AGWW Online - Log 2004/04/06
Mage - Etherites Go!
Session 1x03: The Temple in the Amazon III
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Anna - Dingo Bill Irvine - Marvin Bob Grant - Stayka Dr.Lisa Miller - Stayka Lady Samantha - Fuzzy Nathan Raiser - Asmodai Prof.Merak - Stayka Sarah Gordon - Stayka Skywarp - Stayka La_ST - Stayka
<La_ST> Okay, let's see what I can remember ^_^ AFAIK the group threw some smoke bombs at the camp of Prof.Merak...
<La_ST> Or rather - Lady Sam did from her personal heli...
<La_ST> The mysterious zeppelin decided to stay somewhat out of this at first...
Anna then communicated with Dr. Smith and decided to take a look at the others.. and I still can't remember a thing...
<La_ST> Then Dr.Miller and the other decided to inspect the camp where the other SCientists fled from the smoke into the jungle...
<La_ST> Well, somehow Sam got into contact with Anna here and went on board the zeppelin...
<La_ST> The others met with Rev John Jones who was in the temple and was mostly unaffected from the smoke bombs
<Lady_Samantha> (I remember discovering that Anna speaks english as well as a different chinese language0
<La_ST> (Sorry, skimming the log, as I can't remember what happened as usual. Didn't have time to look into it befor -_- Too much work to do)
Lady_Samantha checks over her "toys" and makes sure everything is in readdiness for the temple 'adventure"
<La_ST> It seems the group was already in the temple for a first look
<Lady_Samantha> I think thats when I was up on ther blimp
<La_ST> I think it was lat after noon and starting to get darker, which was why the group decided not to explore right now, but set up camp first... Although Prof Merak very likely would be back withing some minutes...
Nathan_Raiser was pretty aggitated by the delay... but unnecesary confronttion would not suit his plans... he'll roll along... as long as he can get what he came for...
<La_ST> Yeah. SAm was meeting with Anna and figuring out which languages she knows
<La_ST> Ah yes, and the REv and some others wanted to go out catch something for dinner
<La_ST> And that's where we left off last time, according to the log file
Anna is hurting her head trying to remember
Prof_Merak and his people still stumble through the jungle, trying to get out of the smoke.
Prof_Merak is very agitated at this attack...
<Lady_Samantha> ok - so someone when to look for dinner, is the camp resetup?
Prof_Merak is sure this can only be the idea of one of his competitors - or rather one certain competitor...
<Dr_Miller> Welll, Sarah and Bob were in the process of moving our gear hear...
<Dr_Miller> But Bob wanted to help with the hunting, right?
<Lady_Samantha> i thought maybe i could help with setup or something?
<Dr_Miller> Well, this would be very nice of you.
<Bob_Grant> So, where should we go for the hunt?
Nathan_Raiser is setup ontop of Bill's plane in the shade beinf very carefull about the actions of the other expedition... he's also keeping track of the movmenets through Skywarp
Bob_Grant looks to Nathan who had volunteered to accompany him
<Nathan_Raiser> (that was supposed to be before Merak came back)
<Skywarp> Well, according to my scan results, the other group is still in some disarray
<Nathan_Raiser> (AAARGH... no Hellboy here before September!!!)
Dr_Miller looks to Nathan and Bill. Well, how do you suggest we shall handle this situation?
<Dr_Miller> I mean, it would be very fortunate if we can keep Merak way
<Nathan_Raiser> You, guys keep track of what's going on... we don't have a clue what this shady guy may try...
<Nathan_Raiser> in my opinion we shoudl get into the temple and protect what assets we need...
Bob_Grant has followed the REverend into the jungle - they were going to get some meat for dinner. And maybe some fruit, too
<Dr_Miller> Well, we need to research in the temple... For that we need some breathing space
<Dr_Miller> If Merak hangs around, too, he would continually disturb us
<Nathan_Raiser> While they are gathering their breath we have the perfect opportunity
<Dr_Miller> A proper examination of this temple will take weeks or months!
<Nathan_Raiser> At least we can confirm that your finds are secure!
<Nathan_Raiser> and we can take care that they are protected...
<Dr_Miller> That would be very beneficial
<Nathan_Raiser> We simpyl go in and quickyl make an overview of the situation
<Nathan_Raiser> if you have that you will be easily able to take over the place
Bill_Irvine checks his guns and his supplies of dynamite in his jacket... Making sure is cigars are in a different poket
<Nathan_Raiser> and do what you see as fit
<Nathan_Raiser> that verifiews that noone will be taking eanythign they shouldn0t
Lady_Samantha checks her ammop and her equipment.
<Nathan_Raiser> Plus if we go now you have all of us as witnesses to your claims...
Nathan_Raiser thinks... not that i'd bother with any testimonies...
Lady_Samantha preps for a 'dungeon crawl'
Bill_Irvine made sure his guns are loaded and his dynamite secure and lights a new cigar
<La_ST> (Okay. I will repeat the temple description ^_^)
<La_ST> The temple is made of stone and partly overgrown. There is a big stairway
<La_ST> of stone that leads upwards to an entrance that is adorned by carved
<La_ST> stone figures and mossy murals.
<La_ST> The stone stairs are weather-beaten, and there is a lot of moss. The
<La_ST> murals depict scenes with strange gods and sacrifices - and there are
<La_ST> also weird things that may or may not be machines of some sort.
Nathan_Raiser grins as he has just managed to get this to start running...
<Dr_Miller> Well, what shall we do with Prof Merak when he'll return?
<Dr_Miller> I would prefer not to solve this violently, I have to admit
<Nathan_Raiser> once he's here you can claim your research rights
<Dr_Miller> But then, I would very much like him to be gne, too
<Nathan_Raiser> as the government must have issued you both permits?
<Dr_Miller> Well, sure...
<Nathan_Raiser> I don't do hits...
<Dr_Miller> I planned this a while ago...
<Nathan_Raiser> besides...
<Dr_Miller> Hm. I wonder if we could convince the government he's a fake...
<Nathan_Raiser> Well we could make this site look mismanaged...
<Lady_Samantha> perhaps Skywarp can confuse the Professors readings and instumentation?
<Dr_Miller> Hm. This might be a plan... But if he turns things around and claims we did the mismanagement?
<Nathan_Raiser> though it'd cost you... i don't work free and i'd guess that Bill was paid for wetwork
<Nathan_Raiser> (AARGH NOBODY KNOWS WHAT SKYWARP IS IN CHARACTER GRRR...)
<Nathan_Raiser> WE supply photpgraphs and written prof...
<Nathan_Raiser> of course... there is also the matter of payment...
<Lady_Samantha> (I dont ether but Nat is always asking that name for rep0orts)
<Nathan_Raiser> (in public, or silently to his beard?)
<Dr_Miller> Well, payment will be mostly handled by my sponsors..
<Nathan_Raiser> We're not talkine here about something you can put under company expenses...
<Lady_Samantha> (perhaops I misunderstood)
<Nathan_Raiser> Unless you can get an accountont to put "Wetwork" under a price
Nathan_Raiser smiles
Nathan_Raiser looks at Bill hoping to get some backup
Anna goes to look through the camp..
Dr_Miller wrtings her hands
Anna can perhaps find some clues to my identity here, as I wouldn't be here if I did not have some reason.
<Dr_Miller> Well, what payment to you have in mind then?
Bill_Irvine blows out a puff of smoke.
Lady_Samantha offers to help Anna
<Bill_Irvine> Lib getting a grip on some money, too... Hah.. There goes his liberal and communist mind...
Bill_Irvine laughs
<Nathan_Raiser> Shut up exploiter...
<Nathan_Raiser> besides you'd ebe doing the same...
<Nathan_Raiser> am i righjt?
Nathan_Raiser grins
<Bill_Irvine> I am not the one condemning making some money... You are, Lib *grins*
<Nathan_Raiser> this is fair money...
<Nathan_Raiser> unlike the gubby litle things you get only for existing
<Bill_Irvine> I remember times no money was fair enough for you
<Bill_Irvine> I am the goddam best gunsmith around.
