AGWW Online - Log 2005/02/01
Mage - Etherites Go!
Session 1x19: Interlude
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Alfred - Dingo Bill Irvine - Marvin Bob Grant - Asmodai Clunk, Vines - Dingo David_P - qadn Himiko - Dingo Nathan Raiser - Asmodai Rev_Jones - Picks-at-Flies Rhiannon_D - FiXXXer667 Mrs. Irvine - Asmodai Storytortillo - Asmodai
<Rev_Jones> After much soul searching, we finally came to a conclusion as to which of the two Sam's was real.
<Storytortillo> (i'm not sure if she put them up yet... the last session was the one with the death of the clone and the cry for help)
<Rev_Jones> With a bit of help from her husband, Sam2 was declared to healthy to be real.
<Rev_Jones> There followed more debate as people tried to sort what to do with the pair...
<Rev_Jones> ... when the false Sam made a call from the toilet.
<Storytortillo> (last month we skipped the game as we were missing people and Stayka had a lot of work to do...)
<Rev_Jones> A short while later she was little more than a mess on the bathroom floor.
<Rev_Jones> (does anyone want to fill in stuff from the beginning of the session?)
<Storytortillo> (there was that mysterius attacker)
<Rev_Jones> (not by that point)
<Storytortillo> Okay...
<Storytortillo> In that case... i could use Maxwell or the Butler if Maxwell ahs closed himself in the hosue and doesn't want to talk to anyone
<Storytortillo> and a question of what did you do with the Body?
<Rev_Jones> Nothing so far, uin
<Rev_Jones> unless we are skipping time.
<Storytortillo> We are skipping about a day that it took for passiosn to cool down and for people to rest...
<Alfred> (this what you intended ?)
<Storytortillo> In this time you probably dealt with the body somehow and Samantha, visibly shocked by this and a conversation with Maxwell took her copter, and kissing Rhi goodbye, told the group she needed some time alone...
<Rev_Jones> Well, the rev would attempt to get an autopsy...
<Storytortillo> (perfect)
<Rev_Jones> ... then suggested a cremation.
<Storytortillo> From the service onward none of you saw Maxwell as he retreated into the house and all your questions and comments were met yb the Butler, Alfred...
<Rev_Jones> Is anyone else here?
<Storytortillo> Two whole days have passed and Samantha was gone, while Bill was acting like a lion in a cage... it was clear something was up... with the morning Bill was almost completely packed and ready for leaving somewhere...
Rhiannon_D seems to be trying to deal with the situation, spending a lot of time alone in her room, or walking restlessly through the night in the gardens..
<Storytortillo> he had not informed any of this companions of this and it was clear he was not himselfg
<Storytortillo> And here the game starts whiel i dig up Nate...
Himiko_Mihakai is still a bit upset too..
Bill_Irwine packs his stuff into his plane, still cursing silently
<Alfred> (Rhiannon, do you want to die ?? Do not walk the grounds unsupervised, that was something alfred, sam and lord maxwell have told everybody)
Nathan_Rasier has been worried ever since the attack and the sudden death of the clone... seeing Bill upset was also odd... he was more of a man that would be angry then distressed
<Rev_Jones> (define "unsupervised")
Rhiannon_D is observing the amazing plantlife as much as she safely can, intrigued to the point of fixation, by the diversity and complexity therein..
Bill_Irwine has his stuff packed in his B52 and checks the instruments and state pf the plane. He seems to be urgent to get away
Himiko_Mihakai has been showing "almost" OCB washing and cleaning herself.
<Rhiannon_D> (OCB?)
Rev_Jones hurries outside and across the grounds, irrespective of the warning, and wobbles up to the bomber.
<Himiko_Mihakai> (obsessive compulsive behavior)
Nathan_Rasier comes up to the plane and leans on one of the supports nodding to the reverend and waiting for Bill to come out
_David_ is in a room somewhere fixing clunk
Bill_Irwine comes out, cigar in his mouth as usual, checks if he hasn't forgotten anything..
<Rev_Jones> I think you forgot something.
<Bill_Irwine> Yeah? What should that be? Dammit, I'm in a hurry!
<Rev_Jones> Me.
<Rev_Jones> Now shove over and let me up.
<Bill_Irwine> So you want to come along, eh?
<Storytortillo> ... and i realyl think you should be telling us what the hell is up...
<Storytortillo> (whoops)
<Nathan_Rasier> ... and i realyl think you should be telling us what the hell is up...
<Nathan_Rasier> Even with gooks in the bushes you weren't this edgy...
Rhiannon_D gets up from the leave-covered remains of a stone pillar that she was sitting on, and decides she needs to talk with someone about her.. thoughts.
<Rev_Jones> I doubt it. Every American I have ever met was fat and loud mouthed, but I can't let you face your troubles alone.
Storytortillo looks at the reverend and then at his belly...
<Bill_Irwine> Ow, nothing much up... Really... Just a bloody distress call that seemed to come from my ranch, nothing more than this bullshit. I have to see what in bloody hell is going on!
Storytortillo slaps hismelf into submission
Rhiannon_D eyes both the house and the blur of the airship from her point, then decides her chances are with the latter.
Rev_Jones glares at Sto.. Nathan.
Nathan_Rasier looks at the reverend and then at his belly...
Nathan_Rasier opens his mouth but then turns to Bill
<Rev_Jones> Nathan, do you want to fill in the others, at least those who are sensible.
<Rev_Jones> You can catch us up...
<Nathan_Rasier> Well i don't know what is up
Rev_Jones looks at Bill.
<Bill_Irwine> Neither do I goddamit!
<Bill_Irwine> Just a distress call I got
<Nathan_Rasier> and from what i heard about your dad he is a ornery bastard with a attitude of a rattlesnake!
<Nathan_Rasier> and here i'm quoting you!
<Nathan_Rasier> So what the heck is going on?
<Rev_Jones> How about Bill and I head over there and find out. We can let you know over the radio when we know more.
Rhiannon_D has already reached the inside of the huge airship, moving somewhat fast towards Anna's quarters, slowing down when she hears the prolonged running of water from a bathroom nearby..
<Rhiannon_D> Anna?
<Nathan_Rasier> Hell, no...
<Bill_Irwine> Guess why I want to move my ass into that plane and see what's going on over there?
