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Mon 29 Jan 2007
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Jhiaxus Jaunts

Dreams of bees armed with katanas and all shouting "Hi!" with big grins on their faces as they try to sell you slices of pizza dangling from their blade points beset you, and then jab you, each contending for your attention with cries of ...

"Wake up. Wake up." And you do feel pricks all through your skin.

"His blood pressure's normal. Heart rate normal. He looks human, eltee."
Its a professionally concerned voice right above you.

"Yeah, but he appeared out of nowhere. Tell me thats human." Its a skeptical female's voice.

There is some noise all about you. Probably four people from the noises. There is also a tang to the air, and a background humming like a thousand bees that comes from nearby.

"He's coming around, eltee." The medic says.

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Mon 29 Jan 2007
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*groans and puts bees and bears on his list of things that need to be dealt with*

::opens his eyes and prepares to sit up::

*moves his fingers like he is casting a spell*

Abracadabra

*looks at the people probing him*

Sorry my teleport is on jet lag, got any nachos?

*tries to feel around for Siljonic and Lilandra*

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Tue 30 Jan 2007
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You hear a ka-chunk from a weapon to your right as you do the finger wiggle. Everyone pauses, and then relaxes.

"Stormy. Relax."

There is one guy to your right, with a Red Cross symbol on his DuckHunters brand camo shirt. He has a stethoscope out.

A blonde lady with hair in a ragged ponytail, and toting some sort of hand carbine with a solid front stands at your feet, studying you. She's dressed in what you'd have to call a mechanics jumpsuit.

To your left is very short guy with a twitchy look about him, and a M-60 aimed at your head. He's got a "Grateful Dead Are Back. Jerry Garcia Got Cloned!" T-shirt.

And then a relaxed Hispanic guy, balding, limping, steps calmly around to your line of sight.

"I'm Lieutenant Ramirez. Gate Search Team Four. As you might imagine, I've got a ton of questions for you, and not much time. For one thing, tell me what you know about this world."

Behind the blonde you can see a sharp-edged doorway which leads into a corridor. But the door is non-material, and it has no walls except perhaps those of space-time to hold it up.

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Tue 30 Jan 2007
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*looks around*

I don't know a thing about this world.

*looks at the M-60*

M-60 light air cooled machine gun, 7.62 Full Metal Jacket. One of the few vietnam era weapons still worth it's weight in gold. If this isn't earth, then they have great taste in weaponry.

*sits up*

So I guess that means no nachos, so where am I?

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Tue 30 Jan 2007
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The grass is gray-green, short and piercing. The woods are draped with moss that drifts pollen when the wind blows across the clear lawn you are on. The sky is full of pale blues, greens, and a striking purple band.

Two moons, one larger, one smaller than Luna hang in the twilit sky.

You see a shooting dart, perhaps a falling star, perhaps a vehicle race across the firmament.

Stormy grins at you.

"My grandfather gave it to me on his deathbed. He told me a man needed a good weapon when he went exploring. So I couldn't refuse even though it used up a third of my mass allowance." He bends over and kisses the barrel. "Now I bless my grandfather's memory every mission cause Betsy here has saved our bacon many times."

"Nachos are back on the ship through the gate, which is where I'm trying to decide if we should go back too. And I'm trying to decide what to do with you." Ramirez says thoughtfully. He is studying you with focused intensity. "Should I open a permanent gate here? Or should I scamper back home and save the energy? And should I leave you, or take you with me?"

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Tue 30 Jan 2007
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*looks around*

Definatly not Earth, that's for sure. As fire firearms, I have a few, but most of them were a couple miles away when I versed, so all I have with me is my 9mm, an auto shotgun, and a sub machine pistol. I also have a katana and a ninja-to, but I don't know how to use them well.

*grins*

Just the fact alone that I want nachos should be reason enough to take me back. Proves I am human or close nuff to it to enjoy them, I also like pizza, and sugar free soda, hard liquer in said soda. Hmm but anyway, as for the permanent gate, guess it is determined by the cost/benefit analysis, and without know how much capital it takes to create a permenant gate, verses what resources this planet has to offer, I couldn't say.

*considers a moment*

You didn't happen to see a dark skinned elf, about 5'1" in these parts? I'm sure he would have come with me. Also a woman about my height, decked out in silver armor. She is a tougher one, have no idea if she came along for the ride. Either way, I have no way to leave this planet, my porting trick is a one trick pony at the moment of my death.

*smiles*

<Purple>I'm Jhiaxus *looks at the woman* And I'm single *winks*

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Tue 30 Jan 2007
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Ramirez squats down in front of you.

"Okay, here's the deal. I think you're okay, but you have got to ixnay on the weird-o-meter talk. The people back home don't like it. Now this place doesn't look very human, so I'm guessing its best to blow this popsicle stand, and go back. We'll take you with us, okay? But rule one, what happens in the Outworlds stays in the Outworlds."

Meanwhile, you're sensing another verser. Nearby. As his vector keeps circling about near you.

The blonde smiles a bit unwillingly, but amused all the same.

"I'm Tessa, and I like dancing, old-fashioned guys, roses, and since I had three brothers, war-gaming."

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Tue 30 Jan 2007
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*nods*

I like war gaming, I have no idea how to dance, roses are nice, and define old fashioned ::smiles::

::follows the vector with his eyes::

<Purple>Siljonic, were leaving, I don't want to be trapped here, I miss civilization. </Purple

::gathers his nearby stuff and gets ready to go::
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Wed 31 Jan 2007
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"Thats for you to figure out." Tessa replies with a nice smile. "I hear you can take dance lessons from Sandy on Team Two."

Siljonic does not reply. You look about, and walk about, and after a bit, you are circling each other. And then you walk into each other, and still nothing. Its like he's not here....except for that scriff sense.

"Clock's ticking, Jhiaxus." Ramirez says softly.

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Wed 31 Jan 2007
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*considers*

This is a portal right? To your ship, he might be on the ship and we are sensing each other through the dimensions. I know no crazy talk on ship, he can take care of himself.

*finishes gathering his stuff*

I'm ready

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Wed 31 Jan 2007
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And so they walk with you in the midst of them back through the door which vibrates the insides and your eyeballs like you're on a maniac masseuse machine, and up a short corridor ramp to a metal door.

Ramirez does a quick roll call, and then throws a lever. The door pops behind you feeling like you've been smacked in the back with a shovel. And then spray drifts out of the ceiling.

Its acrid and piercing.

The others dance around in the spray, laughing a bit manically themselves.

"Twenty-two missions, and I'm still alive." Stormy shouts to the reverbrating thin metal walls.

And then the door opens, and you smell filtered air waft into the room.

A pinched face man with a prominent name badge

"Doctor Maurice Hanson. Professor of Geology, Quoxodian, Earth, Mars." The badge says.

"I'll debrief the newcomer."

"Can't you let him change into something clean first, Doctor?" Ramirez asks politely.

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Wed 31 Jan 2007
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*looks down at his black outfit, over his armor, both could use a bit of washing*

I could use a shower and a shave, and cleaning my armor and weapons would be nice, but whatever works for you guys.

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Thu 1 Feb 2007
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Doctor Hanson wrinkles his nose, but then motions for you to come with him.

You walk down a long corridor which seems to be made of rippled and compressed fabric, and past about thirty doors of which a few are open. In one of the open ones, you can see a primitive, hand-cranked assembly line moving jugs of water into the ship. They are being put on pallets by irritated looking people with name badges festooned with PHD, and Acadmician, and Summa Cum Laude.

The Doctor takes you beyond this tunnel into a metal floored and carpetted hallway, and to a room on the right. The door slides sideways like Star Trek.

There's a chair and a table in the room.

He takes the chair.

"Okay. I need to know everything about the world you, the Newcomer came from, your job, your status, who you are. Whether in your opinion it would have been valuable to the Ship High Explorer which you are on, and whether you think Team Four misjudged by closing you off from the world of your birth."

He stares past you with pinch-faced intensity while pulling out a computer pad from beneath the table.

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Thu 1 Feb 2007
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*looks at him*

I deal with computers, I can fight, I can do a lot of little things that don't mean much up here, but down on planets like where I came from, are very helpful indeed. I wanted to come, they wanted to take me, seemed like a good idea to me.

*waits for his response*

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Fri 2 Feb 2007
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He gives you a cold stare.

"I see you're not trying to be helpful. To positively impact the societal dynamics of the new sociopolitical matrix you have been temporarily, and might I emphasize that point, temporarily placed in. Every Newcomer is voted on by the Ship's Council to see if they are worth the valuable resources to feed them. Unless you want to be marooned on some desolate world, I suggest you reconsider your answers."

He punches a button on his comppad viciously, and out shoots a sheet of paper. He hands it to you. Its a questionairre.

He gets up, walks to the door, opens it, and wrinkles his nose.

"Please go take a shower."

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Fri 2 Feb 2007
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*grins*

I've been to enough classes where people like this preside over. I make sure I fill out both sides filled with all sorts of useless data, that sounds good about the "planet" I came from. I will then go into detail what I can do. It's not like I didn't want to erase him, but I'm smart enough to know when I have a valueable resource handed to me on a silver platter.

*I will leave the completed questionaire on his desk before leaving to get my shower*

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The Professor scans it, and frowns. And then he walks away.

You take your shower, once you find it. The ten pound pressure water stops after one minute with soap still in your hair. You're looking around wondering if you should dunk your head in the sink when Stormy walks in.

He tosses you a gray chit, and points to a slot in the wall.

"Good for five minutes as a Outworld Team guy. I heard you didn't rat us out to Professor Maurice. Course, if you get in as a staff member to 'vital personell' like Maurice's personal aide, you can get ten minute chits."

He pauses, and looks at you with his face doing a real good poker expression.

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Fri 2 Feb 2007
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*grins*

Thanks for thanks for the extra time, I don't rat people out, besides I didn't like his attitude much.

::smiles::

*finishes getting the soap off and grabs his armor and uses soap and water on it so it doesn't stink anymore*

I'm not a politically correct guy, I say what is on my mind, don't take guff from people who don't show me respect, so I doubt I will be assigned a desk job

*goes back to his stuff, gets out a fresh set of clothes, puts on his armor over them, and his trench on over them, making sure his 2 9mm's, his SMG, his automatic and pump shotgun are where they should be, as well as the extra ammo, and magazines, packs them all into his giant dufflebag*

So where too now? I assume I have a small corner somewhere to sleep in, until my fate is decided.

*I will again attempt to search for versers, more specifically Siljonic, since I know he is about as loyal of a associate I can get without being married to a woman*

Adam
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Sun 4 Feb 2007
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"Well, Ramirez's wife, Claudia is cooking up some food in a couple hours. We always have a party after we get back from a mission. You're invited."

He gives you directions. He tells you its not hard since the High Explorer doesnt' seem that large.

"Go past the cryo tank B, turn right, take hatch five down, and turn left in the third crawlspace and on your right after crawling past two hatches, you'll see a bit of graffitti and then Ramirez' hatch."

Once you're fully dressed, you walk about looking for versers. Your feeling takes you down toward the initial tunnel you were in. Now you can see it clearly.

There is a fabric tunnel extending like a tail from the ship. Its leading toward a sparkling, gyrating thing in the far, indeterminate distance, and for a second, you sway as it seems like the fabric tunnel you're looking into is of infinite distance.

The guard is standing in front of you, and he's armed with a nightstick and a tranq pistol.

"You need permission, sir." He's very respectful. "To enter the Gate Staging Area."

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Mon 5 Feb 2007
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*looks at the tunnel*

Just looking, on my way to a party

*heads back to where the directions were leading him*

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Mon 5 Feb 2007
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You crawl on your knees past the grafitti which shows a dozen different planetary maps all surrounded by a spiralling dragon like out of Chinese myth, and arrive at the hatch to the Ramirez's suite.

Inside, you slide down a ramp on your belly, and then stand with your head brushing the ceiling. Inside, everyone is sitting down around a low table. The team, and children on laps, and significant others clumped close by in the tightly packed room.

The only one standing is a middle-aged lady of Hispanic descent who smiles warmly at you.

"We have nachos in your honor, Jhiaxus. Or will soon once they are done cooking. Please, find a seat.."