<Nathan_Raiser> i was young.. i thought weed, sex and a hot rod was all one needed
<Bill_Irvine> Then you got hungry
Bill_Irvine laughs
<Nathan_Raiser> i'm still earning my money by< working hard for it...
<Nathan_Raiser> now
<Nathan_Raiser> dr. miller
<Nathan_Raiser> how will we do with the price?
<Dr_Miller> Well...
<Dr_Miller> WHat is the price you are talking about then?
Dr_Miller looks very uncomfortable
<Anna> (ST: Do I find anything of interest while sniffing through the stuff left by Marek and his minions ?)
<Nathan_Raiser> cash, debaros, green...
<Nathan_Raiser> (n)
<La_ST> Anna, while walking around, finds quite some electronic equipment that is used for measuring and xraying and outherwise checking the temple and the finds...
<La_ST> There are some personal assets, too, but mainly photographs, and there is a box with some expensive cigars in one tent, too
Anna pockets the box *G*
<Dr_Miller> Well, sure... BUt how much will it be pricier than we originally agreed on?
<Anna> (one of my minor fetishes as a player (chicks smoking cigars))
<La_ST> You also find some food - packed candybars and some more sensible food ^_^
<La_ST> (LOL)
<Nathan_Raiser> ah no thi has nothing to with that
<La_ST> (They are expensive ones, BTW ^_^ So it's even stylish)
<Nathan_Raiser> ... this is jsut a one sht affair...
<Nathan_Raiser> Bill how much are you getting for your services ?
<Dr_Miller> I see...
Dr_Miller wrings her hands again...
<Anna> (any chemicals, explosives, stuff like that ?)
<Dr_Miller> So what do you ask then?=
<La_ST> (Ah, good point. Some explosives, yes. But not much. A little C4, I'd say in case some resistant walls need to be taken down, but normally the Prof would use softer methods
<Nathan_Raiser> (Stayka... c4 is not used for civilian purposes)
<La_ST> (He's an archeologist after all. So stuff like shovels, brushes etc is there, too. And sieves)
<La_ST> (Okay, the n think of some Etherite variety ^_^ )
<Anna> (C4 is just one plastic explosive.. there's others that are used *g*)
<La_ST> (The SoE *own* Matter ^_^)
Anna picks out the explosives, the detonators and puts it in a backpack..
<Nathan_Raiser> )explosives are forces ;))
Anna thinks "Never knows when this might turn in handy."
<La_ST> (Matter & Forces, depending on the effect)
<Bill_Irvine> (<--- Matter 2, Forces 3... All you need to make things BOOOM *g*)
<La_ST> (Exactly ^_^)
<Nathan_Raiser> (this is the point when i finnaly see the destruction that this gorup will do... and i am afraid...)
<Dr_Miller> (Oh what have I brought together here -_-)
Anna (is specialized in blowing things up)
<Nathan_Raiser> So... 15 000 dolars for the work should really suffice...
Dr_Miller looks to Nathan, a bit expectantly and uncomfortable...
<Bill_Irvine> (<-- Is a gunsmith and works with chemestry... What do you expect? *g*)
<Dr_Miller> So what do you ask then?
Anna just wanders around the campsite..
<Lady_Samantha> .me decides to go looking for Anna
<Nathan_Raiser> (^--)
<La_ST> (Anna: You stumble over the cooking site... They have a nice gas stove and some game is lying there to be prepared ^_^)
Lady_Samantha sees Anna at their camp kitchen
<La_ST> (It's Merak's camp kitchen ^_^ Bob & the REv are out hunting ^_^)
<Lady_Samantha> (yes, I followed, but thats were she ended up)
<Anna> (Can't cook)
<Nathan_Raiser> (you can blow shit up ;))
<Anna> (ST: It was the other char that was a Chef *G*)
<Lady_Samantha> hmm
<Lady_Samantha> so whats there ?
<La_ST> (*g* Sure. But you still stumbled over the camp kitchen ^_^)
<Bill_Irvine> (What about Dynamite roasted meat?)
<Lady_Samantha> (seems a bit exessive for cooking)
<Nathan_Raiser> (she wants you to blow somthing up, baka!)
<Lady_Samantha> Anna: had any luck finding anythin g to help you remember?
<La_ST> (Sam: Afold-out table, chair, then some cutlery, some plastic dishes and cups on a makeshift shelf, a gas stove and a transportable fridge
<Anna> hmm
Anna goes toying with the gas tank of the stove...
<La_ST> (eEEP!)
<Nathan_Raiser> (oooh she wants to whweedle me out of my cash!)
<Nathan_Raiser> (don't act like you didn't want this, you evil ST ;))
<Nathan_Raiser> (and what about my fair money ;))
<Lady_Samantha> you probably shouldn't do that
<Anna> hnn ?
<Lady_Samantha> we wouldn't want an unplanned explosion
<Anna> It will burn pretty nicely..
<Anna> and I can get these things to fly really high *G*
<Nathan_Raiser> (LOOL)
<Nathan_Raiser> (i can still get some cash out of this ;))
<La_ST> (sELL THE tv RIGHTS ^_^)
Anna rigs the gas tank to fly up in the sky and explode in a big ball of fire...
<La_ST> (Did I mention I hate Caps lock?)
<Lady_Samantha> oh dear
Nathan_Raiser is currently explaing to the good doctro why he needs his serivec ans why he should aslo pay Bill for helping with that...
<La_ST> (Sam. You are the one who might still save the camp...)
Dr_Miller tries to figure out where to allocate the money for those services...
Lady_Samantha continues the investigation of the camp to see if anything else might be helpfull in assistiong Anna (or in our exploration)
<Anna> *BOOOOOMMM*
<La_ST> (You mean assist Anna in her explosion?)
<Nathan_Raiser> Doc... listen
Anna looks at it content
<Nathan_Raiser> qith the stuff you discover here yo uwill earn those 15 000 easy
<La_ST> (Anna: *g* How did you rig the gas tank?)
<Lady_Samantha> (err no, assisting in investigation to see if any clues to identity are to be found)
<Nathan_Raiser> and theres still the wonderfull humiliation you'll give to your rival...
<La_ST> Folks outside - You hear quite an explosion...
<La_ST> Please roll dodge vs 6
<La_ST> (Some shrapnell flying about from the tank)
<Lady_Samantha> (me too?)
<La_ST> (If you were outside, then yes)
Lady_Samantha rolled 2d10 dice and got: 3, 7
Nathan_Raiser rolled 7d10 dice and got: 8, 6, 8, 7, 3, 1, 9
Anna turned the tank upside down, turned open the safety valve, and then created a spark a bit removed.. (and I've seen this being done in real life too and yes, it's dangerous)
<Anna> (but I'm an expert *G*)
<La_ST> You hear the impact of some metal splinters next to you, but you didn't get hit...
Bill_Irvine rolled 6d10 dice and got: 2, 7, 8, 6, 1, 3
Anna rolled 5d10 dice and got: 8, 4, 7, 7, 4
<Anna> and I evade the metal shards coming down with "practiced" grace
<Nathan_Raiser> And i guarrantee....
Dr_Miller rolled 5d10 dice and got: 7, 5, 6, 9, 8
Nathan_Raiser is suddenyl vcut short by the blast and dives for the ground
<La_ST> OKay, it seems no one got hurt. But the explosion was pretty obvious
Dr_Miller just fell to the ground on her backside and stares at the explosion
<Dr_Miller> Are we under attack???
<Bill_Irvine> What the....
<Dr_Miller> Help!
<Nathan_Raiser> Shiiit!
<Anna> Cool
Anna grins
<Lady_Samantha> *sigh*
<Nathan_Raiser> Are these Mortar!
<Nathan_Raiser> You didn't tell me they had mortars!
<Lady_Samantha> perhaps we should see if the rest of the group is ok?
<Dr_Miller> Mortars?
<Dr_Miller> Not that I would know
<Bill_Irvine> Are they coming with heavy artillery=
<Bill_Irvine> ?
<Dr_Miller> Prof Merak was never militant like this
<Nathan_Raiser> (aren't all our ears ringing)
<La_ST> (Sure)
<Nathan_Raiser> Wel here's evidence of misuing the site!
<Dr_Miller> Oh yes!
<Nathan_Raiser> i can make it even more convincing!
