Eui catches Tyler without much trouble. It's not like she's hard to find. :P Did ya find anything Tyler? (A little white girl in punk gear and with crimson hair in the middle of Nigeria? It's like she's a chameleon.) I found a lot of women who didn't seem to notice a complete stranger peering around their houses. Hrmm... it does seem they're used to foriegners too... (Of course they wouldn't. ;P) Hey! Women! Got some questions for you! The woman looks up from trying to get her kid to eat his vegetables. "Can't you see I'm busy?" she asks with a heavy African accent. The kid takes this moment to dump the greens on the floor, which the dogs immediately pounce on. The woman scowls. Well, I can see you're in the middle of a parking lot. What's that all about? Pardon me... but would you mind informing us as to what's going on? (Snerk. And we contrast their methods of approaching strangers.) (Oh yeah.) She looks at you blankly. "I'm feeding my kid. What does it look like I'm doing?" She picks up the dish, completely ignoring the dogs. * Tyler glances over to Eui. "Must be something in the water. Makes 'em slow." * Eui-Tae whispers back to Tyler. "Tell me about it..." She scowls. "Get out of my house. I don't need no strangers insulting me." Well, it's obvious that the trees have been cut down in mass quantities recently... We were wondering if you had any idea as to who did it and why. * Tyler considers, looking at her ring. "Betcha you'd like a nice clear well, huh?" You You're not gonna do what I think your going to do... are you? * Tyler leans over to Eui and whispers, "Never hurts to be nice, right?" She seems completely unaware of the irony of the situation. * Eui-Tae chuckles. She screams, "Out!" One hand is reaching for the broom leaning against the wall. * Eui-Tae backs up... "Okay, okay... We don't want a fight... do we Tyler." * Tyler raises an eyebrow, then her hand. "Water!" she intones, pointing to a spot just outside the back door. Well, back wall. A powerful stream of water bursts from the ring. It splatters over the wall, then onto the floor and table (as you were pointing to the eating area, too). The woman stares in shock. She snaps out of it quickly enough, grabbing the broom with both hands. ...Oops. THAT was not what I was going for. Oh man... now you've done it... * Tyler scratches her head. "Gotta work on that." So, what were you trying to do exactly? Make a well outside. You know, be all helpful. Oh, and I'll give them a sunroof... I don't think they really need a well... She stares at you, knuckles white. The kid runs outside, then runs back in. "Rain!" he yells." They're villages out in the middle of nowhere! They always need wells! That's what those charity commercials say. The woman blinks, then starts cursing vividly. You're not sure what language it is, but it sure sounds nasty. She picks up the kid (who doesn't protest) and looks to the pair of you. She shakes her head, then runs towards the back, rounding a corner as she does so. They do? I always hear it's food... anyway, they don't really need any of those things. Ah shit... she's probably gonna call the athouraties... (sp?) Should we follow her? Maybe you should offer to dry off the room. Heh, I'd just blow this place away. (Ah, Eui and Tyler. The greatest tag team alive. ^^) * Eui-Tae follows the mother. * Tyler follows, as well. She's nowhere to be found. You do see a trap door, however. * Tyler blinks. Alright... shall we follow her, or get the others? She's moving while we talk. We chase. Gotcha. * Tyler tugs at the trap door. * Eui-Tae opens the hatch. Everyone hears in their head: "Guys, you may want to come outside... immediately." Sounds like Akinyi's voice. Screw that. Something's up here. You go check in with the rest of the Fantastic Four, I'm going after her. Who's that? Alright... don't get too lost down here. * Eui-Tae heads out to meet up with the rest of the group. * Tyler nods and climbs into the hole. (Feeling for a ladder? Dropping down?) (Back into the main channel, Eui.) There's a ladder. * Eui-Tae has left #planet2 * Tyler climbs down the ladder, then! * Tyler