"Here." Stormy scoots over, giving you just enough space to squeeze in next to Tessa. Tessa blushes as the rest of the room invents all sorts of questions she was supposedly asking about you in your absence.

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Tue 6 Feb 2007
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*smiles and takes a seat*

Sorry bout all my stuff, don't have a place yet, and I imagine some of this stuff is valueable here. Thanks for inviting me, been awhile since I've been with people that understood everything I say.

*grins and looks around and puts two and two together, will gladly partake in nachos, make polite conversation and flirt with Tessa just enough to show interest, but not enough to not be a gentleman, I will answer any question they have, just happy to be with people to be sociable with*

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Wed 7 Feb 2007
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You spend an enjoyable couple of hours with them. The food is straightforward..tortillas chopped up and fried into nachos, salted, and then ground hamburger, canned beans and spiced tomatoes laid out on top with a layer of queso dip splashed generously over the whole thing.

You get the feeling from attitudes, and from the occasional dropped phrase that you're among what would have been called blue collar and skilled craftsmen back home. Ramirez says he likes this job better than scrubbing out toilets, even if he did catch a flaming arrow in the leg five missions ago.

Tessa seems to like your style.

And then at a signal from Ramirez, the rest, non-team depart for another room. That leaves Stormy, Ramirez, Tessa, and Doc.

"I like you. You fit in with us, at least from our side. I don't know about your side." Ramirez says. "We're in a difficult position here on High Explorer. We were supposed to go to Quoxidian, a planet near Rigel. Thing is the Hyperspace Drive didn't sling us into hyper, but took us sideways. Opened the Sparkle...long story...we got gates. Short story, we got lots of people who need food, and an irradiated planet beneath us. Seems like the folk of this timeline nuked themselves until the bedrock really did glow. Now, you have three choices. 1)Contribute enough to make it worth Explorer's while to keep you. 2)Exile on the next planet that looks half-decent. 3)Get tossed into freezer."

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Wed 7 Feb 2007
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*listens*

I perfer number 1, numbers 2 and 3 don't agree with me. So explain this sideways hyperdrive steam. As for food, I can understand that, your trying to feed a ship worth of people for a trip they didn't expect. I will contribute, but I don't seem to fit in with the professor types.

*listens intently to answers*

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Wed 7 Feb 2007
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"Well, that leaves working with the Sparkle and the Drive which is ....really weird. The Drive Techs die quick, and are strange. Something about sticking your head into infinity too many times. If you don't like that, that leaves the Outworld Teams." Stormy says with a chuckle.

"Now, there's been theories since oh, 1947 that there were alternate dimensions. Some pretty convincing evidence too, if you ask me. Including the Vanishing Women. I know some people think it was a hoax. And there's all this evidence that no one in power even read. So, they build a D-drive predicated on their not being other dimensions. They laughed about it. Said we'd slide sideways if we could. But the universe wasn't like that, they knew because they got the big bucks at the Physics Labs."

"Problem is, Reality doesn't care what your theories are." The Doc finishes for Stormy with a sour look. "I've had more stay-at-home Doctors of this and that tell me that Outworld Shock doesn't exist. But I've felt it."

He shrugs.

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Wed 7 Feb 2007
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*grins*

I think I will stick with going on the Outworld Teams, you know high adventure, meet and kill new and interesting people.

*waits for the punchline to hit*

Seriously, there must be advanced, and primitive civilizations out there, so sounds more interesting than pushing papers.

*looks down at his armor and hardware*

Besides, I've hardly had to shoot any of these guns yet.

*smiles and steals a look at Tessa*

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Wed 7 Feb 2007
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Over the next two days they get you outfitted which in your case means they give you a tiny room off a crawlspace, and some chits for food, showers, and free time in the petting zoo/aquarium area which is the primary highlight for the ship.

The main layout of the ship is simple. Its a ladder with another ladder inserted at right angles to the first. But, you could easily get lost in the crawl spaces.

It does seem the favorite kid game on board is "Hide and Seek" which might be a problem but every kid wears a locator beacon necklace.

And thus you find yourself standing, weapons ready in the Tunnel, facing a door. The lights and other non-essential power has run at half-power for the last two hours, but now, everything but led lights goes dark. And the air grows still. Battery air packs on necklaces keep people from strangling in their own gas exhaust.

And then the door swings open, and you feel a rising hum. The door shuts, and <pop>. The wall in front of you suddenly has a humming door in front of it.

Cool air and mint smells drift in along with a faint green light.

"Anyone want to pull the panic cord, just remember, the Team's motto. Do now, find an excuse later because the Outworlds want to eat your bones."

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Thu 8 Feb 2007
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*looks at the sight and sniffs the air*

Let's kick this pig

*checks his katana and ninja-tu, automatuc shotgun, smg and 9mm's and nods that he is ready to go through*

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Fri 9 Feb 2007
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You walk out into a field of green mint, crushing it underfoot, and releasing the powerful scent. There are two moons in the air like the previous world you were in, but otherwise it seems totally different.

Walking further, you come to the edge of the patch of mint and enter clover. Hear you find a number of happy bunnies. The edge between these grasses is not quite straight, but pretty close.

In the mid-distance there is a rim of rocks around the valley you're in. Occasionally you see what might be a very large bird flying above the rocks.

"DNA meter says its compatible." Doc says. "We can eat rabbit if we like."

"Can you shoot a rabbit, Jhiaxus, or do you have a better plan?"

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Fri 9 Feb 2007
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*looks at the rabbit*

Isn't ammo scarse? I don't have a lot, would rather save it for defending us.

*takes out some throwing stars and throws them at the rabbit*

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Fri 9 Feb 2007
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Tessa is fascinated as is Ramirez having never seen anything like this before. Stormy has read about it in books, and Doc is resigned to any form of bloodshed.

You nail about four rabbits, the creatures are so unaware of threats, that they don't bolt very far even as you star them.

And then you see one of the large birds flying your way. It gets closer. It turns into a wobbling trashcan sized robot with two outriders which seem to be lifting it.

"You are not r-r-r-r-rr-registered at Jormungar N-N-N-N-Natural Habitat." It pauses, and wobbles a bit in the air. Looking at it gives you the impression of ancientness.

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Fri 9 Feb 2007
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*looks at Swoop the birdie transformer*

It is an oversight, we should be registered under Jhiaxus, if not, we will need to strighten this out post haste.

*doesn't bat an eyelash*

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Mon 12 Feb 2007
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It pauses.

"I will go back to the main datacontrol center. I'm sorry, but my wireless connection seems to be non-functional. You are instructed to wait here, and obey all the rules of the Habitat while you wait. Infractions, such as killing animals or other deliberate vandalism will be treated most harshly by the SecureBots."

It turns about and begins to fly away.

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Mon 12 Feb 2007
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*looks back at the guys, and waits for it to be out of sight before speaking*

I think we can safely assume that this area is not good for what the ship is looking for. We should probably leave ASAP. Taking the rabbits I already killed should be done as well.

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Tue 13 Feb 2007
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The team heads back with no disagreement, but some dissapointment. When you get back, everyone gets raked over the coals by management.

And the next day, you're in the chute again waiting for the 'pop' of another universe opening in front of you.

You hear the shush, shush of long grass blowing, and smell dust. Stepping out, you see a vast plains. In the distance, you can see power lines. and further on, you can see what might be a farmhouse.

The sky is blue, and insects hum in the grass.

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Wed 14 Feb 2007
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*looks around*

Looks like 20th Century Earth, the powerlines are above ground, looks rural. What again are our objectives in order of importance? If this is an Earth like planet, we can possibly achieve those goals here.

*looks around for more than one moon, color of the sun, etc*

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Wed 14 Feb 2007
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The sun is yellow, and you see no moon in the sky. But it looks surprisingly like home.

"We need food, water, certain rare minerals, certain devices...the more dense and quickly gotten the better since a gate gets progressively harder to keep open. After the first surge of power to open one, it dips to ten percent, and then over time it goes up and up and up. So an emphasis on speed is good. If you really thinks this would be an excellent place, we could hold the door for a week until we get to fifty percent power drain...." Ramirez says as his team fans out to take soil samples and capture insects.

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Wed 14 Feb 2007
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*nods*

This looks a lot like where I origionally came from. There is definatly food and water, technology is probably equal to what I have on me. What rare minerals. I can say with some certainty, that the food and water can be gotten. You might even find the ammo for weapons cheaply here. The minerals, who knows, but I think it's worth keeping the gate open. Let's head to the farmhouse when your team is done to meet the locals.

*looks at his wallet*

I have a couple of hundred US dollars, if this is home, that can buy a good amount of stuff. I'm sure we can barter for more....

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Fri 16 Feb 2007
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msg #39

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

"Management doesn't like to barter." Stormy says with a twisted grin.

Ten minutes later, you and the others are trekking across the grasses. You walk over a hill, and come to a fence with barbed wire (three strands) above it and in another hundred feet along the fence you see a sign.

"No Trespassing. Trespassers will be shot! By Order of the Ministry of Strategic Offense."

You continue on down, and the fence takes a sudden left turn, and its another hundred yards to the edge of the farmhouse yard. You can see a guy in blue jean overalls who is chivvying a pig from one coral to another.

There is also a really bright green truck in the front yard.

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Fri 16 Feb 2007
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msg #40

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*looks at this*

Definatly not home, so someone else should get that guys attention and find out what type of place this is.

*waits patiently for what could be a very bad situation*

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Fri 16 Feb 2007
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Tessa volunteers, and shortly thereafter she has brought over a balding farmer with a bemused look on his face. He surveys your weapons, and uniforms and obviously decides its none of his concern.

"My names Robert O'Neill. You're on the O'Neill farm, goes back in my family to before the War of Secession. Young lady here said something about ya'll wanting to buy some foodstocks, maybe a couple pigs...?"

He wipes his head with a red hankerchief, and leans back on his heels to wait for offers.

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Fri 16 Feb 2007
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msg #42

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*listens*

I'm sure one of the others will handle the negotiations, I'm just wondering a few things. Why all the fences and signs, are there armed personal nearby?

*lets the leader handle the negotiations, just curious as to what situation he is in now*

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Fri 16 Feb 2007
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"Oh, well, I figured you for the sort who were on the army base. Uniforms and all. I guess, I'm not supposed to say, really, fear of High Court spies, but I figure the satellites run from Atlanta can see me just as clear as day, but to respect the security laws, lets just say y'know what I mean when I say 'flying flagpoles with a mighty big sparkler at the tip', right, young man?"

He winks at you, and then goes back to bargainning. It seems that there is a bit of a problem as he doesn't have any money you recognize or the others. He's got President McMillan on his dollar bill.

"New dollars. I ain't sure why the PowersThatBe changed from Grants to McMillan who by my lights tweren't much of a man, but then the Powers, they don't listen to no farmer anyhow, and so what do I care what they think?"

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Fri 16 Feb 2007
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msg #44

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

Nods and smiles at the farmer. At least he doesn't seem to be a bad guy.

*pulls out his wallet and takes out an old style 50, with Grant on it*

Was this ever used around here? It was in my daddy's collection, just wondering.

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Fri 16 Feb 2007
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He examines it.

"Well, this looks like the old Kaintuck state dollar. Not good for anything nowadays...'cept I know a feller over in Carson who likes nothing better than collecting odd coins and such."

He does some calculating in his head.

"Way I figure it, he'll give me ninety, and that will be ten for methane, and then we halves it, and so I owe you forty. Does that seem fair to you?"

There is some more dickering, and Ramirez totes you away.

"We do have some universal interchange devices, and some videos...but I can tell this old farmer's never seen a bunch of our movies, not even Kindred of the Stars one through five. In other words, I could buy some stuff, but my best stuff is going to be obviously above the tech level here, and its going to be Other. So, you seem to know this guy...."

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Fri 16 Feb 2007
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msg #46

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*smiles to Ramirez*

I have little use for this money, I don't know him, but I know people like him, so it's cool. You'll get my back somewhere else.

*goes back to the farmer*

I would like to go back with nothing, so let's see if we can barter for the other 40. I'm sure you have something else I need.

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Mon 19 Feb 2007
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msg #47

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

You start dickering with him, and after an hour you both have a lot of new stuff that is making the both of you quite happy.