<Dr_Miller> Indeed!
<Dr_Miller> No one should use such crude means for an excavation!
<Nathan_Raiser> and get the report to the authorities within an hour...
<Nathan_Raiser> so did we agree on the price!
<Dr_Miller> We can definitely throw him out now
<Dr_Miller> Well, I think yes, it will do (the price)
<Lady_Samantha> perhaps we should see if the rest of the group is ok?
Dr_Miller gets up from the ground and dabs at her trousers
Lady_Samantha looks for the rest of our party
Dr_Miller looks around, but the others look okay, too
<Dr_Miller> Anyone hurt?
<Dr_Miller> I hope not
Dr_Miller looks to the two militasry guys.
<Dr_Miller> You really have to help me...
<Dr_Miller> I'm just not prepared for something like that
Lady_Samantha continues to look
Nathan_Raiser gets up...
<Bill_Irvine> I am fine... But what in hell was this=
Lady_Samantha returns
<Nathan_Raiser> now... all i need is some assurance of the price
<Lady_Samantha> is everyone ok?
<Dr_Miller> I don't know...
<Nathan_Raiser> an we can get to rigging this properly...
<Lady_Samantha> I told her not to mess with that
<Dr_Miller> Told whom?
Anna is still looking with interest at the remnants of my "toy"
<Lady_Samantha> Anna - she made a "misle" out of the prof's camp stove's fuel cylinder
<Lady_Samantha> err missle
<Dr_Miller> What???
<Lady_Samantha> flew up and exploded like a bomp
<Lady_Samantha> err bomb
<Bill_Irvine> Why did she do that???
<Lady_Samantha> i suggest we ask her -- I don't know
<Dr_Miller> Irresponsible!!
Dr_Miller looks stunned and then agry
<Lady_Samantha> I'd agree
<Nathan_Raiser> Oookay
<Nathan_Raiser> that requires some knowhow...
<Nathan_Raiser> or sheer dumb luck
<Nathan_Raiser> at least we know not to let her near anything explosive
<Dr_Miller> That would be prudent!
Prof_Merak finally barges out of the undergrowth...
<Prof_Merak> What did you to toi my camp?
Prof_Merak is pretty agitated
Prof_Merak looks to the people standing around
<Anna> I blew up the gastank of the stove, looked pretty impressive didn't it ?
<Prof_Merak> You did WHAT????
Prof_Merak recognizes Dr.MIller...
Nathan_Raiser comes in front of Merak gun at the back...
Nathan_Raiser flashes the govermnet papers he had...
<Prof_Merak> I knew you were trying to sabotage me, but I never knew you would hire pyromaniacs to ruin my expedition!
Nathan_Raiser takes out a small notepad from one of his pockets...
<Prof_Merak> I will hold you responsible!
<Nathan_Raiser> You must be Prof. Merak
<Nathan_Raiser> I'm from the govvernment
<Prof_Merak> I will file a report on this, and then you will nwever get near *any* archeological site anymore!
<Nathan_Raiser> and i must conclude that your whole operation is visibly defective
Prof_Merak suddenly stop
Bill_Irvine watches Lib
Nathan_Raiser places his hand an inch from hsi face
<Prof_Merak> Government?
<Prof_Merak> Then take her into custody!
<Prof_Merak> Ah, yes, and I'm Prof.Merak
<Nathan_Raiser> Prof. Merak
<Nathan_Raiser> Shut up
<Nathan_Raiser> You are visibly incompetent...
<Nathan_Raiser> let me see your contract with this country 's govemnet with your excavation rights..
Prof_Merak is totally stunned.
Prof_Merak takes a deep breath to start another tirade
Nathan_Raiser looks at him shooting dagger from his eyes
<Nathan_Raiser> Ahemmm
<Nathan_Raiser> Are you willing to get foreer banned from this country?
<Prof_Merak> My contract?
Prof_Merak runs to one of the tents
<Prof_Merak> (Oops was too fast or too slow ^_^)
<Prof_Merak> Banned? Why should I be banned?
<Nathan_Raiser> let me see your contract...
<Prof_Merak> *She* appear her, ruins my camp and then you do not take her into custody but threaten *me*??
<Prof_Merak> I will fetch the contract!!
<Nathan_Raiser> IS THIS YOUR SITE?
<Prof_Merak> Of course it is - what is left of it, after this maniac destroyed most of it!
Nathan_Raiser takes a look at the contract
<Nathan_Raiser> WHERE IS IT WRTTEN HERE THAT THIS IS YOUR SITE?
<La_ST> (Anna - did you also sack stuff like papers etc?)
<Prof_Merak> Well, here of course!
Prof_Merak points to a paragraph where he knows it should be written down
<Anna> (I just went through them, but I didn't "sack" them)
<La_ST> (Ok. Then he could indeed still fetch it)
Nathan_Raiser Grabs him for his shirt and places his face in the contract
<Nathan_Raiser> Where is it written HERE that this is your site?
<Nathan_Raiser> This site is leased to you udner the internationa lact of arheological cooperation
Prof_Merak struggles free and looks with righteos wrath at Nathan
<Prof_Merak> Well, *here*
<Prof_Merak> THe official tiold me it was my site, my research!
Prof_Merak was pretty sure as he bribed him adequately...
<Nathan_Raiser> (what ycoubtry are we in ?)
<Nathan_Raiser> YOU COME HERE EXPLOIT THIS SITE AND HAVE THE NERVE TO PROTEST TO MY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR RESEARCH!=
Anna ponders for a moment
<La_ST> (Checking...)
Nathan_Raiser moves to the side and hands a digital camera to Bill... and nods towards the flames
<Anna> Do you have any idea who I am ?? (to Merak)
<Nathan_Raiser> (behind his back)
<Nathan_Raiser> (AAARGH DINGO)
<La_ST> (It's Peru, I just discovered ^_^ It is a bit away from Cusco / Macchu Piccu)
<Nathan_Raiser> The govermnet of Peru gave yo uthe rigth to explore
<Nathan_Raiser> you are obviosuyl missuing them
Prof_Merak looks totally stunned at the beautiful ASian woman
<Prof_Merak> Do you want to mock me or what???
<Nathan_Raiser> this site was also given to at lweast two other certified researchers
<Nathan_Raiser> among them Dr. miller
<Nathan_Raiser> and 3 days ago...
<Prof_Merak> I was told I'd have the *exclusive* rights!!
<Nathan_Raiser> when i approached your camp to perferom a routine inspection
<Nathan_Raiser> your men have refuted me...
Nathan_Raiser lauaghs out loud...
<Prof_Merak> I wasn't informed of that...
<Nathan_Raiser> -.We give rigths to anyone who gives our country much needed income...
Prof_Merak is pretty much speechless
<Nathan_Raiser> NOw... if i hear one more raised tone from you i will see to it that you are forbidden entry into Peru as long as you live...
Prof_Merak thinks he pwaid that guy more than enough for "exclusive"... But he would definitely complain there...
<Nathan_Raiser> ...we are not too brash.. .we would let your corpse be buried here if you were wshing somethign like that...
<Prof_Merak> You can't...
Prof_Merak falls silent
<Nathan_Raiser> (he'd complain about his "exclusive" riiight)
<Nathan_Raiser> Good
<Nathan_Raiser> (Has Bill been taking those photos i nodded him to
Prof_Merak thinks - probably he *can* - after all, this is one of those banana republics where lots of things were possible to officials
<Nathan_Raiser> (peru is not exactly a banan republic...)
<La_ST> (Sure. But Merak is agitated)
<Nathan_Raiser> Now then
<Nathan_Raiser> i want you to give me the overview of your work i nthe past weeks...
<Nathan_Raiser> and i want it proper...
Nathan_Raiser seems to be looking over the contract...
<Bill_Irvine> (Sure)
<Prof_Merak> I have been here only for about ten days. We were still doing preliminary studies of the murals and taking photos and sketches...
<Prof_Merak> You know that nothing can replace a proper sketch?
<Nathan_Raiser> YOu have done nothing i see...
Nathan_Raiser writes somethign on your notepad...
<Nathan_Raiser> HOw much did you pay for this contract?