<Nathan_Rasier> if he needs to head into trouble i'm not letting him alone...
<Nathan_Rasier> next time tell us... or at least me...
<Nathan_Rasier> let me just find Himiko and tell her i gotta...ummm...
<Nathan_Rasier> yeah i should definetly find Anna...
<Bill_Irwine> It's family buisnes you know? It's my home, my father, my family and either his or my ranch
<Nathan_Rasier> And we should definetly be riding shotgun just in case you need some assistance...
Rev_Jones climbs into the plane.
Nathan_Rasier heads towards the airship and looks for Himiko (but comes a while after Rhi and Himiko have found each other so they can have their little talk)
<Storytortillo> (and someone shoudl tell the people in the mansion ;)9
<Himiko_Mihakai> Yes.
<Bill_Irwine> What about the others? Heck, we need to rush! I spend too much frigging time here waiting!
Himiko_Mihakai steps out from under the shower and grabs a bathrobe.
<Rev_Jones> I think we fly now. The other can catch up.
Rhiannon_D shows her head from the bathroom door, looking slightly concerned.
<Rhiannon_D> are you ok?
<Himiko_Mihakai> Yes, I'm fine.
Rhiannon_D smiles and comes in full view, both her hands clasped as if holding something.
<Rhiannon_D> Good! Look what I found?
<Rhiannon_D> (-? +.)
<Himiko_Mihakai> What did you find ?
Rhiannon_D opens her hands, and a large butterfly flies around, it's wings brimming with colour and life as it flies around the room for a while, before resting on an expensive looking towel-holder.
Himiko_Mihakai frowns
<Himiko_Mihakai> It's a butterfly
<Rhiannon_D> It's beautiful, isn't it? Its wings..
<Rhiannon_D> Yes, it is..
<Rhiannon_D> Evolution and Life can be very exquisite.. craftsmen.. making such beautiful yet functional creations..
<Himiko_Mihakai> Well yes, it's beautifull...
<Rhiannon_D> The gardens here are full of life.. I hadn't spent the cycles necessary to properly think about such matters before, but with the creation, discovery, and even the... untimely death of the human clone, I couldn't help but think about it..
Himiko_Mihakai glances back at the shower she just came from.
<Rhiannon_D> You're not that good craftsmen.. I mean, what good creator would willingly include a way to destroy a creation as complex as Samantha?
<Himiko_Mihakai> huh ?
Rhiannon_D chuckles.
<Rhiannon_D> Not even my creators are as good as those of that butterfly...
<Himiko_Mihakai> Are you saying that I created that clone ?
Rhiannon_D looks up at Anna, curiously.
Himiko_Mihakai is staring at her in open unbelief.
<Rhiannon_D> Of course not you.. I was reffering to humans in general.
<Rhiannon_D> The chance of you creating that clone in person is less than minimal, many factors considered.
<Rhiannon_D> Besides, I believe you'd be more sensitive than to make a creation that would implode into a pulp in your hands.
<Rhiannon_D> ..when finished with its use...
<Himiko_Mihakai> I don't create...
Rhiannon_D shakes her head.
Rhiannon_D looks at Anna.
<_David_> (mmm rubbing salt in wounds)
<Rhiannon_D> What do you mean? Everyone is capable of creating, including creations as me and you.. it's what you create that makes a difference.
<Rhiannon_D> You should know beter..
Nathan_Rasier walks in...
<Nathan_Rasier> Hey Anna, I...
Himiko_Mihakai is looking hurt at Rhiannon
Rhiannon_D turns to Nathan, and smiles politely.
Nathan_Rasier stops and looks around... the first thought that goes through his head makes him supicious, but is really not as inaproprate as the 2nd one... thankfully he shakes it off and stops there...
<Nathan_Rasier> Ummm...
<Rhiannon_D> Good day, Nathan.. do you wish me to leave you two alone perhaps?
<Himiko_Mihakai> (remove your mind from the gutter Nathan)
<Nathan_Rasier> (hey that's my mind and let me keep it)
<Rhiannon_D> We were just having a slight talk on creation and life with Anna..
<Nathan_Rasier> isn't that a bit too much after the last few days...
<Nathan_Rasier> Listen...
Rhiannon_D looks down for a moment, smiling somewhat in amusement.
<Nathan_Rasier> Bill's father seems to be in some dire straits...
<Rhiannon_D> Sorry, considering that me, the machine, was doing most of the talking on life, it probably is too early..
<Nathan_Rasier> i was thinking of heading with with him and checking out what is up...
Nathan_Rasier looks at Rhiannon wordless and then turns back to Himiko
<Nathan_Rasier> listen... i wanted to ask you if it would be a problem if i went... i could take Warp and head there and get back as soon as possible...
<Nathan_Rasier> the glares the butler has been throing us don't make me to comfortable here...
<Nathan_Rasier> and at least this way we don't need to think about that mess...
<Rhiannon_D> Maybe I could be of some assistance in any way? As pleasant as the gardens may be, Alfred has indeed proven to be most unwelcome.
Nathan_Rasier realizes what he said...
Himiko_Mihakai nods
<Nathan_Rasier> Sorry, Anna... i didn't mean it like that...
<Nathan_Rasier> maybe you should move out of here with us?
<Himiko_Mihakai> I could...
<Nathan_Rasier> doing something will be better then staying here with the Addams mansion and the Lord of the Plants...
<Nathan_Rasier> and i think Samantha will be able to catch up once she clears herself up...
<Himiko_Mihakai> We should go..
<Storytortillo> Suddenly a roar of engines is heard as the B-52 raises towards the sky vertically nad then blasts off...
<Nathan_Rasier> ... how's that for patience...
Nathan_Rasier hugs Anna
<Nathan_Rasier> ...sorry...
Himiko_Mihakai hugs him back
<Nathan_Rasier> So...
<Himiko_Mihakai> So where do we go ?
Rhiannon_D looks silently at them, then at the floor, moving as silently as she can outside the room.
<Nathan_Rasier> can you keep up with that plane or shoudl i try and take out oen of the B-52's engines
Nathan_Rasier smiles sheepishly...
Bill_Irwine steers his plane in direction "home" going full speed without the turbo, not to risk damage right now.
<Himiko_Mihakai> Well that B-52 is a lot faster than my ship... but I can make a decent time if I know where to go..