The farmer has also offered to round up some stuff from his neighbours, and take it to a point near but out of sight of the door. However, he thinks that will take tonight and part of tommorrow.

Ramirez calls a council of the whole team fifty feet away from the farmer.

"Okay, Jhiaxus here has gotten us enough that we could call this a successful mission right now, and go home, shut the door, and go elswhere manana'. Or we could hang about, and maybe really rake in some good stuff tommorrow. Thoughts, comments, bbq recipes for pork spare ribs?"

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Mon 19 Feb 2007
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msg #48

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*considers*

I'd hate to meet up with whoever controlls this place and have a gunbattle, if they have mechanised infrantry, we will not survive. I say get while the getting is good.

*if they agree, I will thank the farmer for his help, but we are in a hurry, grab the stuff and go*

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The farmer is a bit dissapointed, but he has his wife pack you up a nice picnic lunch, and you're off. Soon enough, you're at Ramirez's appartment again, but this time eating country ham slices and buttermilk biscuits with spinach and bacon on the side. Everyone has an expression of awe on their faces at 'real, fresh food'. There is a bit of a to-do about it later since some others thought it should be theirs, but the goods brought pacify, and besides it was considered a 'private' gift.

Of course, the Intake Acounts guy who made this determination had his understanding of the rules reinforced by being given a hot ham and biscuit...

The next day, its through another gate. You're told after this gate, you'll have a four day layover.

You step through, and into a suburban backyard. You feel a verser.

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Wed 21 Feb 2007
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msg #50

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*looks around*

Ok I feel someone like me, it might be the buddy I'm looking for, anyone have any objections in me leading the way?

*looks around some more*

Keeping a low profile here, it probably good, looks like a surburban neigherborhood, don't need the cops to detain us

*makes sure his shotgun is shouldered under his duster*

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They are agreeable, and you slip out of the backyard keeping an eye out for a pet dog, but you see no mutt on guard in any of the neighbours or your current yard.

A guy walking past sees you walking out of the backyard, and he stares for a second, and then obviously decides its none of his business.

Your team walks through the streets of what seems to be a medium-sized town, and you note that you're the largest group around. At most, you see two people together. You never see a group like five teenybopper girls on skates or a clot of businesspeople on the way to lunch.

And then you come up to a ranch style house, and from checking the vectors, you're sure your fellow verser is in there.

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Wed 21 Feb 2007
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msg #52

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*I walk up to the house and ring the doorbell*

*waits for a response*

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msg #53

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

Some young guy, you can't really see more, opens the front door a crack, and asks "Who is it?" with definite overtones of extreme caution in his voice. You wouldn't be at all surprised from his look and manner if he had a gun close to hand.

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msg #54

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

He yells at you Jhiaxus..."Get out of here before I end you."

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Thu 22 Feb 2007
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msg #55

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*shrugs*

You weren't who I was looking for anyway. You may live.

*smiles and turns to leave*

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Fri 23 Feb 2007
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msg #56

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

The door quickly shuts, and you walk away with the rest of your team wondering whats going on.

You lead them down the street a couple hundred yards, and then Ramirez says "Stop."

"Okay, whats the plan now? I don't like the looks people keep giving us, a mixture of fear and hatred, so I want everyone to be ready for trouble, but so far so good."

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Fri 23 Feb 2007
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msg #57

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*smiles*

Well if this is suburbia, there are three things we should be looking for. A walmart/target, a supermarket, and a gun store.

*grins at Tessa*

Perhaps a jewerly store, but I digress, this place is definatly too weird to keep a permenant door open, so let's see what we can get and get going.

Jhiaxus
This message was lightly edited by the GM at 16:38, Fri 23 Feb 2007.

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msg #58

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You find a Target. Its got a set of scope markings added to the red bullseye symbol.

Its smaller than you might expect, perhaps only a hundred thousand square feet.

Inside is a small grocery store as well, and a jewelry counter.

There are no guns for sale.

The food is about what you would expect, but 1) There are obvious cameras watching your every move in this section. 2)Everything is tightly sealed in small containers.

You can't buy a gallon of milk, but you can buy a cardboard box with ten individually packaged six ounce containers of milk. The only thing that seems normally packaged is eggs. For hamburger, the largest size is one pound, and its in a clear, hard plastic shell.

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Mon 26 Feb 2007
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msg #59

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*looks around*

This doesn't look right, not one bit, way too sanitary and organized......I bet my money won't buy anything here...

*walks up to a cashire and asks them if they have change for a dollar, as he hands them one of his*

*waits for the bad things to happen*

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Tue 27 Feb 2007
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Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

The thin, mousy looking girl behind the counter with the slightly oily hair all tied up in pigtails,a nd bound tightly winces when she sees your money.

She then opens up the drawer, and rustles around a bit, and finally tosses a roll of coins on the counter.

"Take it." She picks up your dollar with a tweezer, and drops it in the garbage. "Take it please, and go. Just, y'know, leave me alone. Don't hunt me, please. This is the only job I could get above being a convenience store clerk, and you know how the cops laugh when they get whacked."

She's practically in hysterics.

"Please." She begs you with tears in her eyes, and then petrified, she looks about to see if anyone is watching her.

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Tue 27 Feb 2007
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msg #61

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*leaves the roll of coins there and walks out of the store*

*to the others*

If we stay here, people are going to die, either them or us, either way it will not end up a good mission, so I recommend we get out of here and try somewhere else less psychotic.

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Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

The others are not so happy with you as they talk with you in front of the store.

"Maybe you're right, but it would be nice to at least take some food back home. The manager types are not going to be happy if we tell them of a fully stocked grocery with lobster, and we didn't bring them any." Stormy says irritably.

"I dunno, I'm with Jhiaxus. That girl, the cash register, she was on heavy meds." Doc says. "And still, she almost suffered a breakdown in public."

"I think you should stay." You look down, and see a Raven picking up a french fry off the street with its talon. "Really. Besides you owe me a favor, and I don't like the beings who run this place." He slurps down the fry. "Mmmm. good. Not as nice as a worm, or a nice fresh, human eye, but it'll do."

The others on your team are slowly backing away from the Raven.

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Tue 27 Feb 2007
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msg #63

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*sighs*

The raven wants some carnage, you guys need food. Here is the plan, we have no money to pay for this stuff, we each take a cart we load it up, and we head for the doorway riding on the back of the cart. That was the Raven is happy, since it will cause some chaos, the managers will be happy to see carts full of food. It a bad plan, but it's the only one that's going to make this trip worthwhile.

*looks to the Raven*

That enough chaos for you? The people that run this place will try to stop us, so there will be plenty of what you want.

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"That will likely work here. There is no unity except under submission to the Status Board."

The Raven allows.

"But, I'm after more than chaos. And for something a bit grander than a shopping cart." It pauses and looks at Ramirez. "How about an SMRX-19, designated this world 'Sydney'? You have the authority to do this. Do this, and Odin will be grateful. Don't do this, and find out what happens to people who tick of the Nordic pantheon like the Xcarigllynt and his friends have."

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Thu 1 Mar 2007
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msg #65

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*shrugs*

Up to you, we can do this, get the food, and end the suffering of these poor people.

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Ramirez gives you a long look, and then nods.

He pulls out a small box, opens its guard, and speaks into it for several minutes, repeating various authorizations.

Two minutes later you hear a sonic boom overhead, and something darts across the sky too quick to make out any detail but a sense of length and shininess.

The Raven is ecstatic.

"Ramirez, health and children. Stormy, you will never be captured and when you die your enemies will build an altar to you for fear of your spirit coming back to haunt them such will be their fear of you. Doc, Test tube 23. Jhiaxus, the door after the next will have Siljonic behind it. Beautiful Tessa, either you will live forever, or you will marry a handsome prince, and have many children."

Ramirez flexes his leg which has been shot a while back, and never fully recovered, and the stiffness seems to be gone. A bullet drops out of his pants leg and clunks on the ground.

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Thu 1 Mar 2007
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msg #67

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*looks around*

I don't know how much time we have but let's grab some food and go

*assuming we have the time to do so, grab shopping carts, make a mad dash for whats needed, and then a mad dask for the doorway*

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Everyone gets a cart, and while people stare at you as your team loots and pillages, everyone is way too paranoid to actually get in your way. So you sail out the door with five shopping carts full, and no one stopping you.

You're on your way up the street, hoping not to meet a cop, when you see people walk out of their houses on the right and left. They seem to be in shock, and want to talk to each other, but don't know how.

"Lets move faster. Hopefully, the chaos will cover our retreat, but I bet any cop who sees us is going to shoot first and ask questions later."

You see one teenager doing a happy dance in his driveway.

"Ding dong, the witch is dead. Sydney went bye-bye." He yells out, and others stare at him. "No more Hunts. No more Hunts." He chants out giving them all the finger.

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Thu 1 Mar 2007
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msg #69

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*is actually happy, seeing these people free makes him feel good inside*

*smiles as he pushes his cart toward the doorway, to Tessa*

Next time we have a day off, we should hang out, on a date.

*eurphoric like a conquering hero*

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You get back to the ship, passing a couple cop cars, but they are trying to keep order as some preachers stroll through a suburb with loudspeakers and preach passive resistance to any agencies of the Hunt. They have a fairly large crowd following them.

The only weird moment is when one of the preachers raises his hand, and calls for silence.

"I have a message that I feel laid on my spirit. The ship team should go up Wyngarde street rather than Perkins." He pauses. "I have no idea what this means people, but I just felt I should say it."

But Ramirez is willing to take Wyngarde even if its longer. And halfway up it, you hear an outbreak of gunfire from the direction of Perkins Street.

Tessa has been thinking about your offer. She turns to you at the last moment before the door, and nods.

"Pick me up at my apartment at 1900 hours tommorrow. I know we have a day off then."

Once back in the ship, the mood changes to ice. And you find out why Tessa was sure the team was going to have a day off. The Management is not that happy about launching one of their few nuclear armed cruise missiles on Ramirez's say so.

"So, what do you have to say for yourselves?" Is the question in the debriefing room.

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Fri 2 Mar 2007
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msg #71

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*stands up to speak*

I'm just going to come out to say it, that world had supernatural influences on it, and it was made clear that either we did that, or it would use it's powers to make life difficult for this ship

*pauses*

We placated it, was allowed to bring back a large amount of food. I realize a nuclear weapon is a price to pay, but we can bring back materials for a nuclear weapon, or more food from another world, or you may have lost a whole team there. A team that comes back alive can make better on another run, one that does, is just gone.

*says his peace*

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"Ah, I see." The questioner behind the table turns to the door, and waves. A bullet-headed man sticks his head in. "Jhiaxus requires further debriefing with Lysander. Please escort him."

"Yes, ma'am." The very large man steps in, looks at you, and then holds the door open, and waves for you to preceed him.

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Fri 2 Mar 2007
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msg #73

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*goes the the man for his "further" debriefing*

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He takes you to a room where you can change into a new set of provided clothes, and leave your items in a locker. The clothers are white. A pair of trousers and a t-shirt is provided.

"We need to monitor your physical condition. Make sure that no drugs were accidentally ingested. In world twenty-two, oh, wow, the very air was hallucinogenic. The team came back higher than a kite."

He opens a door, and points to a hallway.

"I'll wait out here while you change. Just knock when you want to go to the test."

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msg #75

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*changes into the new clothes and takes a bullet for the team and waits for the tests*

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A pschyologist goes over in as much detail as you will permit the whole thing. He nods, and two large men step into the room.

"I'm afraid our team member needs some recuperation time. Mr. Jhiaxus, this is for your own good. Such fantasies as you entertain are very dangerous. So, Bob and Jack here are going to take you down to your room. We'll discuss your pharmaceutical treatments and therapy tommorrow. But for now, a good nights rest."

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OOC: Welcome to the loony bin.

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Tue 6 Mar 2007
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msg #77

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*smiles*

I'll take the rest

*I will hold any medicine they put in my mouth, I will pretend I am terrified of needles, I will tuck the pills in the corner of my mouth*

*I will spend my rest time, practicing my psionics skills to see if they work here*

(OOC: Welcome to your nightmare :P)

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You spend a week practising your most basic psi skills, and getting better at hiding pills. They catch you at it a few times, and one time Bob stuffs them down your throat with a metal clamp to hold your mouth open ready if he needs it. However, Jack, when he catches you just gives them back to you, and puts his fingers to his lips. He makes hand symbols to let you know that your team has bribed him.