Prof_Merak states a sizable sum
Nathan_Raiser places his hand on his shoulder
<Nathan_Raiser> Ah Proffesor Merak...
<Nathan_Raiser> You see we are currently making substantial changes in the organisation of our govermnet due to corruption caused by people in it...
<Nathan_Raiser> it seems that you were one of the outsiders who were furthering this unflettering trend...
<Nathan_Raiser> The Govermnet of Peru does not want to be associated with corruption...
<Nathan_Raiser> i will hav to supend your right momentarily and take your statments
<Nathan_Raiser> you will be the witness in the trials against the parties involved...
Prof_Merak looks at Nathan in utter shock
<Prof_Merak> But my archeological research?
<Nathan_Raiser> That will have to wait
<Nathan_Raiser> you were clearlya party involved in this corruption...
<Nathan_Raiser> since yo uare a foreign national i believe we should be able to take care of this pretty soon...
<Nathan_Raiser> in say... 6-8 months
Prof_Merak looks as if he were close to faint
<Nathan_Raiser> then the trials should start and we can expect to be done with you as a witness within a year or two
<Nathan_Raiser> after that you can go through the process of rerequesting the rights through proper channels...
<Nathan_Raiser> Oh and once your statement is in you won't be able to leave the country bfore the trials are tajeb ti the end...
<Nathan_Raiser> (taken to the...)
Prof_Merak currently only wishes to get out of this *soon*
<Nathan_Raiser> Honestly i feel bad for you being cheated liek this
Dr_Miller stands behinds Nathan and is lucky that her broad grin can't be seen by Merak
<Nathan_Raiser> and being only in the employ of the Peruvian goverment as an outside agent i can give you seome friendly advice...
<Nathan_Raiser> You see... if you don't give the statmenet.. and leave the country... before someone shoudl request it officialy from you...
<Nathan_Raiser> ... you won't be called from any other state into the proceedings...
<Nathan_Raiser> If you get my drift...
<Prof_Merak> Ahm... Yes.... I think... I see...
<Nathan_Raiser> But since m report is due tomorrow... you should already be packing if you don't want me to take the proper route...
<Nathan_Raiser> i can delay it only so long...
<Nathan_Raiser> after all i would not liek to be considered tardy...
<Prof_Merak> I guess - yes, that might be wise...
<Nathan_Raiser> but if you left while i was sleeping... then i guess i could get out with that....
<La_ST> (During the time some more of Meraks people have returned and witnessed the exchange in amazement...
<Nathan_Raiser> if i were wantign to get out... i'd be on the plane out of here by morning...
<Bill_Irvine> (bathroom calls. brb)
<Nathan_Raiser> Oh and don't inform your colleague... if you do we will be required to take stricter measures against you... and this is a private operation of the Peruvian Government...
<Nathan_Raiser> So... are you willing to give me your statement now?
<Prof_Merak> Am.. yes...
Anna ponders and lights a cigar while Nathan is talking
Nathan_Raiser smiles friendly...
Anna enjoys her expensive cigar
Prof_Merak smells the cigar
<Prof_Merak> She - she stole some of my belongings!!
<Nathan_Raiser> Oh?
<Nathan_Raiser> She has crashed with that Zeplein of hers...
<Anna> I'm guessing these are cuban.
<Nathan_Raiser> she must be disoriented...
<Nathan_Raiser> i'll take her to the proper authorities...
Prof_Merak looks to Nathan, wondering in what relation ship this pyromaniac stands with this guy
<Anna> They're illegal you know *G*
<Nathan_Raiser> So shallwe be heading to take your statment or do you have somewhere else to be?
<Nathan_Raiser> (not in Peru, baka!)
<Anna> (also in Peru.. Cuba is under a ban from the UN)
<Prof_Merak> Well, I guess we should do it that way...
Prof_Merak is totally crushed by the events...
<Nathan_Raiser> I'm really sorry that you were one of the foreign nationals struck by this... but if you have jsut taken the proscribed route...
Bill_Irvine extinguishes his cigar and lights a new one himself
<La_ST> (Okay, I think we can say that Merak actually gives his statement... He then tells his people to take down the camp)
<Nathan_Raiser> (i told h mthat if he gave the statement he'd need to proceed into the trials :))
Dr_Miller stands in the vicinity of Bill. Merak & Nathan have disappeared...
<Dr_Miller> This friend of yours is really worth his money, it seems
<La_ST> (Ok, I misunderstood then. He'll take down his camp though)
<Bill_Irvine> I wonder since when he is into money at all. Lib used to be a commie, you know... I guess his ass is moving in the right direction
<Bill_Irvine> He can learn
<Dr_Miller> Well, at least he saved me from quite a hassle here
<Lady_Samantha> (/me wonders what happened to the hunters)
<Bill_Irvine> He was always good in talking... Want to see if he can not only talk the talk, but also walk the walk... Hell, the little brat has changed
Anna enjoys her cigar.
<La_ST> (They are still hunting. It should be something nice & tasty, I'd say. Maybe some snakes or so)
<Dr_Miller> Well, he was impressive for sure
<Anna> (snake is supposed to be quite tasty... but I choose the roasted crickets when I had the choice)
<Bill_Irvine> (Testes like chicken ;))
<La_ST> (Well, they are gone for a while and will return with some stuff ^_^)
<La_ST> (Sorry Bathroom calls - Let's say the hunter come back - then you have to do something ^_^)
<Anna> (I wonder why nobody (with Merak out of the way) is going to shout at me)
<Nathan_Raiser> (we'll get to that once we get rid of Merak for sure :))
<Nathan_Raiser> (adn lie kthis i'm willign to bet he won't be inquiring too much into any of this :))
<Bill_Irvine> (Bill sorts his dynamite with a cigar in his mouth.. Do your htink he has the right to complain? *g*)
<Anna> oooh.. Dynamite
Anna 's eyes light up
<Lady_Samantha> (oh boy -- Anna sees Bill's explosives)
<Nathan_Raiser> (don't telll her that, youll just turn her on
;))<Bill_Irvine> Naw.. Those are my little Ladies
<Nathan_Raiser> (good that she doen't prowl into my man pocekts :))
<La_ST> (Back. )
<Anna> Mr. Irvine.. wanna go fishing later ?
Dr_Miller is happy that Merak will be gone soon.
<Bill_Irvine> Fishing? Don't know. Let's wait till we know what will happen here
<La_ST> By now, night is approaching..
<Lady_Samantha> so whats our plan ? its getting dark, yes?
<Nathan_Raiser> Well now we're free of interlopers
<Dr_Miller> Well, we should settle down in the camp. Investigating the ruins during night is not sucha good idea
<Anna> There's some beds in the Zeppelin, as well as airco..
<Nathan_Raiser> And i quite believe we ahave secured Dr. Milelrs trights to this site for quite a while....
<Nathan_Raiser> Why not tonight?
<Anna> As long as you promis not to go snooping around too much..
<Dr_Miller> Bed? Now that would b e a welcome addition instead of a normal campsite
<Nathan_Raiser> inside it will be as dark during night... as it will be during the day
<Lady_Samantha> Anna: i like to stay on the ship
<Bill_Irvine> I can sleep in my Baby
<Dr_Miller> Well, it was quite some ruckus today. I think we should sleep ovver this so that we can freshly investigate tomorrow...
<Lady_Samantha> shoukld somone look at whats with the hunters so they don't get loast in the dark?
<Nathan_Raiser> Well then... Dr. Miller sinece this is now your camp
<Nathan_Raiser> would you mind me getting the hired hands and my equipment here?
<Bill_Irvine> What kind of dangers are out here at night?
<Bill_Irvine> Some cute animals?
<Lady_Samantha> (oh the usual, Lion's and Tigers and Bears :))
<Dr_Miller> Well, that's what I intended
<Nathan_Raiser> It's the same as Nam... just without the gooks and tigers...
<Dr_Miller> Sarah already started to bring some stuff over...
Nathan_Raiser grins
<Bill_Irvine> Oh fine. So noone trying to bomb out our asses
Lady_Samantha gets what she needs for the night and looks to Anna for permission to board
<La_ST> THe hunters come back from the hunt... They have indeed one big snake with them and some smaller things that look edible
<Nathan_Raiser> If you will excuse me...