peers around, waiting momentarily for her eyes to adjust. You're greeted with a yell of, "What the hell do you want?" * Tyler yells down the tunnel, "We want to help you!" She starts moving towards the voice. "So stop being such a stubborn bitch about it and let us!" Your eyes adjust quickly enough. It's a cellar, more than anything. There's room for maybe six people, if they didn't mind being friendly. The woman's sitting in a corner, trying to comfort her kid, who's crying now. (Aha. So, uh, I suppose her voice echos a bit. :P) * Tyler clears her throat. "Like I was saying. Trying to help, right?" She mutters, "You threaten me and then say you're tryin' to help?" * Tyler leans back on her heels and rocks back and forth. Not that she was particuarly imposing at her normal height. "And, uh, your kitchen... I was trying to make a well. Sorry 'bout that. You know, a source of clean water right outside. It would have been handy, I bet." "We've got too much damn water when we don't want it, and not enough when we do. But fine." You hear thunder, and the kid flinches. * Tyler raises an eyebrow, then smiles more kindly than any of the Planeteers have ever seen on her. "Hey, kid. S'okay. I didn't like thunder, either." He whimpers. The woman looks at you like you've grown a second head. * Tyler smiles more broadly. "And rain's nothing to worry about!" She taps her ring. She eyes the ring. "What are you talkin' about?" You know, I'm not entirely sure. But it seems to be some sort of... compact weather-altering technology. * Tyler shrugs. "I don't understand it completely, but hey. Water." * Tyler moves her foot back and forth, frowning. (Muddy, right?) (Yes.) Uh. Water starts to trickle into the cellar. The woman stares at you, and seems torn between shaking you and comforting the kid. * Tyler stands up. "We... may want to go back up that ladder." C'mon, kid. * Tyler holds out her hand. The kid shakeshakes his head and clutches more tightly to the woman. "Nuh uh. Not gettin' struck by lightnin'." Well, you're not drowning, either. Come on. Upstairs. * Tyler stomps over to them. Her boots splash. "Not joking. Move it. Now." He wimpers. The woman starts at the sound and starts cursing again. * Tyler looks at her ring and gnaws at her lip. "If I can make you a nice clear path with this, do you promise to go up the ladder?" * Akinyi has joined #planet2 * Eui-Tae has joined #planet2 * Tyler forces even more of a smile than earlier. "Wouldn't that be neat?" The woman stands and starts slowly making her way towards Tyler. The kid immediately begins to struggle. (The water's what, ankle-deep? Knee-deep?) Akinyi, Eui, you guys are at the trap door by now. Ankle deep. * Akinyi looks down. (The house, by the way, is completely flooded. The doors and windows being open really didn't help.) * Eui-Tae shouts "Are you down there Tyler? We REALLY gotta get out!." Actually, if we can, we should help the people, here. * Tyler shouts, "Yeah, no shit we need to get out! The kid doesn't want to leave!" Fucin'... Are we goinv to make him get out?! How about the mother? (how deep is the trapdoor?) The woman's going slowly, trying to comfort the kid as best as she can. He starts to kick and scream. * Tyler swears under her breath. Saving a stupid kid in the water is what landed her in all this to begin with. * Akinyi (has no idea what she's looking at. ^^;;;) The water's halfway to your knee by now. Akinyi: Sorry. ^^; Small cellar, about six feet underground, yes. * Tyler closes her eyes, focuses REAL HARD to avoid a repeat of earlier, and intones, "Water," trying to pull a Moses and make the duo a clear path. At the very least, the kid'd trust her more. We need to get some of the water out of the house. (Did I really just say "pull a Moses?") (Yup) (Yes.) Tyler, I need a soul roll from you, stat. (Yay!) The water parts! It's still there, but the woman has an easier time navigating. The kid, however, isn't too keen on going, and she's having a hell of a time trying to keep him still. * Akinyi hmms. (How far are they from us... can we see them?) I can try to calm the child down, maybe. That'd