Your more advanced psi skills don't seem to work.

Right now, they have you working on Primal Bellow therapy which has you beating up innocent pillows and yelling out your rage as loud as you can. The therapists is hopeful that with perhaps five more weeks of rehab, you can be returned to society.

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Tue 6 Mar 2007
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msg #79

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*I nod to Jack in thanks*

I see no reason why not to beat the crap out of things. I will use the small amount of ninjitsu I learned from the other world to get better, figuring, this is a small price to pay than to let his team take the fall*

*I will continue to hide pills and practice what psi skills that worked*

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During the five weeks, you've gotten quite deft at hiding pills, and your basic psi skills have improved as well.

Your pschyologist tries to keep you in treatment, but you can see he is under pressure to let you go. It makes him rather bitter.

When you're released, your team meets you, and they escort you to a door in the tunnel. Its the fourth door. Its open, and goods are being conveyerbelted into the ship.

"This is Goldstrike. Its an excellent source of food and water, and so forth. The people here will sell you anything, well almost."

They lead you past an indoor market where ship's officers are buying various items, and to a side room. You step in, and the lights go on.

Most of the Teams are assembled here, and the band strikes up "Hail the Conquering Hero." As Team Leaders 1-7 with 4 and 5 on duty elsewhen, come up to shake your hand, and compliment you on giving Management a hard time.

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Thu 8 Mar 2007
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msg #81

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*smiles and shakes people's hand*

It was my fault my team got in trouble for all that, that raven came for me, so it was only right I took the brunt of it.

::smiles and whispers to Tessa::

So did I get a raincheck for that date?

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Ramirez grins at the other team leaders.

"I told you. I'm lucky to have him." They nod and smile slightly back. You're surrounded for the moment by guys and gals who have seen all manner of chaos and war, and lived to tell about it.

One of the other team leaders, a guy with a scar running down from his forehead to his jawline lightly punches you on the shoulder.

"If you get tired of Rammie, just come over to Team Seven."

He winks broadly at Ramirez, and begins to walk away.

"He's still ticked I stole Stormy from his team." Ramirez says, and that starts a good-natured arguement. Tessa appears at your arm to steal you away.

When you ask your question, she gives you a starry-eyed look.

"Bravery and loyalty count for much in my book. I've long been looking for a man I could trust which is why I make my fellows jump through hoops. I can't stand the Management types who want me to be 'liberated' by which they mean easy."

She gives you a questioning glance as she draws you out onto the dance floor.

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Fri 9 Mar 2007
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msg #83

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*smiles*

I haven't had the time to learn, but I am willing to try, if your ok with dancing with a guy who was too cool for dancing a lifetime ago

*walks with her to the dance floor*

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She laughs easily with melody in her voice.

"Well, I will, if you forgive me for thinking boys were icky. But I was seven years old at the time, and I've changed my mind since then."

She's a good dancer, and you find your lesson/dance to be grace, charm, and fun with you and her exchanging low key jokes, and chattering easily as you learn about each other.

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Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*smiles*

I was different, I liked girls from 8 years old, they didn't like me in that way of course, most have at least liked men if not me by now. *winks*

*I follow her lead, thank here for showing me how, and looking forward to more of it in the future, being a gentleman, enjoying her conversation until late into the night*

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The night ends with a kiss at her hatch, and a soft smile from her without reservation, and you feeling like dancing down the hall. So when you round the third corner, and are near your apartment, you're completely unprepared for a slug in the gut that doubles you over which is followed by a right cross to your cheekbone that knocks you into a wall.

You see two assailants in front of you, and hear, you think, through the ringing in your ears, someone coming up behind you.

"Well, whattya know, Images bleed." The one on the right says who is sucking at his bleeding knuckles with a grin on his face.

"Its not real blood, just dreamstuff." The one on the left says.

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msg #87

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*wipes the blood away from with one hand and twists his mesmorization ring around and shows it to them*

Dreams can turn into nightmares quickly.

*uses the distraction to get to his apt and grab his shotgun by the door waiting for them to be stupid enough to follow him*

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You dart past them, and then they give chase, but you're into your apartment before they can catch you. Some fists pound on the hatch, and then you hear the fading of footsteps.

The damage is not that much, and with a bit of antiseptic cream on the corner of your lip, and a wincing check on your stomach, and you're good to go.

Sleep comes quickly with weird dreams of Tessa dancing with you, and then belting you in the mouth.

The next day, you're with Ramirez in the target range getting proficient with shooting again, although since you're using laser designators, instead of actually firing your guns...

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*shoots*

Some guys tried to beat me up yesterday on my way back to the apartment. Three guys total.

*gives Ramirez their description as he shoots, making sure he doesn't leave his apt unarmored or without the SMG and 9mm on him*

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After questioning you for more details, Ramirez nods.

"You're an Outworlder, and to complicate things, you're dating Tessa. In the Management, there is a small faction that believes in the 'Imagist Theory' which says that the Outworlds are dreams created by us. Most of them believe this means that 'Images' have no rights, and aren't human. There are very few Imagists in the Explorers Teams."

He raises a second finger in the air.

"Point two. Tessa is rather good looking, and ladylike and she had a number of offers, but she has rather strong standards as to who she will date. She has these notions of honor, loyalty, and respect. Now, many in Management feel these notions are 'archaic', 'vestiges of false consciousness', 'subscribing to the patriarchy', and oh, lots of other catchphrases which boil down to in my opinion, to 'hey babe, I'm smart and have a high status position, lets get it on.' and 'one night stands'. We had a couple guys we had to 'explain things' to in a dark corner after she joined my team because they wouldn't take a hint. You really don't want to tick Stormy off, he's mean. And Doc, well, he knows a lot about what pressure to put on nerve centers."

He looks sideways at you.

"So, are you going to stop dating Tessa?"

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Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*smiles*

I have no intention to stop dating or, nor do I have any ill intentions to her. She is deciding what speed we go, and I'm fine with that.

*grins*

Besides I like her, and I refuse to let other people intimidate me into relenting. They caught me without my armor and weapons after just been released from observation. They will not catch me unarmored or unarmed again.

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Ramirez nods his approval, and the next day you and the team are waiting before another door into a new universe. You step out into a sweet-smelling park with a rail car restauraunt in the background.

The park is...manicured. Every leaf is just so.

The door of the rail car opens, and a really cute little girl rushes out.

"Bjorne! Visitors!"

The door opens again, and a purple dinosaur waddles out. He has a Norwegian accent.

"Velcome, velcome, new friends from vund dimension next vover."

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msg #94

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*grins*

*I will deal with this horrible place, knowing that Siljonic will be through the next door, just going to smile and deal with this hell on earth*

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Bjorne speaks. "You may sit out here if you like, or you can go through that door into the railcar, and get some cucumber sandwhiches, and a nice glass of milk. But before you do, is there anyway I can help you?"

He waves his hands, and there is some sparkles, and a giant chair with an umbrella above it appears. He sits down in it.

"Do you want chairs as well, or would you prefer to stand? Either way is fine with me since I love you all so much, and am so happy to see visitors."

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Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*grins*

We are just visiting other worlds to find supplies, like food, water, provisions. We are trapped on the other side, and without constant resupply, we won't make it. Whatever help you can provide would be appreciated.

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"Hmmm, wow. I sure would like to help, but I'm not sure how. Would a cornucopia help?"

He waves his paw, and a spiral basket appears next to you. Its filled with luscious apples and pears and oranges. Unable to contain himself Stormy grabs one for each of you, and you see the cornucopia refills itself within seconds.

The smell of fresh pear and apple hits your nose, and makes your mouth water. After six weeks of oatmeal, and hot dogs, and lime jello as dessert only on special days, the aroma is intoxicating.

"Could you do two dozen baskets of this fruit instead?" Ramirez asks.

"Sure, but thats going to give you less after perhaps a day." Bjorne says.

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msg #98

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*grabs a apple and an orange his favorites*

We thank you, a day is fine, were just happy for this fine food.

*grabs another orange and peels the first one offering it to Tessa, before peeling one for himself*

*will enjoy the fresh food and company while he waits*

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Your team loads up the food, and heads back. That night, there is apple pie, and much rejoicing.

The gate to Purple Dino Land is closed at Ramirez's command.

The next day you're standing in the chute as the doorway pops open.

You see a young Black teenager with a big grin on his face.

"Excellent indeed. The Pan-Dimensional Vortex worked perfectly. I knew if I could only figure out pi to 10 to the 11th decimal places, I'd have the key to Gate Travel."

He rubs his hands together in glee.

"Pardon moi, my name is Jon Quick, and my friend over behind the machine is Kevin Riley." A hand waves from behind a mass of machinery in what looks like a bedroom.

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msg #100

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*cocks an eyebrow*

Well that's one way to look at it, another would be that we initiated a gate.

*feels around for Siljonic*

The again the ship could use a device like this to get back to where it needs to be.

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"Oh, well, that explains why it went so smoothly then. You say you have a ship with problems? Could I come aboard, and examine your ship?"

You do feel several scriff senses at differing vectors.

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msg #102

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*shrugs*

That's up to Rameriez.

*looks around and locks onto the most familiar one*

We've got multiple versers here, I need to check them out.

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"Um, I guess it'd be okay." Ramirez says to both you and Jon Quick. Jon slips by with a gleeful grin, and heads into the ship.

A young guy who a few years past could play the part of Opie with his wide eyes, straw red hair standing up every which way, and his respectful but curious manner raises his head from behind the machine.

"That makes me your native guide. Whats a verser, and how do we track them down?"

Ramirez splits the team with him and Tessa going back to handle Jon in the ship. Stormy to guard the gate, and Doc to make contact with the locals. You're free to roam, but check in every hour, and be ready to come back real quick if you need to.

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msg #104

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*nods*

A verser is an extradimential traveller without the aid of any device. I can feel them naturally.

*goes to the closest one, if he cannot differentiate which one Siljonic is*

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Kevin Riley takes you down the hall of what looks like a converted school, and to a garage in which rests a robin egg's blue and white '57 Thunderbird convertible.

Despite the fact that he looks thirteen, he climbs in and buckles up his five point harness. You do likewise, and then the roof opens up, and the car lurches straight upwards into the sky.

You travel about a hundred miles across a large city, and then countryside to see a tall, thin man with a stovepipe hat peering intently at something in his hand. Next to him, a striking, and althletic female with gold-toned skin, and hair is setting up some sort of tripod.

She waves at you.

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Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*waves back and unbuckles himself and jumps out of the air car*

I'll be right back

*waves back to the woman as he walks over*

Heya I'm Jhiaxus, you haven't per chance seen a 5'2" verser with jet black skin, white hair, purple eyes, about 120 pounds, wearing chainmail, and other anchient weapons have you? Sorry, who are you as well?

*smiles*

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"Hail and well met, Jhiaxus of the Two Towns." She pauses as you continue with your speech. "Oh, then this is your first time meeting us. This is my husband, Baron Coranado, and I am She-Who-Is-Gold. We're researchers of the Multiverse, but we haven't seen any other versers in this universe, yet. We got too caught up in identifying a unique strain of amphibian."

The man looks up at you, and through you. With an abstracted smile, he shows you the frog gently confined between his fingers.

"Have you seen such pronounced laryngeal black spots on any amphibious beings you're familar with? Oh, and darling, give him the datapack, and the questionairre."

She reaches back to the suitcase on wheels behind her, and pulls out a thick sheaf of paper, and a ten page questionairre.

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msg #109

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*I hate paperwork*

*looks at the paper*

Sounds like you know of me, and I don't know of you. Mind if I fill this out on the road. I don't know how long I have, my team is keeping the door open, I can drop this off on my way back?

*looks at them ready to jump into the car for the next source and to do the survey along the way*

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They look a bit disapointed, but they also seem to realize you're doing them a favor and it wouldn't be so cool for them to complain how you did the favor.

You hop into the flying car, and zip off. This time its further, and it requires a bit of hunting.

You land in a city park on the far side of a small ocean. The local architecture tends toward curves and bright colors.

A young kid, perhaps ten, is sitting on a bench. It looks like he is balancing small pebbles on top of each other with a stack nearly a foot high. It looks like something far more difficult than making a house of cards since he's also using as a foundation the palm of his left hand.