<Bill_Irvine> So do we need guards, or what? Else i will sleep in my baby
Anna presses the remote control that lowers the plank
<Nathan_Raiser> Bill wanna help with carrying?
<Bill_Irvine> Ok, let's move some things
Anna is looking around a bit and finds the living quarters area..
Bill_Irvine walks over to Nathan to help
Nathan_Raiser heqads with Bill to his camp...
<Anna> (The ship also have a very large living room below the bridge (including a gym) and it has a large galley and is also stocked on food supplies)
Dr_Miller also helps.
Lady_Samantha climbs up to the entrance door
Bob_Grant is occupied with the task of gutting the catch and preparing it as meal.
<Bill_Irvine> So Lib, since when are you into money? You were once talking about it as the source of humanitiy's downfall
Nathan_Raiser whistles three thimes before enterign a clearing where 4 large tens, a number of plastic crates and a huge thing covered in camo netting are set around each other...
<Anna> (The rooms are made up of modular things, so almost everything in the living quarter deck can be disassembled and stored away..)
Nathan_Raiser nods to some 4-5 men as he enteres the place...
<Nathan_Raiser> That's before i saw that men were their own downfall
<Nathan_Raiser> cah at least helps me be happy... and do stuff that will help others be happy...
<Nathan_Raiser> have you heard of the Raiser fund?
Anna shows everyone that wants to stay here to their rooms.
<Bill_Irvine> Going from one extreme to another... ThatÄs like you
Skywarp informed Nathan all the time about possible danger. He didn't see Merak and his group as danger, though ^_^
<Bill_Irvine> Naw, didn't hear about it
Lady_Samantha tha nks you
<Bill_Irvine> (Is the camp rather high tech?)
<Nathan_Raiser> After i got back from the Black op part of my duty...
<La_ST> (Actually not. I think your B52 and the Zepp are way better to sleep in
<Nathan_Raiser> (the tents are realyl of great quylitys, ther's a satellite dish and there are highly duarble black crates all over...)
<Anna> (Airco in the Jungle)
<La_ST> (Oh, you meant Nate...)
Lady_Samantha finds a bunk and sets up her space
<Bill_Irvine> (Yup *g*)
<Nathan_Raiser> ... i found out my father... you know, the banker, had died...
<Nathan_Raiser> i wanted to take all his money and burn it...
<Nathan_Raiser> that's when i got the idea...
<Anna> (No bunks Sam, real bedrooms *G*)
<Bill_Irvine> *whistles* Nice equipment you got. scrounged all your toys together?
<Nathan_Raiser> so many of the guys coming back from Nam, had nothing to go back to...
Lady_Samantha smiles
Nathan_Raiser closes soem boxes and orders them sto start carryign and setup camp there...
<Anna> (and they aren't small either)
<Nathan_Raiser> ... the Raiser fund took care of people without means... and helped them find jobs and places to live...
Dr_Miller is finished with helping (Sarah could do the rest), and she walks up the ramp to the zeppelin, too
<Anna> (About 15m2)
Dr_Miller looks around at the entrance...
<Dr_Miller> Hello?
<Lady_Samantha> with your permission Capt,I'd liike to see whats available in the galley?
<Anna> Sure..
<Nathan_Raiser> i think it does a lot forthe people who got back from Nam only to be called baby killers and spat in their faces...
<Anna> Come in Dr. Miller
<Nathan_Raiser> it made me content...
<Nathan_Raiser> i opened a Car repair shop..
<Nathan_Raiser> that made me content...
Lady_Samantha goes to galley to see whats available
<La_ST> (Hey, Bob & JOhn hunted! They don't want their work be for naught)
<Dr_Miller> Thank you.
Dr_Miller enters and looks around.
<Dr_Miller> This is amazing!
<Lady_Samantha> quite so
<Anna> (Enough supplies to last for 6 months)
<Nathan_Raiser> ...but it wasn't long before i realised i wanted to more...
Nathan_Raiser finesihes up with closing the crates and helps the tents to get set right...
<Anna> (With a full crew compliment (which can be about 50 people))
<Nathan_Raiser> ... and that's when i got into some interesting concepts...
<Nathan_Raiser> ... heard of the Popemobile?
Sarah_Gordon wipes her forehead.
<Sarah_Gordon> Thank you.
<Sarah_Gordon> All help is appreciated
Anna goes to the office space behind the bridge..
Anna goes through the stuff there
<Bill_Irvine> Since when do you have ideas?
<Nathan_Raiser> since always...
Lady_Samantha looks at whats available for dinner
<Nathan_Raiser> don't you rmember that they took me in that special unit due to my driving and tinkering skills?
<Nathan_Raiser> so anyway... i wanted to build the goddamn thing fro mscratch...
<Anna> (no logs, I don't do logs... too much hassle, passports (at least half a dozen), the same for registrations for the ship, and bank accounts...)
<Nathan_Raiser> but no... the damn Vatican idiots went and took my design and placed it on a custom made Mercedes...
<Nathan_Raiser> ah well at least i got the cash for the design...
<Bill_Irvine> What was your design like?
<Nathan_Raiser> even if the implementation isn't up to the score...
<Nathan_Raiser> it was simialr visually...
<Bill_Irvine> And again.. How did you scrounge all those nice toys together?
<Nathan_Raiser> well a job here, a job there... and it tallied up...
Dr_Miller thinks that next time she will hire a zeppelin right away. These are a far better accomodation than tents in a camp
Lady_Samantha agrees
<Nathan_Raiser> i went from shunning money to giving it away to earnign shitloads just for doign what i like...
<Lady_Samantha> so, would you rather have snake or whats availab le here?
<Dr_Miller> Well, I don't want to hurt Bob's feelings.
<Dr_Miller> He is always so proud of his hunting skills.
<Bill_Irvine> You can bet your ass... You are doing what you condemned
<Anna> (I'm guessing that Bob would like a decent meal too *G*)
<Lady_Samantha> (well as Annie says .. theres always tomorrow)
<Nathan_Raiser> no i'm not...
<Nathan_Raiser> i'm not earning of any poor folks...
<La_ST> (Probably *g* But Dr.Miller might not relise it. But then, one can ask)
<Nathan_Raiser> i rip off fat, rich bastards...
<Nathan_Raiser> and i help the vets...
<Bill_Irvine> You rip off yourself? *laughs*
<Nathan_Raiser> and i help the communities of the town...
<Nathan_Raiser> hey... am i fat?
<Nathan_Raiser> and as for my money... it's all spent on equipment and tools for my work
<Nathan_Raiser> i don't hav any jacuzzies, model dates and any of tht fame crap...
<Bill_Irvine> Yeah, yeah... Sure
<Nathan_Raiser> anyway if you stop bitching... i'd lie kto show you something...
<Bill_Irvine> What is it?
Anna will spend the night on the bridge hurting my head trying to remember *G*
Nathan_Raiser heads to the large camo covered object and presses a button on a small ndevice clsoe to the camo... soon the whole thing falls apart to uncover a sleek combat jet of very peculair design...
Nathan_Raiser taps the sleek black athing with purple hiughlits... it is quite round and yet has the sleek look of a F-14
Bob_Grant meanwhile has put together a nice filet de serpent with some fruit
Bill_Irvine takes out the cigar and eyes the jet
<Bill_Irvine> Nice tooooyyy...
<Nathan_Raiser> (it is somethign completley different :))
<Bill_Irvine> What is this?
<Nathan_Raiser> it's not a toy...
Nathan_Raiser alks around it and collects the webbing
<Nathan_Raiser> It's something i found...
<Nathan_Raiser> ...and repaired...
<Nathan_Raiser> i'm still working out the quirks...
Skywarp stays silent as long as Nathan doesn't tell him to reveal himself
<Nathan_Raiser> (and i won't... yet ;))
<Nathan_Raiser> it's a wonderfull thing...
<Bill_Irvine> Let me see... I know some stuff about metal, so I perhaps coudl find out what it is made from, if it is not simple iron and steel
<Nathan_Raiser> it's not
<Nathan_Raiser> it's a unique alloy
<Bill_Irvine> You already analyzed it?