<Nathan_Rasier> Texas...
<Bill_Irwine> (Remember the plane can go up to Mach 2)
<Nathan_Rasier> (so what is that compared to Warpie ;))
<Himiko_Mihakai> (the airship can pull Mach 1, but only at very high altitudes)
Rhiannon_D just sits on the floor in the walkway outside the bathroom, waiting for Nathan to go... recording some strange lines of code that emerge on her reaction subsystems, before quarantining them and removing them from her running behavior pattern process.
<Himiko_Mihakai> okay..
Nathan_Rasier turns
<Nathan_Rasier> What abbout Rhi?
<Himiko_Mihakai> What about her ?
<Nathan_Rasier> will we take her along?
<Nathan_Rasier> i am not sure Samantha will be back soon...
<Himiko_Mihakai> We'll take her...
<Himiko_Mihakai> At least when she's with us we can watch her.
<Nathan_Rasier> sure...
<Nathan_Rasier> I'llride along with you...
<Nathan_Rasier> and i'll chekc the exact coordiantes with Bill as we go...
<Himiko_Mihakai> Okay, I'll get dressed and then we can go...
<Nathan_Rasier> What abotu the Lord and his penguin?
Bill_Irwine opens the side windshield to throw out his cigar and light another one.
<Rev_Jones> So tell me more about your ranch, Bill.
<Rev_Jones> How big is it?
<Rev_Jones> How many men work it?
<Bill_Irwine> Dammit, it's afucking ranch. It's not that big. Just a tad bigger than any other normal ranch. Men are working on oil drills, cattle and so on
<Rev_Jones> Why did you leave?
<Bill_Irwine> I went to nam and opened my own buisnes in gunsmithing. My dad sponsered a bit of it. So I have my own ranch and some own oil drills to make me some money
<Rev_Jones> The aircraft this is just a hobby then?
<Bill_Irwine> Umm... Well it is kinda... I carry out some side-buisnes. I work on many things just as I see fit and like my baby. She is awesome. Got some tricks under her skirt, ya know?
<Rev_Jones> I have seen a few of them. Perhaps we should stock up on ammunition while we are at your place.
Rev_Jones grins.
<Storytortillo> As nathan Runs down and prepaes to close the arship for leaving he notices Clank i nthe corner limping carefully as his repairs are under way...
<Bill_Irwine> That's the spirit. I you need some boomstick or irons, just check the crates back there in the bay.
Nathan_Rasier coems to the door and notices David standing outside...
<Nathan_Rasier> hey newspaper boy... are you and the doggie taging along?
<John_Jones> I really hope it does not come to that.
_David_ comes running
<Nathan_Rasier> We're off to Texas!
<_David_> say, what is going on guys ?
Nathan_Rasier shouts as the hydraulics start closing the bay doors with David still running on them...
<Bill_Irwine> Come on, enjoy some fun. Are you a guy or what? I just hope it aint nothing serious down there
John_Jones goes quiet for a few minutes, as he prays to his God.
<Nathan_Rasier> hmmm... seems that we forgot the people in the Addams mansion...
<Nathan_Rasier> ah well... not that it would have stopepd their feins freezing over...
<Storytortillo> The two ships leave England and darta across the Atlantic...
<Storytortillo> The huge airship raises high over the icy clouds while the B-52 roars accross the skies towards home...
Alfred shakes his head.
John_Jones grimaces, and gets up, stumbling slightly, as he reluctantly goes to fetch a gun or two.
<Alfred> Unmannered louts. But what else would you expect from "lady" sam's friends..
John_Jones returns with a shotgun and a revolver.
<Bill_Irwine> found somethign that suits ya?
<John_Jones> I do not regard violence as fun.
Rhiannon_D is sitting silently, contemplating all the things that she had seen these days, and more, as limitless new ideas are coded and stored for reference and improvement in her elecronic mind..
<John_Jones> It is an occasional necessity caused by those who are too blind to the path of peace.
<Bill_Irwine> Discuss peace with someone who is running at ya screaming swinging a bowie knife...
John_Jones cracks open the shotgun and very slowly loads the shells into the barrel.
<Bill_Irwine> You held one of those in your hands before, did ya?
<Storytortillo> (Okay... you peopel feel free for some chatter... Bill will talk abotu the ranch as they get down and the 2nmd part of the group will be in later)
<John_Jones> I have stopped more bar room brawls than you have ...
<John_Jones> ..well a lot.
<John_Jones> Too many.
<Bill_Irwine> I guess I have won more than you have
Himiko_Mihakai is setting in the coordinations for Texas and then heads to the galley to make some food.
<John_Jones> Sometimes having a gun in your hand is the only way. Sometimes it is just the easiest way.
<John_Jones> What was your first fight like?
<Bill_Irwine> Talk about easy with gooks all around ya, wanting to fry your little ass. Didn't even the Lord say there is a time to fight?
<John_Jones> I do not think so.
<Bill_Irwine> (Somewhere in the Bible should be a part like that. Seen it in a movie *g*)
<Bill_Irwine> Something about a time to fight, a time for victory... Or something like that
<John_Jones> Yet there are times in the old testament where he was a God of war to the Israelites.
<Storytortillo> Rhiannon... you notice that you seem to have some sort of a greenish mold accross your feet and shins...
<John_Jones> It has led me to wonder if the Christian God is the same as the Jewish God at all.
<Himiko_Mihakai> (That was Braveheart Marv *G*)
<Bill_Irwine> There more than enough times people feel like fighting not like talking...
<Bill_Irwine> (Nope, some Bud Spencer Movie or terence Hill ^_^)
<John_Jones> True enough. Too many times though.
<Bill_Irwine> But anyway... I make a living from it. It's fun to build things and make them better
<John_Jones> If I did not know you were talking about weapons, I would agree with you.
John_Jones raises his eyebrow quizzically.
<Bill_Irwine> So what? Things get better and my babies are handmade quality. No mass production...
<John_Jones> The only purpose of guns to destroy other things.
Bill_Irwine puffes out some smoke out of the side windshield
Rhiannon_D is absorbed enough by her thoughts as she waits in suspend mode for her target to arrive, that she doesn't notice the mold.
<John_Jones> So in essence, you are destroying more than you create.
<Bill_Irwine> Ya know they used to call em "Peacemaker", do ya?