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msg #111

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*looks at the kid, and just waving as he takes off to the next blip, not wanting to be rude, but time is a factor*

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You fly over a low mountain range and head toward a coastal city surrouned by verdant fields and forrests. In a park overlooking the crashing waves of the ocean, you track down three versers.

One's your friend with his swords in hand. He is facing a red headed young guy with a <blink> light saber in his hand. A female in Victorian dress is standing off on the side.

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msg #113

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*gets his friend to let down the aircar*

Whoa...Whoa....Whoa....what's going on here. Siljonic, that's a lightsaber it can cut through your weapons if magic doesn't work here, and slice you in half. Why are you two fighting?

*has his autoshotgun on sling over his shoulder and can pull it up fast if lightsabre boy decides to get uppity*

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"Magic works here, my friend. It is good to see you."

You notice as you move up that the female has produced a very small pistol from her purse that she holds pointed off to the side, and not aimed at anyone in particular. Her composed face shows no fear.

"It is a point of honor, sir. And I'd be glad if you could dissuade your friend from contesting it with me." The redhead says with a winning smile, and yet his clear blue eyes are some of the coldest you've ever seen.

They approach and clash, disengage, and circle.

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msg #115

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*shakes his head*

Both of you back off from each other, weapons down, so I can hear what started this. Call it my need to know.

*looks down at his watch*

Siljonic I promised the team I would be back ASAP, so please let's resolve this non violently. It was by luck and nuking a evil gawdlike entity, that I was able to find you.

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The Redhead grins, and steps back with a casual cool. Its like he's able to flip a switch in his head. Siljonic backs up as well.

"When you say 'nuke' do you mean you used a nuclear bomb on someone?" the Redhead asks with bright interest. "If I may, and you can correct me if I'm being unfair, Siljonic. We were both abused and had devices stolen from us from Prof. Mortack. We managed to steal one of his ships. Unfortunately it only has space for two, and since I want to go with my wife, and Siljonic wants it to go get his devices...well, we have aproblem."

Siljonic nods in aggreement.

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Well it was a missile, and I was told by a chaotic, but not untrustworthy avatar, that it would be in everyone's best interest. As for this Prof. Mortack, where is he at? Can the aircar make it to where we need to go? What exactly was stolen?

*pauses and turns to the kid in the aircar*

Is your vehicle spaceworthy? If it buttons up?

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Siljonic tells you that his gold, and one of his magic items was stolen. He also feels insulted by Mortack. The kid says this is only for air, but Jon Quick does have the Lunar Laser, a ship capable of flying to Mars. Prof. Mortack has a base on the Moon.
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msg #120

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*to Siljonic*

We have a way up there Siljonic, we'll up there, a little later than your new friends, but we will get your stuff back, and perhaps more.

*smiles*

Ok Jon Quick, let's get back and get ship of yours, and let my team know we may have to extend our stay by a few hours.

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You head back with Jon's sidekick, and get back to his old school in the big city turned into home/office/giant testing lab where he lives with his parents.

You meet Jon's father in the air car garage along with your chief. Dr. Quick is a heavyset, balding very dark black man named Doctor Quick. Before you talk to him, the sidekick kid says Dr. Quick has a Nobel prize in Chemistry, although Jon is smarter.

"Welcome to my dimension. Jon has gone into the doorway you both created." He walks up to Siljonic, obviously wanting to touch him, examine him..."Are you an alien, sir?"

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Playtester:

You head back with Jon's sidekick, and get back to his old school in the big city turned into home/office/giant testing lab where he lives with his parents.

You meet Jon's father in the air car garage along with your chief. Dr. Quick is a heavyset, balding very dark black man named Doctor Quick. Before you talk to him, the sidekick kid says Dr. Quick has a Nobel prize in Chemistry, although Jon is smarter.

"Welcome to my dimension. Jon has gone into the doorway you both created." He walks up to Siljonic, obviously wanting to touch him, examine him..."Are you an alien, sir?"

PT

That's an interesting question, from out prospective he was born, raised, with humans and many races, so to him, we aren't alien. To us who do not have elves or dwarves in our home dimensions, you can say he's alien. You'll have to ask him if you can examine him. He's from a world without a lot of technology, but he is a genius in his own right, and has command of magics. In any case he can speak for himself, even though he doesn't like to.

*pauses*

I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce ourselves, I'm Jhiaxus, and this is Siljonic Blackwind. It is good to meet you Dr. Quick. In either case, may we have a ride in your Lunar Laser, Siljonic has has some items stolen from him, and is anxious to retrieve them.

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"Mmmmm." He mumbles to himself. "So many questions I'd like to ask you two. How about we do that, and I bother you both with a hundred questions as we head to your destination." His voice is contra-bass.

"You drive a hard bargain. The Djinn only answer three questions." Siljonic says with a small smirk.

"Ah, but I can tell you are a generous and noble being, even if not human, and that you would not deprive a man of his lifesblood, his curiosity sated." Dr. Quick replies in a flash.

"Am I a 'generous and noble being', Jhiaxus?" Siljonic says with a laugh. "Take us to your conveyance, my good doctor, we can negotiate on the way."

Quick nods, and takes what he's offered.

The shiny steel of the Lunar Laser is unveiled from its underground garage. A crane lifts it and its passengers up to the roof. Quick hands you both very thick goggles.

"Breathe out." He commands, and hits a button.

Sudden light brighter than the Sun flares all around you, and silently you're rushed into the sky with at least four g's.

"Laser launching." Dr. Quick grunts out. "My eldest's idea."

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Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*smiles* "Your no Paladin, your a good being at heart, and value your freedom, for a Drow, that's akin to being a Paladin:

*will answer whatever questions he throws at us, before the 4g's and after we recover*

"What you tell me of this Prof. Mortack, I doubt he will give Siljonic's stuff back being diplomatic, and he's already stolen, so he is already proven dishonorable, any information you can tell us would be appreciated. I also assume he will have gizmos that can hurt/kill/vaporize us, any tips would be appreciated."

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"Right, well what you have to understand is that Mortack knows he's not as smart as me, or my son. And yet he's insatiably curious, and he doesn't like admitting inferiority. So he really wants to capture me, and probably you two in order to get our secrets from us so that he can move on to his master plan of taking over the world. Besides, he's clinically paranoid, and he might think that you are part of some plan to get him. So unlike Saturday matinee's he's not likely to just vaporize us. However, he certainly has weapons that can harm us. This far out, no. In a few hours, he can hit us with a laser, but this craft is nearly inpenetrable to any laser...has to be with a laser push drive. Once we get close, though, he might try to nip us with a missile, and force us down so he can capture us...." He pauses. "Of course, I could be wrong. Or worse, his aim might be off and he might blow us up with a missile meant to nip us." Dr. Quick expains rapid-fire. He punctuates his explanations with strong jabs of his fingers and karate hand slices.

"Now since the Multiverse exist. Q.E.D., you're here, so therefore it does, and you are suffering from a resource weakness which we may be able to help because we do have an air purification/hydroponics system for use on the ocean floor in the DeepQuickbase we plan for next year to set up in the Marianas Trench...."

And then the questions start flowing. Soon he asks both of you separate questions which he expects you both to answer at the same time. Somehow he's able to keep on one track Siljonics explanations on Drow culture and your explanations on Psionics and still ask blisteringly hard questions to both of you. After thirty minutes of this, you're wrung out, and your shirt is damp with sweat. Siljonic is only a little better off than you.

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Playtester:

"Right, well what you have to understand is that Mortack knows he's not as smart as me, or my son. And yet he's insatiably curious, and he doesn't like admitting inferiority. So he really wants to capture me, and probably you two in order to get our secrets from us so that he can move on to his master plan of taking over the world. Besides, he's clinically paranoid, and he might think that you are part of some plan to get him. So unlike Saturday matinee's he's not likely to just vaporize us. However, he certainly has weapons that can harm us. This far out, no. In a few hours, he can hit us with a laser, but this craft is nearly inpenetrable to any laser...has to be with a laser push drive. Once we get close, though, he might try to nip us with a missile, and force us down so he can capture us...." He pauses. "Of course, I could be wrong. Or worse, his aim might be off and he might blow us up with a missile meant to nip us." Dr. Quick expains rapid-fire. He punctuates his explanations with strong jabs of his fingers and karate hand slices.

"Now since the Multiverse exist. Q.E.D., you're here, so therefore it does, and you are suffering from a resource weakness which we may be able to help because we do have an air purification/hydroponics system for use on the ocean floor in the DeepQuickbase we plan for next year to set up in the Marianas Trench...."

And then the questions start flowing. Soon he asks both of you separate questions which he expects you both to answer at the same time. Somehow he's able to keep on one track Siljonics explanations on Drow culture and your explanations on Psionics and still ask blisteringly hard questions to both of you. After thirty minutes of this, you're wrung out, and your shirt is damp with sweat. Siljonic is only a little better off than you.

PT

*smiles*

"You are correct, both personally and the group of people that we came with are suffering from different resource weaknesses. They are looking for things in trade to help their city, and I think once we get back after getting Siljonic's items back, they would want to meet with you. The use a dimential doorway to access different worlds, they survey one, then go back to their commanders, and see if it's worthy opening a door back up to that location, speaking of that"

*activates his communicator to his group*

"I found Siljonic, I also made a contact that looks to be willing to trade ideas and technology for the same. I don't think I will make the backup window, but I think it's worth it to open up a second longer window."

*waits for a response*

*back to Dr Quick*

"As for personal resource weaknesses, most of the items I have are 20th century earth types, and Siljonic's are more like mystical devices from an age gone bye. So anything we can trade for would be appreciated. I have an item of particular interest, it's a scale from a plutonium dragon, I have it wrapped in a lead cloth, but I'm sure it has a lot more value to you, then to me. I could use it to kill a being in one touch, but there is something to be said about having that much power."

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The medic replies.

"High Command wants to caution you to not trade anything too 'problematic' by which they mean 'dangerous'...." There is a bit of noise and some squabble over the com.

"Listen Jhiaxus, we heard that your locals are able to open a gate themselves. That means they could come to us. That means we're not safe if they have evil intentions. So we have to be doubly cautious. Do I make myself clear?" The voice of one of the upper management finishes with a smug note of pride at its wisdom.

=====

"And this is why I chose to go into private business for myself since my former employers didn't have a good grasp on what was really going on." Dr. Quick says to you with a grin after you disconnect from the com. He clearly heard everything.

"Hmm, my son has given some thought to making a time machine to go back to the Age of Myth. We certainly don't want this thing to kill anyone, but it sounds like it could be used to power a nuclear reactor quite nicely or perhaps genetically engineer a dragon that would mine plutonium from underground and bring it back to a reactor. I would like to help you, do you have a suggestion as to how I can?"

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"I promise I will not trade anything with the locals without the High Commands permission, and I am a man of my word. I do recommend making a permenant gate here, as you said the locals can already create one themselves, it would be wise to befriend the friendly ones. I am off to reclaim property, I will get back in contact when I'm back in the atmosphere. Jhiaxus signing out."

*turns off his com*

"As I said, I won't trade anything with you, but if I give you the scale to study for an extended period of time, to perhaps have a device copy it, and for me to get it back, than I have not traded with you. If you then decided to give me something as a gift, there would be nothing I can do about that.*

*hands the wrapped up scale to Dr Quick*

"Either way, I thank you for your help so far, also there were two others who this professor stole from, who headed up before us, so it is likely he has his hands full with them, either way I am eager to reclaim Siljonic's personal property and see what technology might be there to "aquire" to study."

*smiles and waits to get to the moonbase*

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Dr. Quick barks out a laugh.

"Non Carborundam Verminii." He says. "I would think an environment suit, powered might be good in your line of work. My son invented one last year. It can walk on the Moon or in a thousand feet of water, and it can lift five hundred pounds, and you can go to sleep in it and set it on autopilot."

You approach the Moon in another hour, and a few rattles and bright flashes establish that a spaceship driven by a huge laser beam is indeed invulnerable to regular laser cannon. Another thirty minutes pass, and then missiles are spotted on the Radar.

One looks to be heading to your rear.

"Proximity detector. He's trying to blow our engine."

