Happy new year, everybody!
This week is a little rough for me, so I probably won't be able to get a post in until next week. Hope everyone's year is starting off on a good foot.

Okay, thanks for being patient, everybody. Woo. New years, amiright? :)

*Poor Big sister has been hanging under the truck for weeks*

In reply to Big Sister (msg # 186):

ROFL! OMG--she's *definitely* got cramps in her hands and legs by this point. ;)

The way it was described the truck is entering an underground facility, correct? It was stated the door was in a cliff side. So there is no wall to climb.  If this is the case are we able to get to the door fast enough to enter before it closes or has it closed already?

The rest of us are also quite a ways off from the truck--I'm not sure plausible it would be to catch up to it even if we decided not to care about the surveillance cameras.

  Two of the three ways Ghost is thinking of work with the truck - when it's coming back out.

  Either wait until it opens again to let the truck leave, and slip in behind it before the door closes, or ambush it further up the road (out of sight of the eyes) and 'acquire' whatever methods are needed.

  The third way is by force. Which could also involve the truck if we don't care about being stealthy anymore...

In reply to Ghost-of-Silver (msg # 190):

It's a slooooow moving door. You've got plenty of time to slip inside if you want to. Or you can wait. Either way would work fine.

  Okay, that changes things considerably - I think we were all under the impression that Big Sister would get cut off and the rest of us struck outside when the truck went in. So we might need to redo a few posts...

In reply to Ghost-of-Silver (msg # 192):

I dunno. The initial worry was totally valid, and thought communication is super fast. I have no problem with carrying on as-is.

  It feels like we've lost people in the last week - not many posting, anyway!

Poor Big Sister, abandoned just as the big bad noticed her. So mean. So sad.

I'm still here, just trying to figure out what to post given the fairly dramatic shift in situation. I'll try and have something up this evening.

  My impression was that both the tunnel and the room are pretty much open with nowhere to hide (other than under the truck...) and no obvious cameras or defense systems (though hidden ones are certainly possible).

  So we're pretty much visible as we get to the bottom of the tunnel and had better be ready for it.

  Would we be able to bypass the camera by keeping to one side and shifting once we're out of its view of the door area, or does it cover pretty much the whole length down?

  So, as Ghost sees it, we have a few issues:

  Getting the door open from the inside - I suspect that this will require using a similar control code rather than just pushing a button - although being a garage interior, there might be an emergency open? How strong does the thing look if we have to get smashy?

  It probably isn't possible to block/jam the thing without setting off all kinds of trouble right there.


  If we can all get out without being detected, that's ideal, but Mr. Nose probably means that it isn't happening. Taking out the place would be nice, but it really depends on how prepared it is for an attack - if it's a bunch of ordinary, know-nothing humans and one disguised Spiral then we're in reasonable shape because the delirium would scatter most of them as soon as someone pops crinos, but that's an optimistic interpretation of the scenario.


  If the truck conveniently 'malfunctions' in a way that causes a great big mess, though...

Sorry, guys, this past week has been brutal on my schedule and I'm not gonna get to make a post today. I do love what you guys are doing, though! I'll try to get a post up tomorrow or Friday.

I imagine the humans will open the door for us once they are struck by the delirium, in a desperate attempt to escape.

In reply to White Shadow (msg # 201):

lol You know, that could work...

Is there something to throw at the camera or a way to parkour my way up to swat it hard enough to damage it?

  This is definitely the sort of place where a Glass Walker would come in handy...

  Given that Big Sister has been seen, though, we're not going to stay undercover for much longer. Just waiting on the results of her 'creative destruction'.

In reply to Ghost-of-Silver (msg # 204):

Sorry, yes. Feel free to screw with the camera as you see fit.

I'm looking for work IRL at the moment, so my schedule has been sheer folly for the past month. I'm gonna try to restore some semblance of order for the sake of my sanity, though, so I hope to post a bit more regularly (fingers crossed). I appreciate you guys being so patient with me in the meantime. :)

  Big Sister: those crystal spiders are shiny, right? So maybe they're reflective enough? ;)  If you didn't lose your mirror then up the tunnel and through the looking glass (again) seems like the least bad option.

  Meanwhile, in the physical tunnel, and in absence of any psychic screaming from Big Sister...

  Poke. Is it down to just Big Sister and Ghost?

....again?