<John_Jones> You should not put much faith in names, Bill.
<Bill_Irwine> They made peace. A brawl? The sheriff pulled out his gun and there was peace, because they didn't dare to fight anymore.
<John_Jones> Yet if the Sheriff uses a gun, then so must the thief.
<John_Jones> If the thief dies, who will mourn the thief?
<John_Jones> Yet if the Sheriff dies, how many will mourn him?
<Bill_Irwine> Bad for the thief if the sheriff draws faster... One less bad guy to worry about...
<John_Jones> But if the thief draws first...
<John_Jones> There are an endless supply of weak men who seek to gain from destruction.
<John_Jones> There are not so many strong men who oppose it.
<Bill_Irwine> The sheriff wasn't good enough and the next will be. Easy way to learn. You know out in the wild they's call it evolution. The frigging fastest and fittest outlives the others.
<John_Jones> No, if the Sheriff is not good enough, the next will be a weak man who finds it safer to ignore the thieves with guns who kill the innocent.
Himiko_Mihakai fixes herself a quick bowl of noodles and then heads upstairs back to her living quarters.
<Bill_Irwine> He wont survive the laws of evolution. I wont back off, ya know. No chance in hell! I survived nam, I saw evolution at work with my frigging own eyes.
<John_Jones> That was bloody butchery!
<John_Jones> ... I'm sorry Bill.
<John_Jones> It must have been.. unimaginable.
<Bill_Irwine> Ya bet.
John_Jones looks out the window.
<John_Jones> Where are we?
Bill_Irwine throws out the next cigar out of the side windshield and lights another one.
<Bill_Irwine> Could ya hold the steering straight for a sec? I'd like to catch some fresh air. I like the air up here. It's bloody awesome!
<John_Jones> Sure.
<John_Jones> (copilot controls?)
<_David_> say would somewhone mind telling me why we are going to texas ?
<Bill_Irwine> (Just the steering stick ^_^)
<John_Jones> (you made it a car in the air?! :o)
Bill_Irwine sticks out his head out of the side windshield and takes a deep breath, shouting out loud in joy before coming in again
<Himiko_Mihakai> (at Mach2 ??, wanna lose your head ?)
<Bill_Irwine> (Forces shielding so he can open the side windshield and stick his head out, or even shoot to the back *g*)
<John_Jones> (/me kicks Bill out the window)
Nathan_Rasier wanders the airship and stosp at the panoramic windows looking outside...
<Bill_Irwine> (the wind is reflected by forces so sticking out the head or leaning out is no prob ;)
<Bill_Irwine> (It's one of the extras)
Himiko_Mihakai passes Rhiannon_D on her way to her quarters
<Himiko_Mihakai> Did you even move ?
<_David_> WHAT is going on ?
Rhiannon_D opens her eyes, and looks up at Anna, then smiles.
<Rhiannon_D> I don't think so.. not by myself, at least.
<_David_> Nathan ?
Nathan_Rasier turns to David with a grin...
_David_ looks very annoyed
Himiko_Mihakai shudders
<Nathan_Rasier> IT seems like the old rattlesnake that spawned Bill is in trouble and we are off to save him...
<Nathan_Rasier> actually Bill is off to save him and we are off to ride shotgun...
<Rhiannon_D> Glad you decided to take me along.. thanks by the way.
Himiko_Mihakai nods
Himiko_Mihakai looks at her bowl of noodles.
<Himiko_Mihakai> Do you want some too ?
<_David_> meh, I'll go back to fixing clunk, he might be usefull
<Rhiannon_D> Even if you said you do it just to monitor me, I still believe you aren't cruel enough to let any poor soul stay with that butler.
Rhiannon_D chuckles.
<Rhiannon_D> Thanks Anna, I wouldn't mind some.. Shall I go get a plate and a serving from below?
<Himiko_Mihakai> You can have some of this, I have more than one pair of chopsticks.
<Rhiannon_D> chopsticks?
<Rhiannon_D> I hadn't noticed you weren't using a fork.
<Himiko_Mihakai> Oh, but I can use normal cutlery too
Himiko_Mihakai smirks and leads her into her large living room anex study
<Rhiannon_D> No, please go on with those chopsticks.. I'll try to pick up their use.
Himiko_Mihakai puts the bowl on the table and fetches a few smaller bowls from a cabinet and then takes some chopsticks from their ornamental case.
Nathan_Rasier nods and the nrealises he could use some practice with such complex tech...
Nathan_Rasier heads and helps David
<Storytortillo> As the People on the airship procced with their conversatiosn and buisness, the plane arrives over the desert and above the ranch circling over it in tighter and tighter arcs...
<Storytortillo> (Bill ?)
<Storytortillo> (the description we talked about)
<Storytortillo> (we will get back to the girls a bit later)
Bill_Irwine looks down at the ranch, looking for anything suspicious, firing up the scanners
<Bill_Irwine> (Using the Planes scanners to scan for life, forces and matter)
Bill_Irwine rolled 3d10 dice and got: 8, 10, 9
<Storytortillo> (WAIT)
<Storytortillo> (ah well)
<Bill_Irwine> (we can ignore the roll or scan)
<Rhiannon_D> (someone bribed St-Logger ^_^)
<Rhiannon_D> (*blink*)
<Storytortillo> As you do scan, you notice that most of the people are still int he quarters and haven't gotten up... but some are already on their jobs... the ranch seems to be working normally and the analysys of the singel oil pump on the ranch prper shows that it's workign at peak effeicency, though there may be problems with the hydraqulics in a while from now...
<Bill_Irwine> Ok, everything seems quite normal... Great!
Bill_Irwine looks for his place to land the plane, but circles a few extra rounds to check everything
<John_Jones> Ah well. Better to be safe.
<Nathan_Rasier> In the distance you see the oilfields that were the lifeblood of your family's fortune ever since the great draught in the 1930's caused your Grandfather to throw dynamite at one of his herds in an attack of hysteria and accidently ignited a small well of oil... subsequent research was the foundation for the wealth of the Irwin famiyl today...
<Nathan_Rasier> ... and the predilectiosn for explosiosn still clerly run in the family...
<Storytortillo> (yeah that was the Storytortillo)
<Storytortillo> It also seems that the herds are well, as the hired hands and the new pipelien that brought water from the hills are working perfectly...