The other turns from a similar course, and suddenly darts straight at you.

"Oops. Professor Mortack has a runaway. We may have a problem in about two minutes." Dr. Quick says with a bit more energy than one would order at a restauraunt as he faces death.

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"We'll see what we can do with that, I'm glad I have been practicing my psionic skills."

*tries to grab one of the missiles psionically and adjust it's course into the other, barring that, using heavy tk, to create a sudden impact on the noses of the missiles, one at a time, the more dangerous one first, to make they thing they have hit a solid object to get them to blow up. If both of those don't work, use a TK pulse on the fins that guide the missile at the last second to buy me more time to do the above*

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You're able to grab one of the missiles, and since the logical one is the doom-tipped striker, you're safe from explosive decompression for the nonce. Aiming it into another missile is rather tricky.

Still, you get it close enough that a proximity fuse is trigged and they both dissapear in a flash of light with no sound.

A single ting is heard about thirty seconds later.

"Micrometeorite shrapnel from that missile. That came from up front. Can you climb under the console, and unscrew the forward bulkhead, and take the access crawlway up to see what damage we took?" Dr. Quick says to you. So far you don't see any effect from the 'ting'.

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"Sure thing, have a patch kit and a breathing mask? I've been on a ship before and know a bit about making these kinds of repairs."

*reguardless of the answer, but if it's yes, taking the items above and getting out my swiss pocket knife and extending the screwdriver, as I climb under the console and working on unscrewing the forward bulkhead to get into the access corridor, ready for anything, from decompression, and other space worrying things. Using his previous spaceship knowledge to do a quick assessment on what the damages are, and if they need to be address right now, or can wait*

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He opens a side compartment and slaps both items into your outstretched hand. You bend down, and start unscrewing the bulkhead with your Swiss Army knife. A minute later, you've got the large square panel out of the way, and you're clambering into the tight space near the front of the ship.

It takes you a minute to find the first sign of damage, a cut wire, and from there its easy to track the line of damage from the microhole in the exterior through the support truss, nicking the small black box, cutting the wire, hitting another support truss, and burying itself in the side of a miniature fan that is not functioning.

The small jagged piece of missile skin is hot enough to leave tiny little dribbles of melt on the exterior of the small, plastic black box.

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*give him a play by play of what the fragment's path and the damage and see if we need to take steps now to deal with it or if it's minor*

"I can probably strip and wrap the wire in electical tape, and use the patch kit for the small holes and yank out the piece of missile with my plyers, but there is a small fan that is not spinning, and it damaged the small plastic black box."

*considers the damage a small fragment of this thing did as he waits for the assessment*

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"Hole first." He snaps back, and indeed you can hear the hole start to whistle faintly. It seems it might be fractionally larger.

"The black box is..." He taps some keys. "A backup. Its glitchy, but the primary is okay. Once you get the wire done, then change out the fan because that component will start overheating in a couple minutes and we'll lose lateral control."

Quickly, you mix up the acrid patching material as your eyes water, and shove it into the hole even as the whistling note gets deeper. The sound stops.

The rest is a matter of quick work with your screwdriver and some nicked knuckles as you work in the tight space. But its done.

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*slides back out, and screws the hatch back in place and gets back to his seat*

"That was just from a sliver of metal from the missile, it was no joke. Looks like the prof isn't being very welcoming, so far he's tried to kill us and stolen items. He has to go."

*pauses*

"Aside from the gold what magic item did he take from you?

*to Siljonic as he awaits getting up to the moonbase*

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Dr. Quick swoops the Lunar Laser down to the moon's surface ducking under a second pair of missiles that were obviously a last-ditch desperation try on Prof. Mortack's part. They don't even come close.

The lander slips into a small canyon about a mile from Mortack's moonbase and grounds with a small shudder. Its engines spool down, and the moon is dead quiet.

"We have spacesuits, or we can dock inside the moonbase." Dr. Quick asks for your opinion.

Siljonic turns to you unhappily and confesses that....( ) was stolen.

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"Well I don't want to put anyone who doesn't have something to lose in harms way. Maybe you and your son should stay here, to protect the Lunar Laser and be ready to pick us up when we are finished. Now if you want to come in Dr. I have faith, Jon could fly and handle the Laser if need be. Either way we walk, we don't want to put our way back in danger."

*looks at his weapons*

"I'm going to assume Prof. Mortack has robots or high tech guard, I don't think my projectile weapons will do much, do you have anything that will do the trick? Also a communicator to the ship perhaps?"

*ether way puts on the spacesuits and starts walking/small jumps to the base*

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Its only Dr. Quick with you, along with Siljonic.

"Au contraire, mon ami. I am the host since this is my native dimension, and one of our villains was rude to you." He grins sideways. "My dimension might get a bad reputation if I did't help you among all the other dimensions out there. Besides, you may need my help with technological issues."

Everyone gathers themselves into spacesuits which are far more comfortable and flexible than Nasa's version although they still feel like the equivalent of Artic gear for awkwardness.

Once outside, you start leaping. You quickly find the balance between leaping too high and wasting time drifting, and leaping too low and having to leap again too soon.

When you come to the outer edges of the domes, Siljonic tries to stop, and he flips up into the air. Only his fabulous Drow agility keeps him from serious harm on a radio antenna.

"You have the same mass, just less gravity." Dr. Quick says as he examines the outer door.

"I do not understand. I weigh less, so I should stop sooner." Siljonic says.

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*grins*

"Well I am not the physics expert, I would have to defer to Dr. Quick on it, it probably has to do to inerta in low gravity environment."

*looks at the door*

"Well it doesn't take a genius to figure that the Prof will know when one of his hatches are open, the question is are they guarded or boobytrapped. Also we have to take into account, the young man and woman who made it here before us. If they made it, I don't doubt they are giving the Prof a problem."

*waits for Dr. Quick to get the door open, readying his axe, figuring his projectile weapons won't work well against robots if the Prof has em*

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Siljonic looks blankly at you, and then shrugs putting the matter away. He's bright, very bright, but he lacks the science background any civilized resident of the twenty-first century has.

Dr. Quick is fiddling with the door, and he's muttering increasingly loudly in something that sounds vaguely German, and definitely not polite when dust explodes around you.

A ring of five robots lurches up out of the lunar regolith. The group has you surrounded to the back with a half arc of dust-laden steel and a dome wall with non-functioning door in front of you.

The robots have giant gripper right arms, and much weaker left arms with treaded tracks and the option for walking. Red lights flash on their faces.

"Visitors. My robots have you surrounded. The door is jammed. Surrender now to the genius of Professor Mortack and spare yourself any unneccessary harm."

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*smiles*

"Oh we have been caught, and we are surrounded by a superior force, or we surrender, we are defenseless, please accept our surrender."

*winks to the Doctor and Siljonic to get them to see this is the easiest way to get inside at this point*

*lets them get excorted inside*

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The robots escort you to another door since this one has been thorougly jammed. It opens, and you walk into a long corridor that slants downwards at an agreeable angle.

You notice several nice paintings on the walls as you pass from some sort of outer area into a more personal area.

"Mortack was always good at 'liberating' objects from museums." Dr. Quick mutters following your glance.

You are marched through a large doorway, and down a flight of stairs that spirals in a dizzying five story fall.

You think you may hear the whisper of feet behind you, but ...

The stairs look to be freestanding, and incredibly thin material. The steps are wide and just right for 'bouncing' down. On Earth, it would be a tedius staircase, but here, its a delight.

At the bottom, you're in a large hanger a quarter filled with robots and space planes. More are being rolled into the hanger area.

Off to the side is a small ladder you ascend to reach a glass walled office overlooking the hanger (Its hanging from the roof of the three story tall room).

Inside, Professor Mortack is sitting behind his desk with a smug grin and a cigar.

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*thinking the two from the planet maybe trailing them figures this is a good time to have some fun*

"I assume you have captured us for the plutonium scale that can be used to rule the world with an iron fist. I mean the possibilities are endless, a power source for life, cloning dragons from it to have an supply to last eternity. You are obviously a genius. You might also be interested in this ring"

*shows him the orange sensitives's ring, stone first, to lower his will to resist a possession attempt*

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His eyes widen in surprise and then greed parades across his face. Leaning forward, he jabs his cigar into his desk.

"Where is this thing?"

He also glances at the ring, but then quickly back at you. He's avidly interested in what you've described, and rings just aren't getting his attention right now.

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*smiles*

"Well since we are at your mercy, I could let you handle it."

*takes off his backpack and pulls out the scale affixed to the wooden shaft, leaving the magic cover in the bag, so all he sees is it come out, not that it was protected*

"I can hand it to you, or lay it on your desk, I'm just worried if there is a forcefield, it will shatter, and none of us want that to happen."

*if he offers his hand, I will place it in his hand, scale first, or if he wants it on his desk, I will lay it there, waiting for him to take it by the shaft, and do a tk pulse, to shift the scale into his hand, either way*

"Your a man of wealth and taste, I'm certain you can see the uses for such a thing. It is a shame that greed has clouded your vision."

*the above is said if he isn't dead on the spot, as was the last person to experience it, in this manner*

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He's knowledgeable enough not to touch plutonium, but he doesn't plan for TK pulse. You lay the scale down on the desk, and he looks at it, but does not touch it, and then thump...

He touches it. He gives you a horrified look, and then slams the emergency button under his desk as he pitches off the chair and onto the floor. A glass wall slams down from the ceiling and separates you and him.

A large wailing shrieks through the facility.

Robots rush in your direction. Suddenly you see a man with a lightsaber among them. Robot parts fly everywhere. The man is very good indeed.

The wailing stops, and over the intercom you hear a gasping voice from Prof. Mortack.

"You've killed me, but I shall have my revenge."

A calm emotionless female voice announces....

"Thirty seconds until core meltdown, twenty-nine seconds until core meltdown...."

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*smiles*

*to Dr Quick*

"Happen to have a device to stop a self destruct? If not Siljonic, force that wall up with your strength and get your Teleport Sword ready. If I'm right and he's the classic sci fi movie villian, he will have a way to stop this, usually with a device. If that isn't the case, once it gets down to 6 seconds or so, gather around Siljonic so he can try to teleport us to safety, preferably Dr Quick's garage."

*follows the above plan, with the Dr dead, there are no ownership issues with the items he took*

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Mortack looks truly dead, although Quick is not certain he really is.

"He's cheated death before."

But the clock keeps counting down, and so you three trust your fate to a magic sword...

You arrive in Dr. Quick's garage just in time to startle his blonde wife who throws up into the air a tray of potted plants and a small shovel. She has good enough reactions to catch the shovel on its way down, and use it as a pointer in her yelling at Dr. Quick for scaring her like that. She's got quite the volume too.

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*sighs in relief*

"Don't blame him, it was an situation that can be avoided. I'm Jhiaxus, I'm sorry to have startled you, That's Siljonic with his sword, he's a good guy."

*reaches into his bag and grabs the cover for the scale, and wraps it up and puts it back in the bag*

*takes the helmet and gloves off the spacesuit*

"I hate to bother you Mrs Quick, btw it is lovely to meet you. Can we trouble you for something to drink, we've been using these suits for awhile, and they can get hot."

*waits for her to leave the room*

"We should contact Jon, I hope he's ok, the moon is a big place, and with the lack of atmosphere and 1/6th of the earth's gravity, I'm hoping he's ok and can make it back by himself. I didn't want to do that in front of your wife, she's already mad, she doesn't need anything else to make it worse."

*pauses*

"I didn't think he would have the time to do something like that, I am truly sorry for putting your lives at risk. You helped us a lot, and I don't want you think I don't appreciate everything you did."

*waits for Dr. Quick to contact Jon*

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She gives you the fish eye like she suspects something, but she hustles out anyways.

Dr. Quick smiles.

"She's a mezzo sophrano in the Bay City Opera. You really don't want to see her really mad." He picks up a phone on the wall, and talks in it for a few minutes. He nods.

"Jon said he saw the base blow, and he'll be able to get the Lunar Laser back easily enough. He's just hanging out checking for survivors or doomsday devices."

Mrs. Quick returns with a plate of grapes, cheese, and cold bottles of sparkling peach water. She helps her husband disrobe from his spacesuit even as he fills her in on events.

"Teleportation. Hmm. I've never been teleported." She says thoughtfully.

