are there more I have not seen? * KaeollaRae smiles "Do you believe I'm that forgetful? It was only a couple dozen hours ago." she winks. There are two more, and we don't know who they are. Then how do you know their number? were you told to expect them? ( Jex: So have Kae or someone notice them. ) * KaeollaRae seems amused. * Carter winces. "Okay, got something. A signal, not like ours or Lord Cephiro's. In the ship itself." ...it's gone now. Do you all have a plan of action? are you simply searching for these other two? * Carter seems...shaken again. But he stands up straight and tall and notscaredatallnoway. ( ....*do* we have a plan of action? ^^ ) ( I dunno. Do ya? ) ( is the caveman just talking to himself?) Currently, we are trying to find out how Lords Clay and (it seems) RB3 plan on using th-that ship. We've been told that Lord C-Clay thinks it will get people out of this world. ( No, but I type slow when tired. ) We don't know who the other two of our group are. Or at least where they are, in one case. are these lords of light or shadow? * KaeollaRae adds "Although I'm not sure why someone would want to leave. It seems fun here....well...except it doesn't seem to get dark." she looks perplexed. The one's we're looking for now? Sh-shadow. Carter? You okay? And these Lords you speak of are stronger than you? ( sh-sh-sh-shadow. Ch-ch-ch-chia! ) (th-th-th-thwap :P) * Elonith nods. "Most likely. I'm having second thoughts about meeting them myself..." * Carter glances at Elo. "I'm fine." Now, if only he were a good liar... Yet you say they are single men, not leaders of tribes? * Elonith eyes Carter. "No you're not. What's wrong?" Nothing. Just... nothing. I'll be fine. * Elonith frowns as he looks up at the ship. "You're sure he's expecting us?" * KaeollaRae leans forward towards Cater and says "Looks like you blew a circuit. Are you okay?" * Carter gulps. "That's what he said after we...sparred." * Carter looks at Rae, and gulps for an entirely different reason. "I'm fine. Really." He turns a bit red. Hmmm... Seems he has an upper hand on you. Judging from your, ehem, actions. Carter: you said he was a single man, yes? if he bothers you this much, why not creep into his home and kill him while he sleeps? * Tzezhin brightens up a little at that thought. * KaeollaRae leans back, smiles, and says "Well, good." ( Yosh! The caveman is bringing the forth the concept of 'Teamwork as opposed to just ganing up on him!' ) Even the strongest man is weak in his sleep. Indeed. * Tzezhin smiles toothily. That is why the wise gather a Tribe. * Carter takes a deep breath, concentrates, and visibly calms. "he attacked my systems while I was in the forest computer arrays. i staved it off. i countered. he easilly staved me off. that was it." If an opponant is too strong for you, attack when his guard is down. * Tzezhin turns the smile into--is that a *smirk*? "There are those against whom mere numbers are no barrier." * Tzezhin shakes it off, though. "We are not entirely sure this man is an opponent." Didn't you just say he opposed you? * KaeollaRae says "I'll have to remember that you two are underhanded." she snickers "Underhanded." "underhanded" ? I was sort of trespassing. Everyone is underhanded when pushed too far. * KaeollaRae winks at Trast and smiles "Figure it out." If you want the land of another tribe, you take it. If they aren't strong enough to hold it, they deserve to lose it. Or was it a scouting mission? You might say that, yes. Okay, let's go. We're not finding anything out out here. They're in the ship, I think. *starts back towards the ship, looking nervous, but not as stiff as before. He looks back after a few feet to make sure he's not alone* * Elonith follows only as he can. * Tzezhin walks along, talking to Trast. "In this world, I am finding that the definitions of 'allied' and 'opposed' may be different than most people think." ( Moonwalking? ) ( Don't tempt him. ) (I guess that's true unless there is a mimic in the group ; ) ) ( Or Kaeolla, for that matter. ) Tzez: you mean alliences form and break quickly? * KaeollaRae walks along, seemingly carefree. * Hm... there's a gun on the ground as you go by. Looks like one of Alex's. * KaeollaRae smiles a little. * Alex's guns are a bit distinctive, too. * Tzezhin shakes his head. "Not exactly. It is...odd." * KaeollaRae says "Looks like Alex made a friend while we were away, since I wouldn't believe she would just leave it by choice." Alex? Is that the other I saw? * KaeollaRae says "Guess she found a boyfriend." * Carter picks it up and puts it behind his beltsash. "We should return it to her." * KaeollaRae seems perky and says "Maybe it'll help her relieve all that pent up stress she carries around." You're way too happy, Rae. Yes, she was. * Carter does not comment. Is she also one of these "special" people? Not that I know of. Um... let's keep going? Please? *to Trast* The sphere doesn't seem to think so. * Elonith continues. * KaeollaRae replys "Lifes an adventure and you should enjoy it." she smiles and winks at Elonith. So why is *she* here then? Local guide. Enjoy it when you can, run when you must. *he nods* Ah. A native of this land. Yes. * KaeollaRae says to Elonith "Now you're talking the talk. You learn quick." * Carter drifts towards the middle, then back of the group as they walk along. Seemingly unaware that he's going a bit slow. * Elonith smirks. "Walk softly, and cary a really big gun." "gun Paraphrased Roosevelt. er " * KaeollaRae