| Warm, soothing goo surrounds your body. It's so hard to move, and impossible to think. You may not realize it yet, but you have been selected for the Crew of the Vesmir. Oh, sure, you may not be capable of anything good or wholesome, and fine, you not even know what space is, but that doesn't matter to your moon-sized captor. You have been chosen, stolen from the only home you have known, and are now forced to suffer the indignities only a ship of kobolds can provide. Perhaps it's not as serious as all that. Somewhere between the crystal spheres and the endless void of space drifts a giant, living, silent ship. The Vesmir. Home. Once you log in, this annoying block of text goes away: |
| Day 2.1.1: "Getting ready for a field trip"; Preparing to be following Climbs-Ladders | |
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| Time And Space | Apr 29 2009, 05:42 AM Post #1 |
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* Eugen_Metzger rolls out of his bed and pulls on his red suit quickly before beading back out to the main room. He was itching to get into some trouble, and he didn't want to bother his new roommate. * @Setting The Alcove is abuzz with activity. * @Climbs_Ladders waits outside the Alcove for the taller ones to get their stuff together. * Brifulkips enters the Alcove from down the hall, looking a bit confused as everyone is buzzing with activity. He looks around. "Morning, all!" He is bright-eyed and appearing quite relaxed and content. * Ozymandias_Crow waits quietly, the still slightly unpredictable Staff in hand. He's still eschewing the Uniform, in favour of the recovered jeans and an undershirt. He doesn't look quite right in such gear though, if not uncomfortable. * Heart jogs back to her room to stash all of her collected spoons save one (in case she runs into some pudding or somethin') in the top drawer of her desk. She also leaves the now un-rusty musket in the corner, as she doesn't really need a club. Then, once she's sure her hat is settled properly on her head and her garish purse-bag is slung over her shoulder, she heads out to the hallway door. * Eugen_Metzger_ (~chatzilla@n235-190.mtholyoke.edu) has joined #vesmir * Eugen_Metzger_ glances over from the couch and nods. He wasn't feeling particularly engaging today. * Qadr followed the kobold out into the alcove, reading and still coated in the blue goop that couldn't be easily wiped away. <Brifulkips> What's going on? Everyone looks... busy. *He asks no one in particular, and casts an odd glance to the goop-covered Q.* <Heart> 'pparently there's some kinda door openin' that we should check out. <Heart> Also, we found a spider down the hallway, but it's dead now. <Ozymandias_Crow> Quite. * @Setting The transparent cover of the ceiling is on, letting the crew see into the depths of space. There are no visible spiders right now, though there is a love purple nebula. <Eugen_Metzger_> A door? Opening? In this place I'm surprised that the doors even function. * BMW_ keeps her head low, she is tired from the whole ordeal of being on the Vesmir. She makes a half-hearted attempt to look up and pay attention to whatever everyone is talking about * Eugen_Metzger (~chatzilla@n235-190.mtholyoke.edu) Quit (Ping timeout) * Eugen_Metzger_ is now known as Eugen_Metzger * Eugen_Metzger puts feet up on table, quietly, "So...is it edible? Or did you find anything interesting in the spider?" <Ozymandias_Crow> It's in the freezer, take a nibble and let us know? * Heart Heart's boots are still covered in blue goo from her stomping extravaganza. "Interestin'? Other than spider guts? Not really." * BMW_ winces at the thought of eating a spider found on the ship. Gross. * @Climbs_Ladders walks in circles outside the door nervously as the new crew starts to head out of the Alcove. "Are you being sure that there are no more spider in area? Yes?" <Eugen_Metzger> Hrm, if you put some of that goo in a jar, we might be able to use it late. I mean, I might be able to extract some kind of warning pheremones * Heart shrugs at Climbs. "Medusa said there ain't, I figger