<Storytortillo> NOthing seems to be wrong with the place as dawn seems to bea appearing far to the east...
<John_Jones> So who sent this bloody alarm then?
<Bill_Irwine> Hmm.. Strange. let's have a look from up close...
<Bill_Irwine> I'm going to land
Bill_Irwine steers the plane to a wide field, he sees as a safe place to land
<Bill_Irwine> It sounded like it was my dad in person, and he did sound pretty urgent. Let's see...
Bill_Irwine lands the plane, this time in the regular manner not to arouse any suspicion by landing straight downward
<Storytortillo> AS you roadr downwards a few of the ranchandsa appear, recognising it's the young boss back from one of his trips...
<Storytortillo> Some of them are still sleepy, but you are probably waking up the next valley with your engines anyway so that won't be a problem for long...
<Bill_Irwine> (he has his own ranch. It's not the same. Still he could be considered the young boss ^_^)
<Bill_Irwine> Ok, now everybody knows it's working time
<_David_> aye aye :)
Bill_Irwine stops the engines
<John_Jones> Hmmm>>>
<Bill_Irwine> Let's get out and see what is going on here!
_David_ is carieing a suitcase
<John_Jones> Why don@t you go down and talk to your dad while i keep an eye on things from here?
<_David_> (the big one *g*)
<John_Jones> I can always come and join you later and have some food.
<Storytortillo> (David you are on the airship that is twice slower then the -52)
<Bill_Irwine> Well Ok. You know where everything is if it should be needed. Be prepared, just in case.
<_David_> (DOH !! I seem to be aboard the zeppelin, not bill's plane)
<John_Jones> Keep in touch over the radio>
<Storytortillo> As you do come down most of the people are happy to see you...
<_David_> (please disregard this :) )
<Storytortillo> you know most of them from before, but there were always too many to know personally
<John_Jones> *radio* Himiko? Skywarp? Do you read me?
Bill_Irwine greets those who come out to look who just arrived, but quickly asks where his mom and dad are
<_Skywarp_> Yes, reverend Jones?
<Storytortillo> AS you talk with them, they say they re around, but one or two mention that they haven't seen Mr. Irvine in a while now...
<John_Jones> *radio* We are at Bill's ranch. Everything seems normal at the moment. Bill has gone to ask his father why he sounded the alarm.
<_Skywarp_> Well according to the maps we are at the hlaf point...
<_Skywarp_> I could have been there faster, but Nathan seemed to be content with using the Airship to get there...
<John_Jones> *radio* No urgency Skywarp. Please pass on my message.
<Storytortillo> of course...
<Storytortillo> Bill as you come to the house you notice your mother coming down in one of those white nighties she and your father seem to love so much that dad bought the makers of it out...
<Bill_Irwine> Hey Mom!
<Mrs_Irwine> William T. Irvine the third!
<Mrs_Irwine> Why are you making so much ruckuss this early in the morning!
<Bill_Irwine> Oh moooom... I thought you would be glad I'd drop by...
Bill_Irwine is glad the others don't see this
<Mrs_Irwine> I mean really... what would your father say!
<Mrs_Irwine> YOu know the engines don't disturb my beauty sleep but also make the cattle rowdy...
<Bill_Irwine> Umm.. Yeah! Dad! Where is he?
Bill_Irwine tries to change the subject very subtle... not
<Mrs_Irwine> i don't know...
<Bill_Irwine> What? What do you mean you don't know?
<Mrs_Irwine> i got a message from the office 3 days ago that he had to take care of some buisness overseas and would call me as soon as he was done...
Bill_Irwine drops his cigar right out of his mouth
<Mrs_Irwine> i haven't heard from him yet...
<Mrs_Irwine> but you know your father
Mrs_Irwine smiles
<Mrs_Irwine> such a free spirited man...
<Mrs_Irwine> but no siree... he never cheated on me... not once...
<Storytortillo> How come you are home deary?
<Bill_Irwine> He wouldn't dare mom. He loves you too much.
<Storytortillo> (ARGH)
Bill_Irwine smiles at his mother
<Mrs_Irwine> How come you are home deary?
<Bill_Irwine> I wondered how dad is. I had some strange feeling so I wanted to check.
<Bill_Irwine> You really don't know where he is?
Bill_Irwine hopes all radio channels are closed
<Mrs_Irwine> No... but it's too early to worry... i'll get thje maid to make me some good thick black coffee and then get you a proper breakfast...
<Mrs_Irwine> You haven't been eating propelry again...
<Mrs_Irwine> you run off to soem god forsaken part of the Earth, and eat who knows what, instead of coming home for some quality beef and good cooking...
John_Jones switches the volume down to a discrete level.
<Bill_Irwine> Mom... Believe me. I have been eating well. I even showed some friends what a good meal is over at my ranch...
<Mrs_Irwine> Ah you mean that hovel you took down in the lower county...
<Mrs_Irwine> that's not even a proper home...
<Mrs_Irwine> you really should be with your parents more...
Mrs_Irwine goes to a intercome and orders coffee and a full breakfast for her and her starving son
<Bill_Irwine> You now, dad wants me to run a buisnes, so I do... I have to fly here and there, secure contracts, build guns...
<Mrs_Irwine> now then
<Bill_Irwine> Mom?
<Mrs_Irwine> why did you need your father...
<Bill_Irwine> I have a friend with me
<Mrs_Irwine> ah guns...
<Mrs_Irwine> you build those guns ansd then sell them around
<Mrs_Irwine> tsk
<Mrs_Irwine> men...
<Mrs_Irwine> so then... the table will be ready soon and we need to feed you properly before you go back to that ranch of yours...
<Bill_Irwine> I'll fetch the friend of mine...
<Mrs_Irwine> and when we are on the topic of the ranch... when will i see my grandchildren?
<Mrs_Irwine> Friend?
<Mrs_Irwine> you brought someone over to visit?
<Mrs_Irwine> Wonderfull
<Mrs_Irwine> you go get them while i order an additional meal...
<Himiko_Mihakai> (perhaps half-android ?)
<Bill_Irwine> Umm... Moooooomm... I told you thousands of times as soon as I found a Mrs Irvine
Mrs_Irwine turns towards the intercom...
<Mrs_Irwine> yes, yes i know...