"Quite the experience, m'dear."

"Jhiaxus, Siljonic, if you go to your left down twenty-two yards through that door, you'll see a guest changing area with a variety of clothes and showers. We have guest scientists visiting us all the time so we keep spares around, especially needful when Dr. Matlock blows his shirt off his back again. Nothing terribly stylish, but workable, and their's a robomaid in there as well to take care of your clothes."

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*smiles glad Jon is alright*

"Thank you for your hospitality, the place I've been working with has water rationing, so I haven't gotten a really good shower in quite awhile. Also Siljonic has never experiences a modern bathroom to my knowledge."

*I will show Siljonic how to use all said items found in a bathroom, and answer questions*

*Changes out of his spacesuit and clothes, takes a long shower, puts on clothes in the back, keeping his leather duster with him, and finding the robomaid, taking his dirty clothes from his pack and the ones he wore and hands them over, having Siljonic do the same, making comments about some of his items, seeing them for real for the first time. Walks back out refreshed, turning the communicator back on.*

"Team this is Jhiaxus, the situation here has quieted down, I have found my friend, and Dr Quick one of the natives has been generous to us. Recommend opening lines of communication. The technology here is advanced, recommend peaceful dialog. How do you want me to proceed?"

*waits for the Dr and his wife before taking a drink, and having some grapes and cheese*

"I did say you could borrow the scale to get a DNA sample from it, and I'm a man of my word."

*I will explain the plight of the people I work for, why they open these doors, and see if there is something that could be done, as we wait for Jon to come back. I will also finish out the survey I promised those people I met earlier*

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JhiaxusHACK:

*smiles glad Jon is alright*

"Thank you for your hospitality, the place I've been working with has water rationing, so I haven't gotten a really good shower in quite awhile. Also Siljonic has never experiences a modern bathroom to my knowledge."

=="Well, we have a hydrothermal tap, and plenty of water, so use what you like. There's a hot tub as well. If your alien friend needs a different PH to the water, just tell the robomaid."

*I will show Siljonic how to use all said items found in a bathroom, and answer questions*

*Changes out of his spacesuit and clothes, takes a long shower, puts on clothes in the back, keeping his leather duster with him, and finding the robomaid, taking his dirty clothes from his pack and the ones he wore and hands them over, having Siljonic do the same, making comments about some of his items, seeing them for real for the first time. Walks back out refreshed, turning the communicator back on.*

==The robomaid uses a sonic vibrator to clean your clothes. It takes five minutes.

"Team this is Jhiaxus, the situation here has quieted down, I have found my friend, and Dr Quick one of the natives has been generous to us. Recommend opening lines of communication. The technology here is advanced, recommend peaceful dialog. How do you want me to proceed?"

=="The consensus of High Command is that you proceed, but we remind you that we don't have the ability to make permanent gates, and the longer you spend there, the higher the energy cost is....remember it increases geometrically."

*waits for the Dr and his wife before taking a drink, and having some grapes and cheese*

"I did say you could borrow the scale to get a DNA sample from it, and I'm a man of my word."

==The young Jon Quick is delighted to take the sample.

*I will explain the plight of the people I work for, why they open these doors, and see if there is something that could be done, as we wait for Jon to come back. I will also finish out the survey I promised those people I met earlier*

==The Quicks and several of their scientist guests listen.

Dr. Quick steeples his fingers.

"It sounds like they are losing energy into ...oh...the interdimensional matrices, a leak, and the leak gets larger the longer the gate is open. I don't see why this would not be fixable."

Mrs. Quick raises a finger.

"Problem. From what you've described, and my husband has described of the conversation you had...they have a set bias of disdain for the natives and for those who interact with the natives. Your leadership is specialists who find their specialty to be useless now since they didn't arrive on the planet they planned for, so they have inferiority feelings. They respond by insulting those whose help they need. Helping people, my dear heart..." She turns to her husband. "Who are proven to bite the hand that feeds them could be a problem."

Dr. Quick nods.

"But still, eventually their equipment is going to break, and then they all die. I can't let people die just for being idiots."

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*using the comm again*

"High Command this is Jhiaxus, there are scientists here that can fix the energy leak, requesting data on the portal to be sent, how it was constructed, the theories and data on the energy leak. The scientists here have already proven they can open their own portals, so this might be your last best chance to fix the energy draining problem. Also they requested to meet the rest of the team. I will proceed with being the liaison between you, Jhiaxus out."

*waits for a quick response before turning off the comm*

"I don't like the way they treat us either, they definatly mistreated and abused me. I do what I do for my team and their families, to get hope of finding them a better life. I hope you can extend your kind offer of food and showers for my team, they work hard and would appreciate it, plus I haven't gotten to spend much time with Tessa."

*smiles and waits for the team to arrive*

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"Energy leak...ah...what nonsense...ah...Dr. Coopers, Smithers, and Weathervane all know what you're talking about. It is based on an incorect notion of the substructure of the universe. They've already rejected this theory. Don't waste any more time discussing this idea."

High Command replies.

Your team arrives, especially Tessa, and they are warmly welcomed to the QuickLab, and soon enjoying showers, baths and then good food.

Tessa comes out of her extensive visit to the woman's bath area positively glowing in an elegant solid green dress you haven't seen her in. She comes up and grabs your arm.

"These people are...Christiana Quick is like a tornado. She had my size out of me before I realized it, and then refitted one of her dresses to my size. And then she forced me to get my hair done. It seems we're invited to an operetta and a cocktail party afterwards. I didn't know how to say no."

Tessa looks intimidated, but at the same time happy.

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*smiles*

"That's good news, I seem to have left my formalwear in my other universe, so I would probably need to get something to wear myself. You look radiant hun."

*when he gets a moment to grab Dr. Quick*

"The claim the problem is from an incorrect notion of the substructure of the universe, I don't buy it, even if it were true, no real scientist would reject a theory so fast. I hate to be a bother, do you have any plans for some devices that can help. I do have a laptop, if you were so willing. They want to make sure our time here wasn't wasted, and I wanted to make sure the team got a break. Also, I have a survey for two versers like myself *gives them description*, I promised I would get it back to them, and I keep my word."

*gets ready for taking Tessa to the operetta, and a cocktail party, hoping they can get him a reasonable suit or tux*

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"Thanks." Tessa flashes a pleased smile, and then ducks away to talk to a local medical researcher.

While Mrs. Quick restitches a tux to fit your size (they have none in your large size), and turns a tailed longcoat into a regular tux, you're able to finish the survey.

It has a number of interesting questions, and even more interesting assumptions behind the questions.

"Have you ever met a doppleganger of yourself? Was it of the opposite gender?"

Other questions force you to really think as they are meant to precisely describe your home dimension. Whoever wrote the survey has a talent for searching and difficult questions. You give the best answers you could, and find yourself with a deeper understanding of the society and world you came from as if some mental connections were made, and things got a little better organized in your head.

Dr. Quick nods when you explain your view to him.

"One has to be clear in your thought, honest in your defense of your thought, and imaginative in your thought. Without these three things, you might as well be a politician or someone else useless." He shakes his head. "I could be wrong, but its doubtful. I don't have a device, but maybe we can work something up. Here let me explain..."

He then explains both sides of the arguement with help of a whiteboard and magic marker as the tuxedo gets fitted to you. Its high level math and physics that he's spouting at you.

+@1 Homeworld History

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*watches Tessa as she leaves, and after completing the certificate, being bombarded with math and physics, takes out his Camera and takes pictures of the whiteboard as he finishes writing before he erases it to start again, as well as taking notes*

"Most of that is above my pay grade, but I took notes and took pictures, so it wasn't a waste, do you have any cool gadgets, and or plans to make some?"

*waits for a response on that, and then waits to go to the operetta, knowing that soon after he and the team will need to go through the portal*

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Dr. Quick laughs.

"Of course, we have cool gadgets. That is what we do. We've built Robotmen for local security and robomaids, and dirt cleaning by sonics, and used sonics for the Nappytime Gun and we built the Laser Cannon to launch the Laser Launcher car to the Moon, and we have an automatic cheese making machine that can make ten different types of cheeses....you just pour in milk and it does the rest except for the once yearly maintenance and resupply of any deficient materials. We have a number of other devices as well."

You go to the operetta, and get to see Mrs. Quick do her thing as she hits the high notes, and sings of unspeakably beautiful love. Tessa is greatly affected and happy tears spill down her cheeks.

She looks around the baroque opera hall, and murmurs in your ear.

"This is sooooo much nicer than...well any date I've been on."

Your other team members are enjoying it as well, although some of them might have several glasses of wine to put them in the proper mood.

"You know, when that guy got 'stabbed in the heart' in the last act....I wanted to jump up and yell...'I'm a medic, I'll save him.'" Your medic bud says from your left.

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*smiles*

"I do have a lot of empty hard drive space on my Laptop HD, and you can be sure the higher ups won't get a lot of it, only the things that will make the lives on the working guys better. Anything you think would be good, is good enough for me. That scale you took DNA from is from a Plutonium Dragon, it was pretty friendly, I don't know if it was a fluke or what. Just wanted to warn you if you do decide to clone it, I didn't see any real hostile attentions, it does like pretty things like gold, silver, gems. Figured I would pass along what I know."

*smiles and whispers back*

"I'm glad you happy, I have something for you."

*slides the second Knight of Terra Ring off his pinky, takes her hand and slides it on her thumb*

"The sapphire brings out your color of your eyes, this is a Knight of Terra ring, symbol of honesty, integrity and honor. I have the handbook if you would like to read it, changed my outlook on things a lot the more I read it. If there was anyone who deserved it, it was you."

*enjoys the rest of the operetta, and laughs at Doc after he says that*

"I'm glad we all got to enjoy ourselves tonight, we should say our goodbyes to our guests when we get back. I have some plans for devices to give management, so we shouldn't get reamed for keeping the gate open for too long for no reason."

*does the above, thanking them for their hospitality, the formal wear and the plans, I tell them to enjoy the data from the scale. I also make arrangments for the two versers to get their survey back. When we leave and get our normal gear on*

"Guys this is Siljonic, he's my friend that I have been looking for. We probably are going to need to get our stories across the board, and what he should say during the command's questioning, etc. Just between you and us, Siljonic used to exist only as a character I played on a piece of paper, but on one of my trips, I got gawdlike power for a moment, and he came into being. I think the best things going for him, is that he is a natural linguist, he's charming, a strong fighter and a mage, but we don't want to mention that. He also has a photographic memory, so he would be an asset in the field, what do you guys think?"

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Dr. Quick nods.

"We'll start working on gate improvements, but hmmm, ordinary guy, cheese maker, portable mega-dense battery/capacitors, small robomachine shops....I'll ask my wife for some more ideas."

He hurries off.

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Jon presents you with your laptop.

"We've made a few improvements." He says with a wink. "And we have a possible solution to your gate problems. We can't really say for sure without looking at it ourself, but at the least its ten steps in the right direction."

------------

As you walk to the bedroom with the gate, and discuss Siljonic with the team, they agree most fervently with your not mentioning godlike power.

"That would freak High Command down to the tips of their tiny little toes and up to the pointed tip of their tiny little minds." The gunner says, and the others laugh, but they agree with him.

They are glad to have Siljonic with them, but they do foresee problems although not with them.

"You forgot to say how handsome he is." Tessa says taking his arm, and vamping it up. Siljonic rolls his eyes.

"Now he's going to uncreate me." Siljonic says with feigned terror. Clearly everyone has had a decent bit to drink.

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Thu 25 Sep 2008
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*thanks Dr Quick, his wife and Jon Quick for everything they did for them*

*grins*

"Well he is that, I'm sure he will be a hit with the ladies when we get back."

*takes out his camera and snaps a pic of the group and Tessa vamping*

"The first was for a good jump, the second was for blackmail later."

*laughs as we head back through the portal waiting for the debriefing, and seeing how long we have till next jump, planning on where to take Tessa next. Also takes a peak into his laptop to see the improvements*

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"Siljonic, eh....so where did he come from, what is he, and why is he here?" The debriefer's question is short, pointed, and a touch hostile.

--------

You have a week until the next jump at least by the schedule.