<Nathan_Raiser> and i must admit i haven't found it listed anywhere else...
<Nathan_Raiser> anyway...
<Bill_Irvine> I could check it out in my lab
Lady_Samantha goes to Bob and gets food for the ladies
<Nathan_Raiser> Yep... i used some pretty advanced stuff for that
<Nathan_Raiser> help me load this crates
Nathan_Raiser laughs
<Nathan_Raiser> your "lab" ?
Lady_Samantha carries it up to the airship
Dr_Miller decides to get back to the camp to indulge in the result of Bob's hunt
Nathan_Raiser opens a large door at the back between the jets where a gapping hoole is opened with a soft mechanic whirring sound...
<Bill_Irvine> Hey, I make guns, so I need to find new alloys that are stable, heat resistant and light
Dr_Miller helps Sam carry the stuff
<Lady_Samantha> Doc? Anna? food's here
<Bill_Irvine> Sure I have a lab
Anna ponders over the different identification papers she found (with her picture on them) as well as the bank accounts (that are pretty loaded)
<Nathan_Raiser> Since when are you interested in sciences that didn't go boom?
<Bill_Irvine> I make better gunpowder, better bullets
<Bill_Irvine> I am the best damn gunsmith around
Nathan_Raiser grabs one of the big balck crates and slides it in...
<Dr_Miller> Anna?
<Nathan_Raiser> and i'm the best cutom vehicle maker you'll see anywhere...
Lady_Samantha gets plates and fltware from the galley for dinner
<Lady_Samantha> err flatware
<Bill_Irvine> You have seen my lady, Lib
Nathan_Raiser grabs another crate ans slides it in...
Dr_Miller wants to talk with Anna about her gas tank explosion... She thinks it is best to do that in considerably calm way with some food
<Nathan_Raiser> ... yes.. and she needs work...
<Nathan_Raiser> don't worry i'd do some work on her... i'd even give you a discount...
Nathan_Raiser grins
<Bill_Irvine> She doesn't she has class, she has style, she has everything
Lady_Samantha finds something for drink in the galley and brings that and cups to the others
<Bill_Irvine> Keep your fingers away
<Bill_Irvine> You have never seen her in real action, Lib
Anna sits there staring at the papers.
<Nathan_Raiser> Are you going to stand there, or are you going to help, loudmouth?
<Dr_Miller> Anna?
<Dr_Miller> What's up?
<Anna> In the office area (which at the moment is one huge office)
Nathan_Raiser pushes a crate into his hands...
<Bill_Irvine> Loudmouth? Me? You are the one loud
<Lady_Samantha> perhaps we shoukld go look for her
Dr_Miller stands at the entrance of said area
Bill_Irvine picks up the crate and carries it
Lady_Samantha calls out Anna!
<Anna> 6 different identities, lots of numbered bank accounts with banks all over the world, and about 50.000 dollars in different curencies in my safe..
<La_ST> Huh?
<Anna> And it doesn't ring a bell at all...
<Dr_Miller> Huhu?
<La_ST> (Sorry - wrong woindow)
<Lady_Samantha> I think Anna is trying to make sense of the available clues and failing
<Dr_Miller> Well... Sechs identities... This sounds somewhat circumspect
<Lady_Samantha> Anna!
<Anna> Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, 2 Americans and an english passport.
<Lady_Samantha> to quote Alice, "Curiouser and Curiouser"
<Dr_Miller> Well, you do have an ASian look...
<Lady_Samantha> none of them sound familiar?
<Anna> non of them..
<Dr_Miller> Of course there are Asians in the US and UK, too
<Anna> and there's the bank accounts..
<Anna> I'm loaded
Lady_Samantha grins, I'd guessed
<Anna> And I can't remember at thing.
<Dr_Miller> I wish I knew how to help you...
<Lady_Samantha> and we'd already checked and there doesn't appear to be any organic problem
Anna places the passports and papers back in her safe
<Anna> Let's eat.
<Dr_Miller> Yes.
Anna is confused
<Dr_Miller> Bob called it Filet au serpent...
<Dr_Miller> He has quite a knack preparing strange things in the middle of nowhere
Lady_Samantha tries it :)
Anna takes out a few chopsticks and starts eating.
<Dr_Miller> I decided I wouldn't want to hurt his feelings and got our share from his catch
<Anna> (It would be nice if the others would join us too)
<La_ST> (It tastes edible. A bit bland, but it is a mix of snakemeat with some fruits and thus sweet & sour ^_^)
<Lady_Samantha> *grin* is dones taste like chicken ;)
<Dr_Miller> Well, Bob said he wanted to wait for the others and we should start before it gets cold
Anna enjoys her meal.
Lady_Samantha smiles
<Dr_Miller> Not bad.
Anna nods
<Anna> But I know this isn't my favorite.
<Dr_Miller> Without Bob we certainly would have starved on some expeditions!
<Dr_Miller> Well, I will tell him he doesn't need to hunt tomorrow
<Dr_Miller> And snake for breakfast - Well, I could very well live without that
<Lady_Samantha> *grin*
Lady_Samantha finishes up and takes dishes to the galley for cleaning
Nathan_Raiser fineishe loading up the crap...
<Dr_Miller> I really wonder what the others are doing. We should sleep now so that we can get down the temple tomorrow morning
Nathan_Raiser has left one balck container outside...
<Nathan_Raiser> How much do you wanna hurry there?
<Nathan_Raiser> The hired hands took the tents and the gear that i have for use only in here...
<Nathan_Raiser> I have a suggestion...
<Anna> Why do you have two millitary guys around ?
<Anna> That Mr. Raiser had some kind of backup..
<Dr_Miller> Actually I only hired the one guy with the big plane
<Dr_Miller> He's a freelancer and his plane is fast
<Nathan_Raiser> behind that tree is a nice cliff... we can kick back with these...
<Dr_Miller> Well, the other one suddenly appeared - he was around for some reason I have yet to figure out
Nathan_Raiser hits the top of the crate and it opens with a whoohshh....
<Dr_Miller> But he knew my pilot
<Nathan_Raiser> Inside it in piles of ice,are bottles of Czech beer and Coke...
<Dr_Miller> Well, and he was very helpful this afternoon, I have to admit
<Nathan_Raiser> Let's grab this and sit under the trees... it'll be like the good old days... just without gooks to shoot us fro mthe dark, and with proper beer and not american piss...
Nathan_Raiser winks
<Anna> Well I noticed that he occasionally talked to himself.. but in a way that we weren't supposed to hear it.. from that I'm guessing that he has some backup around.....
<Dr_Miller> Hm.
<Dr_Miller> I didn't notice at once - but now that you mention it...
<Dr_Miller> I think he did mumble sumething around...
<Anna> And that makes me wonder.. why does he keep them hidden if he has honest intentions..
<Dr_Miller> I hope he doesn't want to take this site as his...
Nathan_Raiser hands Bill a bottle and grabs the case for one of the handles
<Dr_Miller> He might want to clear out the competition one by one
<Dr_Miller> And started with my ...colleague...
<Nathan_Raiser> (paraaaaaanoiaaaaaaaaa seeeeelf destroyaaaaaaaaa...)
<Nathan_Raiser> (and what about the papers i had shown you? i'm here on a salvage mission ;))
<Dr_Miller> (Hey, Anna has a point there ^_^)
Bill_Irvine continues helping Nathan
<Dr_Miller> (They could be forged. Just as you claimed to be an official...)
<Anna> And his papers.. well that's just that.. if I understood his conversation with Dr. Miller correctly any bribe in the hands of the right official gives you papers in this country.
<Dr_Miller> Hm. THat's true. I have to admit I also got my permit here by placing some money in the proper channels...
<Anna> (Merak)
Nathan_Raiser takes the crate behnd the tree as nad is aboive a lrage clearing overseeing the place... he sets the cawse in front of them and leans under a tree looking at the stars and the skies...
<Nathan_Raiser> (so... we trust an amnesiac that obviosuyl is nto as amnesiac as she seems and seems to be turned on by fire and explosions, or thsi dashing talkative soldier who has done all he has said he's do...)