Bill_Irwine walks over to the plane to get John
<Mrs_Irwine> That Amelia Rogers was a fien catch... her father owns the largest textile manufacture in Texas and you still weren't interested... and she was rather pretty...
Mrs_Irwine continues talking not even noticing that you went out...
Bill_Irwine enters the plane
John_Jones looks up from messing with the scanners.
<Bill_Irwine> John? Whether you like it or not... We have some breakfast to eat
<John_Jones> Er, hi Bill.
<Bill_Irwine> What were you doing?
<John_Jones> Would love to eat.
<John_Jones> Oh, just seeing if I could use your scanners to detect these underground bombs that strange woman was talking about.
<Bill_Irwine> If they'd be around here that is. My mom doesn't know where my father is right now, but insists on us eating a proper meal
<John_Jones> Hmm, well I am definately hungry.
<John_Jones> You made me miss my breakfast.
<Bill_Irwine> Ok, then lets go and eat a *real* breakfast
John_Jones clambers up and drops down the hatch.
<John_Jones> Bill, this grass stinks of jet fuel...
Bill_Irwine gets out too, let's John go first so he catches his mother's words not him
<Bill_Irwine> That's oil my friend. Black gold
<John_Jones> No, I think you made scorched earth when you landed...
<Bill_Irwine> Things like that happen you know
John_Jones grins.
<Bill_Irwine> Now go and meet my ma. I guess she will be already waiting
John_Jones ambles along next to Bill.
<Storytortillo> AS the two of you enter you notice that Mrs. Irwine is dressed in a pair of jeans and a loose shirt ad trying to make some order out of her hair as a maid is heloping her with some jewlery... she is clearly dying her hair blond, but seems to be taking her age good, or gave birth to Bill rather young... it's probably both...
Mrs_Irwine turns around while adding a ring to her finger and glares at Bill...
<Mrs_Irwine> William... you left me talking alone... again...
Mrs_Irwine notices the reverend
<Mrs_Irwine> Would you introduce me to your friend?
<Mrs_Irwine> Mr...
<John_Jones> Pleased to meet you Mrs Irvine.
<Bill_Irwine> Mom... May I introduce to oyu reverend John Jones
<Mrs_Irwine> Reverend?
<John_Jones> Church of Wales, Mrs Irvine.
<Mrs_Irwine> I am Abigail Irwine, mother of this boy...
Mrs_Irwine looks at you sideways
John_Jones grins.
<John_Jones> I feel for you.
<Bill_Irwine> Hey, what do you mean by that?
<Mrs_Irwine> Join us for breakfast...
Mrs_Irwine leads you into a large dining room that has been setup whole but there are plates only for three people on one of the corners of the table...
<Storytortillo> The Table is covered by all sorts of foods, mostly featuring beef products and a lot of fine food...
<John_Jones> It looks like you are feeding the whole ranch here, Mrs Irvine.
<Bill_Irwine> Well John, here you see a real breakfast
<Storytortillo> AS this part of the group digs in the group on the Airship is coming closer...
<Storytortillo> Rhiannon... wherever you are...
<Storytortillo> you have just picked up the frequency that you tracked pulsing on the airship... it seems to be transmiting soem sort of information...
Rhiannon_D spins a pair of chopsticks with her fingers with a chuckle of delight, before digging in her noodles.
Rhiannon_D looks up at Anna.
Storytortillo is helping David working on CLunk as the ycarefully put a patched up armor plate on his chest...
<Rhiannon_D> Heh, it was easier than it looked, after all.
<Rhiannon_D> (LOL)
Nathan_Raiser is helping David working on CLunk as the ycarefully put a patched up armor plate on his chest...
<Storytortillo> (Rhianon... that would be the frewquncy that led you to SAm's room... remember? )
<Rhiannon_D> (yep.)
Rhiannon_D stops munching for a moment.
<Nathan_Raiser> (and there is no shock ?)
<Rhiannon_D> Weird.
<Himiko_Mihakai> what is weird ?
<Storytortillo> IT seems to be hammering a constant pulse of data in quick bursts...
<Rhiannon_D> Anna? I'm picking up a signal.. can't trace the origin, but I'm quite certain it's the same data stream format and frequence that transmitter Sam had operated on.
<Rhiannon_D> We didn't leave those comm devices on, did we?
<Himiko_Mihakai> A signal ??
<Himiko_Mihakai> Okay, let's go to the bridge..
Rhiannon_D puts down her chopsticks and gets up from the table.
Himiko_Mihakai rushes down the stairs and towards her meager radio and radar systems...
Himiko_Mihakai uses the intercom
<Himiko_Mihakai> Nathan: We have a situation here.
_David_ rushes towards the bridge
<_David_> what is going on ?
<Bill_Irwine> (Folks? Got to go to sleep soon, because of the job interview tomorrow)
<Storytortillo> (ok... i'll keep you informed on this)
<Storytortillo> (your bit is over and the following is rather short)
<Storytortillo> (good luck with the interview)
Nathan_Raiser looks up confused...
<Bill_Irwine> (Ok, good night everyone. Sleep well later)
Nathan_Raiser heads towards the bridge
<_David_> (later)
<Rhiannon_D> (bye Sven, good luck tomorrow ;-) )
<Jae-chan> (bye..good luck!!)
<Rhiannon_D> Something on board the airship is broadcasting data in very small intervals.
<Bill_Irwine> (thx ^_^)
<Himiko_Mihakai> Rhiannon here says she's picking up the same signal as the transmitter the fake Sam used.
<_David_> damned
<Nathan_Raiser> oh crud...
<Nathan_Raiser> from where?
<_David_> does it mean anything ?
<Rhiannon_D> It's weird, that doesn't seem like a normal voice transmission.. either its heavy encryption and fragmentation, or the signal doesn't carry audio data.
<Himiko_Mihakai> we don't know yet
<_David_> or is it a fixed signal
<Nathan_Raiser> Anna... are any of my gusn around here?
<Nathan_Raiser> coudl we have a intruder on board?
<Himiko_Mihakai> It's possible, but stupid..
<Rhiannon_D> It's not completely fixed, but the alterations between pulses are too small to resemble a normal radio signal. I think it's a data stream.
Himiko_Mihakai frowns
<Himiko_Mihakai> it sounds much like a gps locator beacon.