--------

You open up the laptop, and notice that its filled with a cool gel, and that the space utilized by the fan has been replaced by another small rectangular boxy object. Close examination reveals that it is the power source for your laptop, and etched in the metal exterior is "Infinity Trickle Battery. Patent #51894356 for Jon Quick.".

This leads you to look at your regular battery which is gone. Its been replaced by a small box of black glossy material with a dozen holes in its top.

PT

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*I will answer the questions they ask. I know enough about them on what to include, what to leave out, and what to lie about*

*I will spend the next week dividing my time between practicing my psi skills, teaching Siljonic the basics of electronics and theory, and spending quality time with Tessa. For Siljonic I would want him to teach me magic, but not here, so if he could show me how to use a sword and mace, I will show him how to use the pistol and sks I gave him. As for Tessa, going out on dates, hanging out, letting Siljonic loose in the wild and see how he does with the ladies.*

*Then waits till next jumpout*

(I will keep an eye on Siljonic, he will get targeted by the dreamimage people, and I will keep him from hurting them too badly)

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You do have to pull Siljonic's blade from the throat of one of the dreamimage people.

Later...

"I do not understand, Jhiaxus. He attacks me, and I am not permitted to attack him back?"

========

Your relationship with the team and Tessa continues to grow, but High Command is not happy about having Siljonic on board. Still, they can find no reason to kick him off, but its clear they want to.

=========

The gate opens, and you walk into a deserted street with ten story buildings all about you. They look like skulls with their broken out windows, and the cold breeze does nothing to dispel any shivers.

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"Well in modern society, it is frowned upon to kill people, even if attacked first. Here, we both are viewed as dreams of others, and thus have no right to exist. Complicated by the fact that both you and myself are on an outworld team, as well as Tessa and myself going out. Most of these dreamimage people are also part of the higher ups, as you've seen are xenophobic, and unable to do for themselves, and take their anger out on us. I don't like it much, but I like my team, what we get to do, and it's a new experience. These people don't know how to fight, and you could slaughter them all, but I would recommend giving them a giant strength punch from a guy shorter than them, and I don't think you'll ever have a problem. If any of them pull a gun on you, eviscerate them, your well in your rights to defend yourself under threat of death."

*pauses*

"When we die or verse out, your gold and item will come with, we might have to travel a long distance to get there, but since you can teleport without error with your sword, unless they are in space or underwater, should be easy enough to get. You should also mingle with the women here, is Tessa is any reaction, you are a catch."

*hangs out with the team, and lets them get to know Siljonic, I will also find out if we get paid or credits for better equipment. I have done a few missions, and haven't gotten anything but a comm. I also have pieces of modern armor from the 5 guys from the dream world, I will piece Siljonic a set of modern armor, for worlds where his magic ones won't work*

*sees the condition of the buildings and street*

"Anyone have a geiger counter or a way to detect radiation? I have a feeling this world may have nuked themselves into oblivion. If not, I have a bad feeling about this place."

*slings his autoshotgun on the sling on his shoulder, and holds his axe with both hands*

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The gunner holds his LMG with one hand, and pulls out a geiger counter with the other. You hear some moderately rapid clicking.

"Higher background rad than usual, but we're in no immediate danger. In fact, this is good for us. I can say for sure that if they had a generalized nuke-out it was a long time ago, or they had only a small bit of nuclear war...like trading capitals or something. Its probably about the same as that world you nuked Sydney in."

The others have their weapons out in response to your worries.

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msg #168

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*looks around*

"Well we are here, the buildings look like late 20th Century Earth. We could poke around a bit for weapons or technology, doubt we will find much food or water? So what is it to be Lt? I realize that I took a role as leader in the last world and this is your team and I'm a part of it, sorry for that. In fact I really don't know what my role is except for a Jack of All Trades. Siljonic can cast spells, and is probably the most dangerous person you'll meet in melee fight. In fact I have a gift for you guys"

*opens up his pack and digs around for the extra shield belts and hands them out, and hands the extra depleted one to Tessa*

"When you turn these on, they reflect a fair amount of gunfire, I freely give them to you as thanks for everything. That one I used already and don't know how to charge it, I thought that would be your area of expertise."

*smiles at Tessa and grips his axe in his hands waiting for orders*

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"Weapons out, people." The LT. says softly. "I don't trust this place and I want to be ready to fight or flee instantly."

Everyone shifts to a higher state of alertness from puzzled worry to ready-to-blast-targets.

The medic points out some gargoyles on the buildings at the fifth floor. As your team walks on further, the buildings get more decorated with fantastical creatures.

"Look." Tessa says and points to an alley. Its dim, and you can see white balls littering the ground from about thirty feet away. Siljonic mutters darkly and throws a ball of light from his hand.

It zips over and hangs above the human skulls, illuminating the place where over a dozen people died. An icy wind seems to sweep off the top of the skyscrapers and swirl down around your team, chilling everyone to the bone.

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*sighs*

"I think those statues of gargoyles and creatures aren't statues, I would highly recommend turning around, back to back and head back through the portal. Siljonic, can cover us with spells if need be."

*waits for the Lt's decision and ready to do a tactical withraw, if combat happens, I will defend Tessa and take the hits for her*

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The Lt. pauses for a second, and then nods.

"Emergency evac, people."

Everyone turns about and starts hustling back down the road, but then halts when a translucent woman is seen standing in the roadway.

"You shouldn't have come here."

Behind her, one of the ten story buildings falls sideways and blocks your path back.

"You're all going to die."

She dissapears.

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msg #172

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"Well I hate to use the same trick to avoid death twice in two missions, everyone gather around Siljonic and he knows what to do."

*waits for the above to happen"

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msg #173

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Is that a magic teleport (yay! You're lucky) or a psi teleport (boo! You're stuck.)?

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msg #174

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

The sword is a magic teleport, Siljonic has no psionic powers (Damn Hackmaster no psionic rules) :P

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Siljonic attempts to teleport, but nothing happens. Nervously, he breathes in and calms down...

He waves the sword again...

You all vanish, and reappear before the gate.

Before you can enter the gate, a woman of blonde hair and striking beauty and considerable height rushes up alongside your team. They cover her with their weapons and slide sideways from entering the gate to give themselves firing room.

She holds up her empty hands.

"I request asylum. A place of safety. This world is filled with the dead, and I am not dead, as you can see. They hate me for it."

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msg #176

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*Turns, quickly to Siljonic*

"Your the only one of us who can tell if she is lying and a being of evil. Use your powers and sword quickly to see if she is on the level. Then let the Lt. know. If she is to come, she's your responsibility."

*waits for the above to happen and one way or another througb the gate*

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The woman smiles and raises her right hand over her head as you say this to Siljonic. Its evident she heard you, not that it was very difficult.

Siljonic does as you ask, and he hits his knees, and vomits blood.

"Worldkiller." He spits out between dribbles of blood.

A phrase of some strange language falls from her lips, and a two handed longsword gleaming with phosphorecent decay appears in her hand.

"They shouldn't have disobeyed me. I was their queen. It was my right. Rebels have to be killed."

The gunner opens fire with his Bar-60 and water splashes over her.

"Bullets to water. Any competently trained mage can do that one."

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*smiles*

"Stop firing we are at a stalemate, we can't harm her here, and there is no magic on the other side, so as soon as she steps through, the number of ways she can die are staggering. So in times of a stalemate you compromise."

*pauses*

"You could kill us in a moment without Siljonic, and if you are as powerful you are you know that since you didn't get us to bring you in, you will die. So a compromise it is then. I am immortial, as you likely are, and I have both the knowledge, the experience, and the technical means to learn how to goto another world. You left them go unharmed, and I stay here to do what I have said. If you are as powerful as you appear you know my word is my bond. If not we all die, notice I said immortial, not invulnerable, so this is the only way death is avoided."

"Your move"

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The Lt. backs up your order, but then adds...

"Draw knives and swords, and form line." Your team forms a ragged line which would have a Roman centurion cursing in dismay.

"Even without magic, I am not without resources. But it is true that I prefer magic. My world is one of stellar magic and high enough technology to be comfortable."

She nods politely when you claim to be immortal.

"Well met, brother." She says softly, regally. She studies you and then nods.

Siljonic wants to stay with you; Tessa is crying but gritting it out, and the Lt. looks at you, and murmurs very quietly...

"Say the word, and we'll launch grenades and jump her while she's still stunned. I'll shove a blade down that whackjob's throat myself."

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*nods*

"I gave my word Lt. I may have not known what that meant before I versed the first time, but now it is what I leave behind. Live to fight another day, tell others what happened here today."

*nods to Siljonic*

*It would be an honor my friend.*

*to Tessa*

"Remember the raven, this is your fork in the road. Go with them and you will meet your prince. If you stay, you will live forever. I would be lying if I didn't want you to choose the latter."

*to the death princess*

"You let those who want to leave, leave. I stay and you teach me the magic I need and access to the technology, and I will open a doorway to a new world. Also a safe haven to provide protection where I learn and work and to those who stay. I may not work magic, but I know enough to know how to make something fail so badly as to end everything. I offer honesty and put my cards on the table. If you accept these terms, let those who want to leave walk through the portal."

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The Queen of the World nods regally in acceptance, although its not hard to see the malice waiting for one who double crosses her. Its carved in her cheekbones, and glints in her dark eyes.

Siljonic stays with you. He wipes his mouth with an elegant lace trimmed hankie, and laughs like a man who has met death and scorned her before.

Tessa is wide-eyed, and petrified, but she's here standing to your right.

The others leave with tears or stone cold faces hiding pain as their wont.

A storm rises, and you're surrounded by a thousand ghosts. A few cluster around the queen, but most glare at her with hatred.

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*nods to Siljonic and walks over and pulls Tessa close, wraping his arm around her*

"It is done then, lead us to your place of safety. I will need a place to setup my computer and access to the technology I need. I will need you to teach me the magics you know from simple to greatest. The technology can make the gate, but only with magic will I know where it opens to. This may take weeks or months, how do you sustain yourself? We will need food and water."

*waits for her to take us where I can work and to answer my questions.*

(since it is likely going to take me weeks, probably months to make the device, test it and learn the magic I need, we can probably skip the day to day and goto week to week)

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"I did not bargain to teach you magic. I bargained that you would provide me another world with qualities I desire. Here is a place of safety...none of the dead dare touch me."
She glares at you.

"So, you were lying when you pretended to be afraid of them, and needing our refuge." Siljonic observes. She transfers her glare to him. He smiles back.

"If I had magic to find the world I desired, I would not need you. Now produce your marvel." She flexes the arm that holds the deathblade.

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*without flinching*

"I have been truthful from the start, I said I would need time. I have plans for just such a device. I have the technical aptitude to turn those plans into a machine with the right technology. You have confirmed the technology is here. Having the machine means nothing if I don't know where it's going to open a gate to.*

*pauses*

"In fact I have been giving you the benefit of the doubt. If I just made the device without the magic to see where it was sending you, that would be dishonest. The question is will you be patient enough to do this right? I have kept my word, prevented the others from attacking you when they wanted to. I have proved I am a man of my word. Is the promise of going to another world full of life worth the few months to teach and assist one willing to give you the benfit of the doubt? I do not fear death since I will verse somewhere else with my friends. I do not need this device, it is for you. If you meant what you said calling me brother, put down your sword and help me, help you."

*if she makes any move to attack, I will say out loud. "I wish for everyone killed by her actons to return to life, followed by wish "Please grant me the abilities to protect people from people like this queen. I will use the suffering of these spirits as a focus point to see the above work. Who knows they might willingly offer me their energy for the wishes*

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msg #185

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"Create the gate, and then I will send forth a probe to see if the world is suited to me."

She counteroffers.

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msg #186

Re: Jhiaxus Jaunts

*smiles*

*tries the wishes above if they don't work or blow into the next verse, say below*

"Siljonic evicerate me, can't do it myself. Lilandria was a piece of heaven compared to her."

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msg #187

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You call for the wishes, and you feel power swell through you. Too much power, the whole planet is filled with ghosts killed by the Queen, and this power simply rips you apart.

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OOC: From Tad's attempt to do a planetary size spell....-200%, so counting from that alone, you have a 40% chance of a botch.

A reminder of favorite worlds might be helpful.

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Pm given with reminder. Jhiaxus follows through with his word, Oathbreakers beware. ;p

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