<Dr_Miller> (Hey, I didn't say I trust her. I just said I evaluate the things that happened ^_^)
<Anna> (Hey, I don't remember a thing but that means that I am paying attention to almost everything that might trigger my memory)
<Bill_Irvine> (Sorry... Phone)
Nathan_Raiser kicks back and opens the bottle on a tree and clings his bottle to his compatriots bottle and takes a nice sip...
<Anna> And of course then there's the Asian amnesiac who has enough passports to form an international familly..
<Anna> Who just "happened" to be here.
<Nathan_Raiser> (i'd add Crime in that sentance :))
<Dr_Miller> Well, this sure sounds like a merry group of people
<Anna> hmm
<Nathan_Raiser> (tence)
<Dr_Miller> Maybe we should get the other here, too, so that we can try and sort out who is who and why everybody is here
<Lady_Samantha> who Nat?
Anna wonders
<Dr_Miller> Nathan Raiser, Bill and the others who are missing atm
<Anna> What's so special about this temple that I could have an interest in going here ?
<Bill_Irvine> (back)
<Lady_Samantha> just a sec ... someone needs puter a moment
Nathan_Raiser is srinking the beer with this friend as a group of men in green ooutfits, two of them with guns, and all of them with macheets start carrying in black cases... once the cases are inside, they clean upa clearing ad start setting up four tents circiling a large centre part... (15 * 12 meters)... as soo nas the tents are up they set up some sort of a satellite rig... when they are done they nod to you and proceed to two of the tents...
<Anna> I for one didn't recognize this place, nor did the equipment that Merak brought ring any more bells that having a good estimate what they are... neither does anything about this jungle feel familiar to me.. so I can count out that I'm an archeologist specialized in jungle environments.
<Anna> Then there was the gas tank, which at that moment just asked to be blown up into the sky...
<Anna> Which was also quite interesting *G*
<Anna> Oh, and I like cigars..
<Anna> and consider explosives handy to have around..
<Anna> hmmm
<Lady_Samantha> ok back
<Bill_Irvine> So Lib, why were you wondering I have a lab, eh? What do you think how I make new guns, better ganpowder and stuff, eh? They don't appear out of the damn thin air
<Dr_Miller> Well, this temple is supposed to house some proof that there have been alien visitors to Earth
<Nathan_Raiser> Well you never were that much of a science type...
<Dr_Miller> It is not some murals only, according to my sources there has to be more about this
Bill_Irvine starts downing a beer
<Nathan_Raiser> odd to hear you speakign about having a lab...
Anna snickers
<Anna> Aliens....
<Bill_Irvine> Why that, eh? I am a hard worker, Lib.
<La_ST> Well, let's say - life-forms not indigenous to earth
<Bill_Irvine> Oil, guns, bullets, piloting...
<Anna> Extradimensional entities..
<Dr_Miller> Well, let's say - life-forms not indigenous to earth
<Anna> (ALERT)
<Nathan_Raiser> no... no...
<Dr_Miller> Extradimensional entities?
<Nathan_Raiser> you were never that much of a guy who wanted to do exploration...
Dr_Miller frowns. She is sure she heard that expression before.
<Lady_Samantha> (/me smiles to MC ;))
<Nathan_Raiser> you were more of a Get something, find way to use it, use it guy
<La_ST> (Sure. But Lisa can't 100% put it ^_^ )
<Anna> Yes, stuff that doesn't belong on Earth..
<Dr_Miller> But why extradimensional?
<Bill_Irvine> And that's what I do... I find something to use, find a way of enhancing it and using it and use it... Like my Lady or the enhanced gunpowder, better guns...
<Dr_Miller> They can be simply from outer space
<Bill_Irvine> Boy, what do you think I am doing?
<Lady_Samantha> (depending on who you ask -- dimesions and space can be the same ;:)
<Nathan_Raiser> nteresting
<Nathan_Raiser> HOnestly
<La_ST> (Miller is an archeologist)
<Nathan_Raiser> i msut admit that i'm working on some odd stuff...
<Nathan_Raiser> the custom jobs for rich people are just a way to get the funding
<Nathan_Raiser> i do some realyl exotic stuff
Bill_Irvine continues drinking
<Nathan_Raiser> remember those James Bond flicks=
<Bill_Irvine> And making better and more effective guns is a way to make profit, Lib
<Bill_Irvine> Sure. I've seen them
<Lady_Samantha> (Stargate claimed a number of ancient gods were really aleins)
<Dr_Miller> Hm. I really wonder where the others are. I mean, Bob and SArah are still in the camp... But the rest?
<Anna> anyways.. Aliens.. sounds like a weird idea..
<Bill_Irvine> Not as good as some good cowboy movies.. but well
<La_ST> (Sam: Erich von Däniken did that, too)
<Nathan_Raiser> You know that "Q" guy?
<Nathan_Raiser> i do stuff like he did... only better
<Bill_Irvine> I remember something like that, yeah...
<Bill_Irvine> You are kidding me...
<Dr_Miller> Well, you see, I read a lot of books from the famous author Erich von Ddniken.
<Dr_Miller> Actually it was him who brought me into this field of study
<Nathan_Raiser> nope
<Anna> Doesn't ring any bells
<Nathan_Raiser> I manegd to create mixing license plates, integrated weaponry, minaturised radars....
<Bill_Irvine> Who needs stuff like that? A good handcrafted gun with some special bullets is the best you can have.
<Dr_Miller> All his examples that showed there were surely aliens on Earth, disguising as Gods or DEmons...
<Nathan_Raiser> i'm currently workign on a advancec memetic compund that shoudl allow me to use stuff created on the spot...
<Lady_Samantha> that kind of makes sense
<Nathan_Raiser> Heh i dabble in gunsmithg as well
<Nathan_Raiser> you should see some of the stuff i made...
<Bill_Irvine> Wow... You are going big, eh?
<Nathan_Raiser> not quite...
<Bill_Irvine> You can't srupass one of my very own guns
<Nathan_Raiser> i use it for myself...
<Nathan_Raiser> i don't sell it...
<Nathan_Raiser> heh
<Dr_Miller> Exactly! That's why I wanted to pursue this fields of study too - prove that humans have been in contact with aliens for millennia!
<Nathan_Raiser> i made a weapon that can droptemperature enough to make almsot anything brittle
<Dr_Miller> Hm...
<Nathan_Raiser> and palce it in a 9 mm bullet...
Dr_Miller looks to Anna
<Lady_Samantha> and a temple is where one goes to talk to the gods
<Nathan_Raiser> or a .45 acp...
<Lady_Samantha> thats makes sense too
<Nathan_Raiser> ... or a air/ground missile
Nathan_Raiser grins
<Bill_Irvine> I created a gunpowder that really goes BOOOOM and can take apart akmost everything!
Anna looks as if she's talking with two people who need a shrink more than she does.
Nathan_Raiser places a bottle aside and grabs another one...
<Dr_Miller> As for what is in for you here - we could use the networks I'm on to figure out if there are clues about you
<Dr_Miller> I'm pretty known in academia
<Bill_Irvine> I made a special holster preventing guns from being detected at airports, boy...
Bill_Irvine takes another bottle too and instantly starts drinking
<Nathan_Raiser> hah
<Nathan_Raiser> i bypased that by findign a alloy that sets off the detectors
<Nathan_Raiser> it's completley undetectable...
<Nathan_Raiser> and that's nothing if we count what Skywarp has inside it...
<Bill_Irvine> Just that detectors wont work anymore... How subtle...
<Lady_Samantha> so should we go find Mr Raiser or do that in the morning/
<Bill_Irvine> Skywarp?
<Bill_Irvine> You have seen how my lady can camouflage... That is my work alone!
<Nathan_Raiser> ... that's what i call my jet...
<Nathan_Raiser> ... ha
<Nathan_Raiser> i used a mcro etehced lattice on Warp here
<Dr_Miller> Hm. It is pretty dark outside now. I have to admit, I don't want to stalk around alone in the night if not 100% necessary
<Bill_Irvine> As I said... You haven't seen my lady in action... You don't know what's inside her...
Anna nods
<Nathan_Raiser> i can use it to deflect visible specturm light under such a angle that it can become invisible to the naked eye!
<Anna> (and it's midnight and we didn't do a thing *G*)
<Nathan_Raiser> And anyway...