she's gonna know better'n the rest of us." <Ozymandias_Crow> Oh, we're sure of no such thing, climbs. There could be hundreds within meters of us, and we'd really have no idea. Medusa seems to know little that we don't, so I wouldn't put to much faith in her proclamations just yet. She is, though, programmed to learn. <Qadr> We need to find a live spider so she can learn about them. <@Setting> MEDUSA online. <Eugen_Metzger> That thing is hardly knowledgeable. I would rather trust a frenchman than trust that computer. * @Climbs_Ladders twitches and constantly looks over his shoulder for giant spidery death at any moment. He jumps up in fright as MEDUSA announces her constant omnipresence."EEEE!" <Heart> I don't know that findin' a live one's gonna do us much good, what with them wantin' t'eat us and all. * BMW_ sighs. "A live spider?" <Ozymandias_Crow> Medusa seems to experience the world...ah, sorry. Ship? through us, rather than vica versa. So far, at least. <Qadr> Maybe we could capture a small one. <BMW_> I don't know if we want to go out and fine one, even if it is for learning and all that. <Qadr> But first we should open this door. <Heart> I mean, we had a live one, but via the dem-o-cratic pro-cess we decided t'squish it. <Qadr> But it was hurt. <@Climbs_Ladders> Yes Yes! Back to engineering for us. Is being much safer there than here! *never seems to be still for even a second* <BMW_> How could you tell it was hurt, Q? * @Setting A few dozen feet away, the once room temperature corpse freezes. <Ozymandias_Crow> I really don't see what Medusa could learn from a second spider that she hasn't already learnt from the first. <Eugen_Metzger> Hold on creature. Let us finish our discussion. <@Setting> MEDUSA is programmed to learn. <Qadr> It was scrabbling on the floor. <BMW_> But spiders...do that anyway. I've never seen one NOT scrabble around on the floor. <Heart> It's legs were broken. <@Setting> MEDUSA is a highly advanced technical intelligence. MEDUSA is programmed to learn, and MEDUSA has identified the subject 'spider'. <Eugen_Metzger> excellent MEDUSA. Locate Spider. <Ozymandias_Crow> It's legs seemed fine. It just wasn't using them right. <Eugen_Metzger> Psh, so it was a paraplegic spider? Sounds unlikely to me <@Setting> MEDUSA cannot find any Spiders in crew experienced areas. MEDUSA identifies one non-functioning spider in the freezer unit. <Qadr> It was making hurt noises. <Ozymandias_Crow> Like when a spider is subjected to a poison of some kind; Losing control of it's functions. * Heart scowls. "Well, maybe next time you wanna examine somethin' you can come along. Look, let's get goin'. We kin talk while we walk." <Ozymandias_Crow> Perhaps the rich air atmosphere is hazardous to it? They are clearly at home breathing the Aether, outside the ship. <Ozymandias_Crow> Perhaps best we do. We can discuss the Spider later, when Myself and the Doctor, if he is willing, have had chance to disect it? * Brifulkips laughs. He had just gotten back. He turns again, ready to leave. <Eugen_Metzger> A poison...Hrm, how interesting. I would be interested in disecting the creature. * Heart turns to the twitchy kobold. "Lead the way t'this door, Climbs." * BMW_ turns around upon hearing tiny feet tapping on the tiles. "Hey Kip" <@Setting> (Did everyone see http://s1.zetaboards.com/vesmir/topic/1561140/1/ and http://s1.zetaboards.com/vesmir/topic/1562973/1/ ) * Qadr shifts impatiently and moves to follow Heart. <Heart> (ayup.) <Ozymandias_Crow> If the creature is used to the Aether between worlds as it's only air, then the rich atmosphere we breath now would, indeed, act as a poison. <Ozymandias_Crow> ((Roger.)) <BMW_> ((hot n sexy mspaint)) <@Setting> (>9000 hours.) * @Climbs_Ladders nods and jumps around a little as he is filled with adrenaline. The kobold starts to walk back to engineering along the same route the group would normally take. * Ozymandias_Crow moves to follow the kobold * Brifulkips looks to Cherry and smiles softly, "Hello, Miss Cherry." * Heart scratches the back of her neck and looks at Crow. "If it ain't good at