smiles "Yep." * Tzezhin turns and raises an eyebrow at Carter. "Did you not sleep well, or not receive adequate sustenance?" a weapon of some sort? *to Tzezhin* I rarely get enough to eat here. Why? * Tzezhin nods at Trast. "It is new technology in my world, but apparently those here are well familiar with it." * And you all get to the main ramp leading to the areas be wroked on still whenever ye're done talking. It goes up! There's several split offs, leading to innards still under construction, the top of it, etc. Yes. It fires small objects at a very high speed. Later versions even shoot light or energy. Carter: there certainly doesn't seem to be much game here. * KaeollaRae pinches Carter's bum when he falls back too far and gets close to her and says as she does "Come one slow poke. Need some incentive?" * Tzezhin turns back to Carter. Aigh, whiplash. "You seem a touch listless." shooting light? to blind an enemy? When concentrated, it can burn and melt metal. *yelps and jumps into the air, hovering before recovering, when Kae pinches him* Hey, don't do that! Elo: you must show me how this is accomplished * KaeollaRae giggles at Carter. * Tzezhin rolls his eyes and continues on. Laser technology... Yeah, I can. I've used it myself on multiple occasions. Oh, no, Tzezhin. I guess I'm just...*mutters, shamed* scared. RB3 would have beaten me if I hadn't been lucky. Still, with greater weapons comes greater responsability... responsability? Then, you were fighting him alone. And I doubt he would ask us to come here for a rematch. * Carter keeps sensors on Kaeolla's position so he can stay out of her reach as he goes in. (Heh Heh Heh) (*throws out another PCR.) ( PCR? ) (Pop Culture Reference) ( Ah. ) Uh... We'll get to that later as well Trast. RB3 was one of those lords you mentioned, yes? ( Does Elo intentionally mangle them, or is he just not quite remembering them right? ) Yes. He called himself "Cyberlord". And you say you beat him? No. It was a draw. And even that was tenuous. If he'd tried a second time... *shudders* (He's mangling them on purpose.) Carter, next time he does that, log me in. I'd like to take a crack at him. Normally, I'd not worry, but here, he might be able to make the leap from hardware to wetware. I don't like to think what he could do to me then... If you could fight him to a draw, then surely I have nothing to fear from them. * Tzezhin eyes Carter and Elonith a little. "Their weapons are not like those you and I know, Trast. It is...strange." The battle wasn't a physical battle, however. A battle of craft then? No, not in that regard, Trast. Lord RB3 could only attack me, of any of us, that way. It was a combination of psychic prowess over a computer line. ( Free psychic line! Call now! ) Nothing psychic about me, Elonith. But I do not know if that is the case for Lord RB3. "psychic" ? "Computer" ? * KaeollaRae says "Technobabble, Tribal." * Carter seems to change the subject. "I wonder at what Miss Alex shot her gun. It hadn't been long before we found it since it had last been used..." babble I understand, but what is this "techno" ? You make wheels, right? Throw it here, I might be able to tell. It is an advanced form these people have of doing...well, apparently anything. Well, tell *if* she shot it. Carter: I and my Tribe alone, yes. No, I know she shot it. Just not why or at what. It worries me. Okay, wheels represent something that makes things easier, but had to be invented, right? * KaeollaRae smile a bit as she walks along. ( Oi. Ye be walking for a while to get to abovementioned ramp. ) I discovered the secret, yes. * Elonith keeps walking too. (walking slow and blabbing, ne ; ) ) ( "Talk to me, ne ne ne" ) * Carter stops as they get to the ramp. He looks up, and gulps again. "Well, let's do this." He goes in. ( Cat: No, Yomiko is not here. ) * And you all get to the main ramp leading to the areas be wroked on still whenever ye're done talking. It goes up! There's several split offs, leading to innards still under construction, the top of it, etc. Repost, just so I don't have to C/P for it to make sense. * KaeollaRae walks along carefree up the ramp **Swing Swing** * Elonith walks not so carefree up the ramp... * Carter follows, averting his eyes from Kaeolla. * Trast lopes powerfully up the ramp (Watch that overhang - killer on the head ; ) ) ( Kaeolla makes it very hard for a guy to be a gentleman around her. ) (Yup) ( *waits for GM to describe more about our grand entrance* ) * Tzezhin goes in. * Trast pauses to investigate the construction work being done * There's all sorta neat techy stuff there. Lightbulbs, fancy lookin metals, welder thingies, beepy diagnostic thingies, etc. * The workers in their penguin tux's wave and 'Wak' at the people passing by. * KaeollaRae returns their waves with a smile * Trast doesn't quite make it to the "passing" part * Elonith *still* considers double-ducing them and yelling 'Wark!', but decides against it again. (Whenever the others want to is fine with me) * Before you manage to make up your mind where to go, someone passes by view. Well, almost. * She's wearing a black overcoat, with a hood that covers her face. She almost passes by, but not quite, due to her stopping, and looking amongst Da Party. * Her gaze locks with Tze, and she yells, "You!" * Carter cheats and uses vidsensors to look at her face. * Tzezhin stiffens. "Greetings." * End! Before her face is seen! But not before Tze does his dramatic counterresponse! So End!