<Nathan_Raiser> so who bugged us?
<Nathan_Raiser> and why does it use the same frequency?
<Rhiannon_D> Those questions are beyond my knowledge..
<Himiko_Mihakai> You can "feel" the signal, do you think you can find where it originates ?
<Rhiannon_D> We'd better search..
<Storytortillo> It stops
<Rhiannon_D> I'm afraid my long range sensors are still inactive I pick up the signal just because it happens to pass through me while on its way t-.. Hey. it's gone.
<Rhiannon_D> The signal's gone.
<Himiko_Mihakai> It stopped, just so ??
<Himiko_Mihakai> okay, we need to search this ship..
<Nathan_Raiser> for the record... i don't like this
Himiko_Mihakai frowns
Nathan_Raiser opens one of the closets and gets out a .45
<Nathan_Raiser> I knew i left one of those here...
Nathan_Raiser checks the clip
<Nathan_Raiser> So...
<Nathan_Raiser> what now?
<Nathan_Raiser> We go and check for the transmiter and transmitee?
<Himiko_Mihakai> From the bottom up.
<_David_> aye
<_David_> clunk ! deploy
Storytortillo rolled 1d10 dice and got: 8
<_David_> right, clunk could pay attention to an area
<Rhiannon_D> Ok.
<_David_> (uh-o)
<Storytortillo> As Clunk Deploys you notice he falls down forwards... one of his forawrd legs seems to be inactive
<Storytortillo> (i even made a handy CLunk failure table ;))
Rhiannon_D looks at Clunk, then David.
<Rhiannon_D> You might need some help with that.
Himiko_Mihakai holds her hand in front of her mouth
<_David_> grmbl
<_David_> hold still
_David_ examines clunks broken leg
<Rhiannon_D> Anna?
<Himiko_Mihakai> I don't like that thing shooting up the ship..
_David_ FIDDLES WITH SOME WHIRES AND ELECTRONICS
<Rhiannon_D> Are you ok>
<_David_> (oops, sorry >_<)
<Himiko_Mihakai> currently we are at great attitude.
<Himiko_Mihakai> and the cabins are presurized
Rhiannon_D turns to David and Nathan.
<Himiko_Mihakai> I don't feel like dying because your guntoting dog riddles my hull with holes.
<Rhiannon_D> Perhaps no firearms, gentlemen?
_David_ restores the virtual nerve by clamping 2 whires together
<Storytortillo> It's not broken... the mechanism seems to be skipping
_David_ mumbles "it's a hack, but it might work ..."
<Nathan_Raiser> Actually i think she means the miniguns on this little tyke...
<Nathan_Raiser> Let's get down the Warp...
<Nathan_Raiser> he should be able to scan the ship... unless someone is masked or something...
<Nathan_Raiser> or do we search the ship firsT?
<Himiko_Mihakai> there's not too many places where one can hide here..
<Himiko_Mihakai> and if it's alive, then Warp's scanners might pick up movement..
<_David_> aye, probably
<Jae-chan> (warp?)
<Storytortillo> (a alien robot that can change into a plane ;))
<Nathan_Raiser> So...
<Nathan_Raiser> shall we
Nathan_Raiser heads first checking the rooms as he passes them
Nathan_Raiser opens a rtoom and notices a man sleeping at the cot...
<Jae-chan> (sounds weird..)
<Nathan_Raiser> Look at sleeping beauty...
<Nathan_Raiser> someone should wake up Bob...
<Himiko_Mihakai> Is he ??
<Nathan_Raiser> (so we actually dragged him along AGAIN... reveren werent' you supposed to help him ?)
Himiko_Mihakai is frowning
Nathan_Raiser enters the room and pokes bob with a finger.. the man first moans and then turns when he realises he is being woken up... looking rather sleepy and only dressed in his trunks and shirt looks at NAthan and the others staring from the door...
<Rhiannon_D> he actually slept throughout all this?
<_Bob_> Huh?
<_Bob_> What?
<_Bob_> Why?
<_Bob_> Are we under attack... again?
<_Bob_> If we are maybe someoene shoudl just end my misery...
_Bob_ sits up looking sleepy and confused
Himiko_Mihakai is looking around the room
<Himiko_Mihakai> (is there anything here that looks out of the ordinary ? (personal items, stuff like that ?)
<Storytortillo> It's Bob's room... it actualyl has his whole set of clothes here, along with the few items he got from Nate and Bill as he ran aaway with a single set of clothes... on the floor in front of his cot is a pair of shoes with stocking hanging from them
<Storytortillo> and to remind you Bob doesn't have anythign except the clothes he ran away in...
<Storytortillo> and the things Bill and Nate gave him ocne it was clear you couldn't just dump the poor sod...
_Bob_ rubs the sleepy dust from hsi eyes and is rather confused at the ruckus...
<Jae-chan> (who is bob?*curious*)
Rhiannon_D looks at the shoes and stocking..
<Rhiannon_D> these yours too Bob?
<_Bob_> huh?
<_Bob_> wha?
<_Bob_> ah sure...
<_Bob_> those are the ones i had in the amazon... remember?
<_Bob_> Bill said he'd get me a decent pair of sneeakers
<_Bob_> these shoes make my feet sweat a lot...
<_Bob_> i use these thick socks to prevent them from stinkign too much
<_Bob_> (and Asmo ignores the fact that he used the wrong word as in Croatian Stockings and stocks are named with a single word)
<Rhiannon_D> (ok then ^^)
<Storytortillo> (Jae Bob is a tag along... the assistant of a arecholgy doctor they were helping... they saved him from a bunch of nasty assault people who kileld everyone in their path... he has been tagging along ever since...)
<Jae-chan> (ok thanks:))
<_Bob_> (and that would be stockings and socks, not stocks)
<Himiko_Mihakai> (where was he from.. the States right ?)
<_David_> (I think so ...)
<_Bob_> (yesm like Doc Miller)
<_David_> right, let's omove on people, it is not bob
<Himiko_Mihakai> (remind me to give him a few grand and dump him somewhere in Florida on the beach)
<Storytortillo> (you have money ? :))
<_Bob_> so...
<Himiko_Mihakai> (yep, and numbered bank accounts)
<_Bob_> do i have to do something now?
<Storytortillo> (and you don't remember those ;))
<Himiko_Mihakai> (yes, I do..)