<Nathan_Raiser> at least it is silent... unlike your wooly mamooth...
<La_ST> (Yeah... Well, I wanted to simply turn forward, but Nathan and Bill are so engrossed in there chat...)
<Nathan_Raiser> (maybe we should cut the ploting and the testosterone dueling and head to the mornign and the caves !)
<Bill_Irvine> Who needs this new stuff that could perhaps remote controlled by the wrong guys once they find a way?
<Bill_Irvine> Old style is best. It's hand made and uncontrolable by others...
<Anna> (good idea)
<Anna> (I've told everything I wanted to tell (and sown a bit of suspicion about Nathan)
Nathan_Raiser continues a Is NOt, Is too , discussion late into the morning with Bill... dinking most of that crate and falling asleep after singing (badly) Irish songs they picked up while on leave in a Vietnamise "Pub"...
<Dr_Miller> Well, I think the guys can take care of themselves...
Nathan_Raiser wakes up next to Bill on top of the camo covered jet... the box is closed and clsoe to them while the jet is among the tents... and in the camp...
Nathan_Raiser yawns...
<Nathan_Raiser> waaarp... wasn't that a bit too much?
Bill_Irvine wakes up and holds his head, sounding his awakenign with a loud BURP!
<Nathan_Raiser> hush
<Skywarp> Too much? Yes, I would assume
<Bill_Irvine> (Can Iu hear this?)
<Skywarp> The analysis of your breath shows still a considerate alcohol level
<Nathan_Raiser> Damn i have a headache...
<Nathan_Raiser> (yes you can... it's a male voice with a odd tone)
<Nathan_Raiser> Warp... hush
<Skywarp> (Well, you directly talked to him. Sure he'll talk back *g*)
Nathan_Raiser hols himself for his head...
<Nathan_Raiser> SOrry... i need to take a piss...
<Bill_Irvine> Boy... Did I have a beer too much? Am I that much out of practise? Who are you talking to, Lib?
Nathan_Raiser walsk a bit away and starts to enrich the soil of the neighboring trees making soudns of relaxment...
Bill_Irvine slowly gets up
<Nathan_Raiser> It must be aftereffect
<Bill_Irvine> That was a great evening, even though this stubborn sob is still wrong...
<Nathan_Raiser> it will go away...
<Nathan_Raiser> aaaaagh
<Dr_Miller> I really prefer to stay on board. I will call Bob and Sarah, too. THey don't need to sleep in the tents eithe/me wakes up from a very nice and relaxing sleep in a real bed. Luxury! Pure luxury!
<Bill_Irvine> Are you finished? I ganna wet some plants, too
<Dr_Miller> (Ups)
<Anna> I found some showers too
<Lady_Samantha> great
Bill_Irvine waters some of the plants giving back the beer he had to the course of nature
<Anna> They're at the end of this hall...
<Nathan_Raiser> uuugh...
<Nathan_Raiser> Muuuch better...
<Bill_Irvine> Why are you shouting, lib?
<Lady_Samantha> kinds bring your house with you adventuring :)
Nathan_Raiser grabs the crate and opens it...
<Bill_Irvine> Goddam, can't you even piss silently?
Nathan_Raiser opens a bottle of COke
Anna uses the last part of the darkness to wander through the ship and finds a weird master bedroom with a cabinet with clothes in them as well as a "private" living room.
Nathan_Raiser drains the cold coke making realyl odd faces
<Nathan_Raiser> bleaaargh...
<Dr_Miller> Miller and the others get nicely refreshed and everything, before they return to getting breakfast ^_^
<Nathan_Raiser> okay... i feel better...
<Nathan_Raiser> want one?
Bill_Irvine finishes his buisness and comes back.
<Lady_Samantha> quite so
<Bill_Irvine> Do you have some water?
<Nathan_Raiser> or want to start banging the hangover out with the other crate of beer?
<Nathan_Raiser> Take the coke first... it'll kill some of the hangover...
Anna returns too, this time wearing blue jeans and a white blouse.
Anna has also put her hair in a ponytail.
<Bill_Irvine> Just give me some water, then I'll take either beer, coke or whiskey
Lady_Samantha dresses in her special clothes for the search of the temple
Dr_Miller is still dressed in her adventurer outfit. It looks still pretty well, despite her short rendezvous with the ground yesterday
Lady_Samantha packs up her backpack with the survival kit, 1st aid kit and assoicated materials
Nathan_Raiser heads into one of the tents and gets out two large liter bottles filled with fresh cooled water
Dr_Miller also grabs her equipment.
Nathan_Raiser is drinking one with large gulps and is blindly handing the other one to Bill
Bill_Irvine grabs one bottle of water, opens it and pours it over his head
<Bill_Irvine> Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh.....
<Dr_Miller> So, after breakfast we can go exploring
<Nathan_Raiser> (btw guys you notice the two are here... as well as a huge item covered in camo netting
Bill_Irvine shakes his head, sending water drops flying all around
<Bill_Irvine> That was what I needed
Dr_Miller looks very eager to get down into the temple
Lady_Samantha fills a couple of canteens and a water bottle for the excursion
Bill_Irvine lights a cigar
<Bill_Irvine> Now I can drink something
Nathan_Raiser doesn't anwser as he's gulping down water...
<Nathan_Raiser> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgh
Nathan_Raiser spilsl the rest over his head...
Lady_Samantha checks her bandoleer, and other hardware places 2 rebreathers in her pocket
<Bill_Irvine> So what do we drink now?
<Nathan_Raiser> anyway... do you have any ideas what could be in that temple?
<Bill_Irvine> None... I'm just here to fly and shoot...
<Anna> Okay, let's go see what's in this temple that's so darn interesting...
<Anna> and why I'm here.
Nathan_Raiser Burps
<Nathan_Raiser> sounds like Nam
<Nathan_Raiser> the Intel's the same
<Nathan_Raiser> anyway...
<Nathan_Raiser> need guns?
<La_ST> (Hm. Fuzzy says she has to leave now...)
<Bill_Irvine> But we are behaving better than in nam /laughs*
<Bill_Irvine> *you* ask *me* if I need a gun???
Lady_Samantha is all preped for the temple though
<La_ST> (I think it might be best to finish now and right start going into the temple next time. No delays then!)
<Bill_Irvine> Hey, wake up Lib... Is your brain that scattered? I am the goddam best gunsmith around,... I make my guns myself
<Nathan_Raiser> well i have soem extras...
<Nathan_Raiser> And grenades...
<Lady_Samantha> (lets add that we had a good breakfast from the galley too :))
<Bill_Irvine> My guns /are/ extras
<La_ST> (That, too)
<Bill_Irvine> Special guns, special bullets...
Lady_Samantha asks Bill whats special about your gun?
<Bill_Irvine> I made them. Special alloy that makes it sturdier, more firepower, special bullets with advanced gunpowder, better aiming...
<Nathan_Raiser> (hey wh did we cut the conversation short ?)
Lady_Samantha has some special bullets
<Bill_Irvine> I make the best handcrafted goddam guns
<Nathan_Raiser> hmm Bill
<Nathan_Raiser> i have an idea...
<Nathan_Raiser> i have a design i made... but i'm not up to making it as well as you might...
<Nathan_Raiser> if i did some work on your plane would you work on a special gun for me?
<Bill_Irvine> How does my plane need work? My Lady is perfect.. As I said twice already: You don't know what she is capable to do
<Bill_Irvine> But I can have a look at your gun anyway...
<Lady_Samantha> Bill: could I borrow one of your hand guns
<Bill_Irvine> What do you need it for, Lady?
<Bill_Irvine> I have enough guns here, sure I can give you one. But what for?
<Lady_Samantha> well I thought the critters in the caves prolly would need differebnt handling than my sleep-darts
<Dr_Miller> Hm... I hope there are no real critters there anymore
<Dr_Miller> After all, the artifacts are supposed to be *old*
Lady_Samantha *darn* have to go now
Nathan_Raiser palces a hat on his head and places the SMG over his shoulder...
Lady_Samantha will see everyione next time
Nathan_Raiser affixes a light to the top of the SMG...
-- To Be Continued --
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