breathin' air, how come the kobolds get attacked by 'em on the edge o' their village?" <Ozymandias_Crow> Do they? <Qadr> Maybe it breathes both <Eugen_Metzger> It might be more likely that the creature was made ill by something it consumed, at least in my semi-informed opinion, Professor. * Eugen_Metzger wearily stands to follow the kobolds. <Ozymandias_Crow> It's possible, as are any number of things. With any luck, an autopsy will provide answers. <BMW_> We should get the doctor to look at one on the inside. If it can breathe both it has to have some sort of innards that can make that happen, right? * @Setting The path to Engineering is familiar by now, the slow climb downwards, the rusty walls. It seems to take less time this time, though. * Heart shakes her head, muttering. "Anythin' that kin chew through metal ain't gonna get indigestion." <Ozymandias_Crow> Also, Herr Doctor, we may be able to use the creatures exoskeleton, it is incredibly tough, and yet quite impressively light. * @Setting - This time, the crew has turned on the lights. Remarkably, everything looks sturdy, though there is much in the way of dirt. <Qadr> We need a washing crew. *The words were said softly, but firmly as they moved down the hallway.* * @Climbs_Ladders enjoys having the lights turned on as they walk, though he can't do it himself. "Is nicer place in light I am thinking. Harder for spider to be sneaking up kobolds!" * @Setting - There is a small row of emergency lights in the crew stairwell downstairs. While the hallways seem like they were meant for use, the stairs do not. * BMW_ looks at the years of neglect and gunk on the walls as the group walks down the hallway. "I could definitely fix this up a little if they had some kind of cleaning acid!" <@Climbs_Ladders> Cleaning acid? Oh yes we are having all kiiiinds of cleaning acids and cleaning slimes and cleaning... erm... liquids. We are making many things clean. <Eugen_Metzger> The amount of grim, filth and rust on this ship is totally unsanitary. <@Climbs_Ladders> Old koboldian saying is "Thing work always, if shiny!" * @Setting (~chatzilla@97-118-118-89.hlrn.qwest.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) <Ozymandias_Crow> I have seen devices, old and foul and black with the grime of centuries and ancient watery depths, and they have worked all too well. * Ozymandias_Crow drifts off, thoughtfully. * Setting (~chatzilla@97-118-118-89.hlrn.qwest.net) has joined #vesmir * BMW_ ponders. "Hmmm, well, maybe when I get the time I can see what I can do." She doesn't understand hardly anything about the mechanical aspects of the engineering area, but she certainly could keep the maintenance in order. * Setting supports this action by BMW. * Setting could use a bath. <Eugen_Metzger> It would be nice if something that was, imaginably, somewhat less grimy, might actually work and consistently work well. *defensively* I'm not bitter about this whole venture. I just wish the place I called home could look a little more like it. or smell a little more like it. * Setting - The Crew walks out from the stairs, and instead of heading straight, the crew is taken left down the hall, passing engineering and the library. <@Climbs_Ladders> Door is being this way little ways. Suddenly appear sometme as crew is being awake now. <Ozymandias_Crow> You assume. * @Climbs_Ladders moves down the corridor with more confidence now that he is in familiar, much safer territory. "Engineers are saying door open because of crew. Engineers are knowing all doors here like scales on hands!" <Qadr> How many doors have opened, Climbs? <Ozymandias_Crow> Did the door tell them it opened because of crew? Assumptions are dangerous. Perhaps the Spider opened it. Perhaps a rogue surge of electricity. *Ozymandias not-quite-mumbles, barely paying attention* <@Climbs_Ladders> Is first door we are seeing... But could be more. Kobolds only stay near engineering and village and ship is so much big. I think we are being here... Edited by Time And Space, Apr 29 2009, 05:44 AM.
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