be a help, yes. Kid's completely freaked... * Akinyi says, "Heart" and trys to project soothing feelings to the kid. She's almost to the ladder, but by then, the kid's really putting up a fight. Soul roll, Akinyi. +1. Com'on guys... We really need to get out of here... (bleh.) Or we can do this the hard way. (actually, wait. I'll DR that.) (and again) (DR is yummy) (Except when that happens) (evidentally, I am not going to succeed today.) (Wow. Impressive.) The kid wiggles out of the woman's grasp, and she screams and grabs at him. She just barely manages to grasp his wrist. * Akinyi hands Eui-Tae her bat and hops down the hole. * Tyler stalks over to them and grabs the kid's other wrist. "Not joking! Move your ass up that ladder!" * Eui-Tae takes the bat. Tyler, I need another soul roll, at +1 this time. The water's knee deep now. * Eui-Tae looks for a rope of some kind. (DR it) (And again.) No rope for Eui! He finds a broom, though. Wonder why. :P (*mutter*) * Akinyi grabs the kid around the waist. The kid screams, but his eyes widen as the water floods in and he realizes just how much trouble he's in. He stops struggling... as much, anyway. The woman takes this opportunity to grab him by the waist. * Tyler motions the other three to go up the ladder. * Akinyi looks at the woman, "you climb up, and I'll pass him to you." * Eui-Tae holds out his hand to help the woman up. She shakes her head. "No." She passes the sobbing kid up to Eui. Okay. Then you, then you. * Eui-Tae takes the kid. * Tyler points to the woman and Aki in turn. * Eui-Tae looks at the kid. "Are you okay? * Akinyi waits for the woman to go. He doesn't look like he's in any condition to reply. The woman heads up the ladder. * Eui-Tae places his hand out for the woman. * Tyler yells up, "You don't have anything important down here, right?" I think it's a bit late for that, Tyler. Let's go. * Akinyi heads up the ladder. * Tyler snorts. "Says you." The woman yells down, "It's ruined anyway!" She goes about comforting the kid. * Eui-Tae helps Akinyi once she reaches the top. Damn rain... The rain would be fine, if the forest were still here. * Tyler shrugs and wades/swims over to the ladder. It takens some effort with her sodden, very heavy clothes, but she climbs up. I know... the roots normally hold the soil in place. Somewhat. It's the canopy that matters more, though. Hrmm... yes, you're right. You're all up? Good. The house is wet. Very, very wet. But it doesn't seem to be in any danger of collapsing... just yet, anyway. * Tyler ignores them and pays attention to the kid. "You okay?" * Akinyi looks at the woman. "How many people are in this village?" * Tyler glances over to the mom. "He might be in shock. Hot or not outside, he might take a chill. Watch that." The kid sniffles, and the woman looks up. She seems to do some mental calculation, then says, "Fifty." When's the last time it rained? She nods and hugs him more tightly. It takes a while for her to answer. "Almost a month." Was that before or after the trees were leveled. ? * Tyler crouches down next to the kid and does her best job of soothing kid talk, ignoring the other two. * Eui-Tae scratches his head. "We've been... um..." You hear a groan outside; the kind you get when a building's complaining. * Tyler recognizes that noise. Buildings make that noise in her town after a quake. Everybody out! Nuts nuts nuts... You don't need to ask the woman twice. She scoops up the kid and runs. * Tyler takes off at a run. * Eui-Tae runs out of the hut. * Akinyi grabs her bat and follows. You get out of the house! Good thing, too, because it's visibly bending. Quite an interesting sight. * Tyler winces. This did not go well. (what about the rest of the buildings in the village?) (Are they complaining at the moment?) Aki: A number of them are doing the same. There's whole groups of people - mostly women and children - outside by now. * Akinyi bites her lip. * Eui-Tae runs over to the group. "Is there anyone missing?" Just as Eui asks, you hear something crash. * Tyler rubs her temples. Yeah, this is a whole mess of not good. Session End.