<_David_> no Bob
<_David_> we are just investigating some ... anomaly
<Himiko_Mihakai> (they are in a small vault in my "office")
<Himiko_Mihakai> okay, let's get going..
<_Bob_> Ah okay then... just warn me if the skies fall... or ninjas attack... or a horde of guys in armor storm the fort...
_Bob_ looks at them in disbelief... he really is in a mess....
Nathan_Raiser moves down the corridor
<Jae-chan> (he seems a lil bit...depressiv^_^'')
<Jae-chan> (+e)
<Storytortillo> (he is... he is only a human and they have been dragging him into the weirdest things)
<Jae-chan> (poor one...)
_David_ follows natan
<Nathan_Raiser> Rhiannon... you tracked the transmission once before...
<Nathan_Raiser> can you try it now?
Rhiannon_D shakew her head and follows the others.
<Himiko_Mihakai> hmmm
<Himiko_Mihakai> I could flood the entire ship except the bridge with some nasty gas..
<Himiko_Mihakai> shouldn't take me more than a few minutes to change the output of the HH-converter.
<_David_> sounds like a plan
<_David_> let's take Bob with us then
<Storytortillo> Okay... i'll grab BOb
<Nathan_Raiser> Okay i'll grab Bob
<Nathan_Raiser> should i let him dress himself?
<Himiko_Mihakai> oh..
<Jae-chan> (hmm...ok guys must go to sleep to...wish you a good night and a funny remaining evening/night)
<Nathan_Raiser> (well we won't be long either... good night)
<Himiko_Mihakai> but first let Skywarp search for any intruders..
<Jae-chan> (cya)
<Nathan_Raiser> the comm is in the bedroom...
<Rhiannon_D> Shall I go pick it up?
<Himiko_Mihakai> I'll go, if I need to make any modifications to the HH-converter then I need to be up there anyways..
<Nathan_Raiser> Okay.. i'll go with you... the rest of you guys keep together...
<Rhiannon_D> Want me to come along? Or at least Nathan should
<Nathan_Raiser> with Clank and Rhiannon i don't think you are in any danger...
<Rhiannon_D> Ah, good. take care.
Rhiannon_D smiles.
<Rhiannon_D> At a time, gentlemen protected the ladies, Mr. Grossamer..
<Himiko_Mihakai> (EHRM......)
<Storytortillo> (Grossamer ?)
<Storytortillo> (wrong game ;))
<Storytortillo> )and i am protectign a lady)
<Himiko_Mihakai> You and David take Bob and then go the the bridge..
<Himiko_Mihakai> Nathan will protect me.
<_David_> ok
<Rhiannon_D> (grr, thought the reporter's surname was that...)
<Rhiannon_D> At a time, gentlemen protected the ladies, Mr. Pietersen..
<Rhiannon_D> (^_^)
<Storytortillo> As CLank, David, Bob and Rhianno nenter the bay Himiko and NAte pick up the com mand get to the air controls...
<Nathan_Raiser> Warp.. .check the ship for any life or construct signatures other then Anna, Bob, Clank, Rhiannon, David and me....
<_Skywarp_> The scanenrs don't show anyone else...
<_Skywarp_> Other then me that is
<Himiko_Mihakai> Can he scan for electromagnetic signatures ?
<_Skywarp_> That wuld depend on the type
<Himiko_Mihakai> active power sources ?
<_Skywarp_> Some of my functions are limited but most of it should work...
<Himiko_Mihakai> I know where the active power sources are.
<_Skywarp_> hmmm
<_Skywarp_> it would depend on the size... i cannot guarrantee i will pinpoint something small as a lot of thios ship has odd sorts of electromagnetic emmantaions...
<Himiko_Mihakai> and movement ?? could you sense the vibrations and eliminate for engine, wind and our movements ?
<Storytortillo> (dingo speed it up)
<_Skywarp_> Possibly... i stil lcannot guarrantee precision...
Himiko_Mihakai heads up the stairs into the actual blimb towards her HH-converter (which makes helium from water)
Rhiannon_D still isn't sure about gasing the ship..
<Himiko_Mihakai> Skywarp, keep your sensors open...
<_Skywarp_> Okay...
<Himiko_Mihakai> What I'm going to do now, is for sure going to make anything organic move..
<Nathan_Raiser> Isn't that a bit over the top?
<Himiko_Mihakai> What is ?
<Himiko_Mihakai> I'll just flood everything but the bridge with helium.
<Himiko_Mihakai> all I have to do is connect some of air intakes to my HH converter
<Himiko_Mihakai> instead of the outside air
<Nathan_Raiser> and the guys in the hangar?
<_David_> (everywhone went to the bridge ?)
<Himiko_Mihakai> I'll leave the air intake of the bridge..
<Nathan_Raiser> (ah sorry... then i didn't say that)
<Nathan_Raiser> Okay...
<Himiko_Mihakai> which leaves any living guests a few minutes to reach the bridge.
<Himiko_Mihakai> and if he doesn't come he needs to have an oxygen flask with him..
<Himiko_Mihakai> since helium can pass through the filter of most gas masks..
<Himiko_Mihakai> and even if he has such a device... then skywarp can isolate the area where our guest is moving.
<Rhiannon_D> ok, do it then.
<Rhiannon_D> I can assist Skywarp with the capture.. I don't need air.
<Storytortillo> Soon the doors are locked and Rhiannon walks through the ship as whoosing sound sound all over the ship...
<Storytortillo> Thiannon hgoes through the ship as the oxygen becoems more and more diluted in the blimp and Rhiannon passes through it quickyl and Skywrap tracks the movement on the ship...
<Storytortillo> an hour later, Rhiannon is done... but noone is found on the ship...
Himiko_Mihakai frowns
<Nathan_Raiser> So it has to be a bug...
Himiko_Mihakai will drop the ship to an altitude where the hull doesn't need to be pressurized.
<Nathan_Raiser> how do we track it if it's not transmiting?
<Himiko_Mihakai> and opens the hangar door to vent the ship and returns upstairs to fix the presure system.
<Nathan_Raiser> Rhianon.. try using the smae procedure you used to find the residual transmission...
<Storytortillo> maybe we can fidn where it was used... and find it's location...
<Storytortillo> ... and i'll wrap this up here...
-- To be continued --
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